Recent investments in the Barkley Sound village of Ethlateese are putting the remote community on track to cut down its reliance on diesel fuel by 90 per cent, according to the province.
Canada’s Indian residential school system existed. The horror stories have been in the news across the nation for decades. Former students, now elders, have publicly shared their painful, intensely personal and often graphic stories.
Yet, there remains a segment of the Canadian population questioning whether Indian residential schools and their legacies are as bad as they are being portrayed. It is called Indian residential school denialism, and a Vancouver Island politician working to shine a light on the issue.
As many as 450 young athletes are ready to hit the mat in Port Alberni this weekend for the 40th year that the city has hosted its invitational wrestling tournament.
Over 40 school teams from across Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland are expected at Alberni District Secondary on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 for the annual event hosted by the high school and the Alberni Wrestling Club. Boys’ and girls’ divisions are grouped into weight classes, ranging from 38 to 130 kilograms, with junior Grade 8 and 9s competing separately than the older Grades 10-12 wrestlers.
On Jan. 23 Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin hosted the 2024 B.C. Reconciliation Awards, a celebration that included recognition for the work of Usma Nuu-chah-nulth Family and Child Services.
Drivers travelling along Highway 4 through MacMillan Provincial Park and Cathedral Grove can expect minor delays over two nights, on Sunday, Jan. 26 and Monday, Jan. 27 as the Ministry of Transportation and Transit installs concrete barriers along the shoulders.
Single-lane-alternating traffic will be in effect from 7 p.m. until 5 a.m. both nights, and drivers should allow extra time to account for possible delays.
Planning is still in the works but there has been a soft launch of a model of health care services that will make its rounds to the central region communities of Ahousaht, Hot Springs Cove, Opitsaht, Ty-Histanis, Esowista, Hitatcu and Macoah.
Keeping a homeless encampment off Pandora Avenue appears to be a surprisingly costly burden for the City of Victoria.
In July, when the Victoria Police Department initiated the beginning stages of a strategy to clear out Pandora Avenue’s unhoused population, City Council instructed their staff to report back with a plan detailing the costs to continue the enforcement. This would prohibit daytime sheltering in Victoria’s parks, streets, sidewalks and boulevards.
The Ministry of Health has announced 26 new substance-use treatment beds, additional capacity that is expected to help 250 people over the next two years recover from addiction.
There’s a clear effort underway to weave First Nations culture into Tofino’s lucrative tourism economy.
In November 2024, Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET) announced a $180,000 project investment with IISAAK OLAM Foundation towards building a commercial art space and carving facility at Naa’Waya’Sum Gardens (formerly the Tofino Botanical Gardens). The project, which also received support from the First Peoples’ Cultural Council’s Heritage Infrastructure Program, aims to be complete by July 2025.
A study conducted in Barkley Sound highlights a resilient sea sponge’s response to its changing environment.
The rare footage was captured by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) seafloor cameras for more than four years, marking the longest continuous recording of these animals in the wild.