Christmas came early for Nuu-chah-nulth’s future Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Centre in Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations territory after Santa FCL (Federated Co-operatives Limited) and Ucluelet Co-op gifted a generous joint donation of $300,000 to support the establishment of the Co-op Community Teaching Kitchen within the Centre.
Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN) is taking the Government of British Columbia to court in pursuit of self-governance and land stewardship of their unceded traditional territory.
Tyee Ha’wilth Mike Maquinna and Ha’wilth Jerry Jack announced on Thursday, Dec. 12 at the Hotel Grand Pacific in Victoria that they are a filing a title claim in the British Columbia Supreme Court. The First Nations seeks a declaration of Aboriginal title and monetary compensation for the infringement to their historical lands.
Conservation groups are demanding the Canadian government take immediate emergency action to save the Southern Resident killer whale population. According to Ecojustice, only 72 remain in the species three pods, following the recent deaths of three killer whales, including an infant.
The province is looking to the wind as it seeks to power a growing British Columbia.
Shalaya Valenzuela has not been resting on her laurels since winning an Olympic medal this past summer.
Valenzuela, a member of Tseshaht First Nation, was on the Canadian women’s rugby sevens squad that captured the silver medal at the Paris Olympics.
Though she took part in all team activities at the Games in France, Valenzuela was officially listed as an alternate with the club and didn’t see any game action. But she was still awarded a medal.
The Maaqtusiis Knights played a respectable game against Queen Margaret’s Royals (QMR) out of Duncan on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 7, at Ucluelet's 2024 Basketball on the Edge tournament.
The Ahousaht team of junior and senior all-native players suffered back-to-back losses the day before, but doubled back from Flores Island, a 30-minute boat ride from Tofino, to nab an exciting 65-62 victory over QMR.
Maaqtusiis player Kalani Charleson, 17, said the travel didn’t make him tired.
Clayoquot Sound’s living wage has risen again, making it the second highest in the province behind Whistler.
The living wage for Clayoquot Sound, which is calculated by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office and Living Wage BC., is $27.42 - a 3.43 per cent increase from last year. It is the hourly rate that each of two parents working full-time must earn to support a family of four based on the actual costs of living in a particular community. Minimum wage is B.C. is currently $17.40 an hour.
A Nuu-chah-nulth woman is lucky to be alive after being run over while sleeping in her tent in a downtown Campbell River alley.
Darlene Smith, 53, a Nuchatlaht woman and Christie Indian Residential School survivor, has been living on the streets of Campbell River since 2019. She admits an addiction to alcohol for many years now and is known to the local police, who describe her as a nice person.
The clock is ticking for First Nations and the federal government to agree upon the terms of a $47.8-billion child welfare agreement, as a change in Ottawa appears likely if the Liberal minority government is toppled.
This year’s Urban Holiday Gatherings began in Campbell River on Tuesday, where Nuu-chah-nulth-aht from the northern tribes converged at the Thunderbird Hall for an evening of feasting and celebrating their ancestral culture.