Kwatuuma Cole Sayers of the Hupačasath First Nation has received a King Charles III Coronation Medal for his work in clean energy and economic development.
At the second of two ceremonies held this summer presenting the awards, Kwatuuma received the medal on Aug. 27 in Vancouver. Sayers’ mother Judith Sayers also won the award at the first ceremony back in July, which was held in Victoria.
European Green Crab (EGC) are aggressively invading coastal waters and decimating ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest.
This highly effective predator was first identified on the West Coast in San Francisco in 1989 and has been rapidly progressing northward, destroying marine habitats in its wake. Its only known predator is river otters, but eaten in such small quantities, they considered a threat to the crabs.
A State of Emergency has been declared in Ahousaht following a heartbreaking weekend of two unexpected deaths in the community.
Police are investigating the death of an adult man and Ahousaht leadership has confirmed the tragic passing of a female youth worker.
In a statement Sunday, police say Ahousaht RCMP responded to a call on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 6:29 p.m. to a residence on Robinson Avenue.
Tla-o-qui-aht kids had a funtastic time on Aug. 27 with a boulevard worth of bouncy castles popping up right in their own backyard at Ty-Histanis.
The Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation (TFN) Family Fun Day was co-hosted by the nations’ community services and education departments to celebrate the start of a new school year. Education manager Iris Frank says there are about 135 TFN kids getting ready for the upcoming scholastic year.
Eight years into a public health emergency, fatal drug overdoses are declining, bringing encouraging news to the many people affected by British Columbia’s opioid crisis.
Victoria’s Pandora Avenue has seen a rumbling of change this summer, as VicPD enforced a Safety Plan after a paramedic was physically assaulted while attending to a patient on the 900-block. While some service providers in the area believe what happened this summer has finally spurred much needed action for the housing, health, and addiction needs of Victoria’s unhoused population, other frontline workers have been facing frustrations and challenges.
Ideas will be critical for First Nations and forestry companies to make the best use of what’s left to cut, says those behind an upcoming conference being held in Port Alberni this September.
This summer the Tlu-piich Games returned to Port Alberni after five years, reminding Nuu-chah-nulth-aht of the health benefits of physical activity.
A whiteboard noting the Nuu-chah-nulth word of the day, ‘siiksaanapšiity̓ak’, meaning surfboard and pronounced seek-saw-nup-sheelth-yak, reels visitors in towards a new knowledge point on Long Beach in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, in Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations traditional territory.
From there, Indigenous Coastal Guardians Ivan Wells Jr., Chance Fred, Mohkin Masso and Andrew Clappis Jr. add a new layer to the usual Parks Canada visitor safety experience by sharing tidbits of Nuu-chah-nulth culture.
West Coasters won’t be surfing in their own poop anymore after the District of Tofino officially opened its new $77.5M wastewater treatment plant on Aug. 22.
The environmental impact of historically dumping raw sewage into the beautiful waters of Clayoquot Sound wreaked havoc on shellfish harvesting areas, according to a Nuu-chah-nulth cultural lifeways guardian.
“The north waterfront of downtown Tofino was a clam garden until recent decades,” said Gisèle Martin.