The future of mail delivery across the country is changing now that Canada Post has announced it is ending door-to-door mail delivery. The corporation is facing major debt issues and drastically lower letter volumes.
The announcement to end door-to-door delivery came last fall from Joël Lightbound, minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement.
Island Health is making progress towards establishing a much-needed Sobering and Assessment Centre for Vancouver Island’s west coast region.
Located in Tofino, the six-bed facility will offer shelter and assessment for inebriated clients for up to 24 hours.
The doors were open to all at the annual NETP Career Fair, held at the Alberni Athletic Hall on April 9, 2026. Attendees were invited to bring their resumes as they visited dozens of booths offering career or educational information.
Shan Ross, special projects coordinator for the Nuu-chah-nulth Employment & Training Program (NETP), said the event has been running annually for 10 years, with an average visitor count of 400.
The historic Maa-nulth treaty was signed 15 years ago this April 1, one of the few modern-day formal agreements between First Nations and the federal and provincial governments that sets the tenets of self-governance.
A new health care service facility will soon open in uptown Port Alberni. The facility is expected to ease the strain on a local healthcare system that suffers from insufficient family physicians to serve the population and long wait lines at the hospital emergency room and walk-in clinics.
Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council President Judith Sayers is not a huge fan of British Columbia Premier David Eby these days.
Earlier this month Eby detailed his plans to temporarily suspend, for up to three years, various sections of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, which is often simply called DRIPA.
The Tla-o-qui-aht Development Corporation (TDC) was named Tofino’s top Green Business of the Year at the 2025 Business Excellence Awards gala hosted by the Tofino Chamber of Commerce.
Established in 2001, TDC is wholly owned by the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation (TFN) and helps manage Tin Wis Resort, Tsawaak RV Resort & Campground, TFN Micro Hydro, and TFN Seafoods.
“We literally just purchased over $30,000 worth of plants that will be going throughout the grounds,” said TDC Chief Executive Officer Nik Vischschraper.
The scent of chiseled cedar filled the air as artist Josh Watts perfectly centered his latest carving on a white wall.
Watts is one of five artists featured this April at the Naa'Waya'Sum Carving Studio in a Carving on the Edge exhibition called the ‘Next Generation Indigenous Art Show’. Naa'Waya'Sum (pronounced nah-why-a-sum) is located at the former Tofino Botanical Gardens within the ha’houlthee (traditional territory) of Tla-o-qui-aht Ha’wiih (hereditary chiefs).
Currently no wolves have been dispatched after a tragic incident on April 7 that resulted in the death of a Ucluelet family dog, “as there is no immediate public safety threat identified”, according to Inspector Drew Milne, Officer In charge of the West Coast Region B.C. Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS).
The dog was off-leash when it was lured and killed by the wolves at a popular walking spot known locally as Wyndansea, according to BCCOS.
A panel of three judges has ruled in favor of the Nuchatlaht First Nation, granting them full title over their entire 210-square-kilometre land claim on Nootka Island – and the decision was unanimous.
"We are celebrating this victory and looking ahead to our future,” stated Tyee Ha'wilh Jordan Michael upon hearing the news. “This recognition gives us a foundation to help our members, steward our territory, and drive our own successes.”