It’s the worst time of the year for a fuel spill on the coast, says a clearly upset elected Ehattesaht chief.
“I am sure I will get angry next, but for right now I am sad that all of this fuel is out there sloshing around our territory, washing up on our beaches,” said Chief Councillor Simon John in an update from the Ehattesaht/Chinehkint First Nation.
B.C. salmon farmer Grieg Seafoods spilled about 7,500 litres of diesel oil into Hecate Channel near Zeballos on Saturday, Dec. 14, after what government officials say was a “human error during fuel transfer” at the Lutes Creek farm site.
Co-ordinated efforts are currently underway to contain the spill, but it’s been a difficult process due to storm and large tide swings, according to Ehattesaht/Chinehkint First Nations Chief and Council.
The Chims Motel has received yet another accolade.
The latest recognition comes in the form of being selected as the Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Business Investment recipient.
Chims Motel, which launched as an operation in 2016 with one guesthouse, now consists of six modernized cabins.
Tseshaht First Nation member Naomi Nicholson is the general manager of the facility. She owns and operates the motel with her husband Ed.
Chims Motel was honoured during the local chamber of commerce’s Business Excellence Awards ceremony held on Nov. 29.
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.