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.
With the annual harvest a fraction of what it once was and a declining workforce, British Columbia’s forestry minister admits that the industry is in a state of transition – but needed changes won’t happen without participation of First Nations.
A diesel spill in an inlet near Tahsis last December is slowly clearing up - but not before closing down commercial clam harvesting just ahead of the holiday season.
According to a notice from Ehattesaht First Nation, Zeballos Inlet was closed to clam harvesting a day after the Dec. 14 diesel spill. On Dec. 20, Fisheries and Oceans Canada also issued an emergency closure of shellfish harvesting in Esperanza Inlet due to the spill.
Navigating a sea of red Totem 69 fans, an unassuming Tom Watts slipped into the Alberni District Secondary School (ADSS) gymnasium and posted up in the ‘Lifetime members’ seating area to watch the finals of B.C.’s longest running high school basketball tournament.
The whiff of fresh popcorn and Taylor Swift’s ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ filled the air as the Alberni Storm senior girls team ran onto the court, sinking warm-up shots before a closely fought championship game against Pacific Christian School.
A change in Ottawa appears likely this year, leaving some to wonder what place reconciliation will have in Canada’s next government.
With a federal election expected this spring, the Conservative Party of Canada is riding high in the polls, making Pierre Poilievre the most likely candidate to become Prime Minister. Under the leadership of Justin Trudeau, for the last decade the Liberals have tripled spending on Indigenous services compared to 2015 dollars, but the Conservatives have made so such commitment.
A Friday night soak in an outdoor hot tub sent chills through the spines of a father and daughter as they spotted a cougar peering at them through the bush about a foot away.
Natalee Dennis was visiting her parents at their Tofino home on Friday, January 10th. It was about eight or 9 p.m. when Natalee joined her father Stephen in the hot tub.
“Dad had already been in there for awhile,” she said.
But when Natalee got in the water with her dad, they noticed their pet cat was acting strange.