Spring is in the air and so is the chance for love - maybe more so, if you’re Indigenous in Canada. That’s because there’s a new reality dating show featuring Indigenous couples is soon to hit your television screen. 

APTN, a broadcasting network featuring Indigenous content, is launching the new reality dating show. 

“Rezervations for Two brings rez humour, real chemistry and Indigenous love stories to reality TV,” said APTN in new release.

A new art installation, designed by Tseshaht master carver, Gordon Dick, has been mounted on the exterior wall of West Coast General Hospital (WCGH) to recognize the expansion of the emergency department.

The art piece and a plaque recognize the Coulson and Campbell families, who donated $500,000 respectively to the expanded emergency department project.

As of noon today, camping trips on B.C.’s coast will entail empty fire pits. 

The provincial government says open fires throughout the Coastal Fire Centre’s jurisdiction, with exceptions for Haida Gwaii, are prohibited. The prohibition will be in place until October 31, 2026, or until the order is rescinded. 

“It’s the earliest ever, but at the same time it’s certainly dry out there. After last year we certainly don’t want any more wildfires,” said Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mike Cann.

Scores of people dressed in red marched through downtown Nanaimo late Tuesday afternoon to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people during the city’s fourth annual MMIWG2S+ walk and gathering.

The May 5 march took place on the traditional territory of Snuneymuxw First Nation and brought together Indigenous families, community advocates and supporters carrying drums, signs, banners, and photographs of loved ones.

Tseshaht First Nation member ƛiniiḥak (pronounced Tli-nii-hak) ran the BMO Vancouver Marathon with her 27-year-old son Edward Johnson Jr. on Sunday, May 3.

Race day was hotter than expected as an early May heatwave surged over a sea of roughly 25,000 participants from over 60 countries with record temperatures of 26 C.  

“My son and I had goal finish times going into the race, but we had a really good conversation, and made the hard decision to adjust our pace,” said ƛiniiḥak, who is also known as Janice Johnson. 

A shipwreck occurred in the Broken Group Islands on the weekend, prompting the Coast Guard to rescue the two who were aboard and an assessment of how much of the trawler’s 530 litres of diesel leaked in the ocean. 

According to initial reports from the Canadian Coast Guard, the Northern Challenge, a 40-foot commercial fishing trawler, hit a rock in the Broken Group at about 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 2. The vessel soon took on water and began to sink.

One month after the passing of his brother Yemchiss, Nasimius Ross found his way to the Alberni Athletic Hall to catch the finals of the Con “Nupps” Charleson Memorial Basketball Tournament. 

Ross received warm hugs from everyone who crossed his path, April 19 was his birthday after all, a special day he serendipitously shares with Nupps. 

After two years of running a short stint along Port Alberni’s waterfront, the historic train extended its route today to the Barclay hotel - with hopes of eventually running the attraction to the eastern extent of Nuu-chah-nulth territory at Cameron Lake.

A long-discussed vision to restore rail service between Port Alberni and Parksville has been complicated by wildfire damage, raising new questions about whether the corridor can return to its historic role as a vital transportation link or shift toward tourism-focused use.

A final report on the vision for the Alberni Valley rail corridor, released in March, outlines both the promise and the limitations facing the line after the 2025 Wesley Ridge wildfire destroyed two historic trestle bridges and damaged a third near Cameron Lake.