Momentum is building to have the Whalers’ Washing House returned to its original site at Yuquot, after the contents of the shrine have sat in a New York museum’s storage for over a century.

Substantial resources are coming from the province to support the land and resource management of modern treaty First Nations.

The new fiscal relationship between B.C. and modern treaty nations involves a co-developed funding model of about $1 million per First Nation per year for three years, which enables capacity treaty implementation work, according to the Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation.

With DFO’s latest Somas Sockeye Bulletin showing favorable numbers the Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations’ fishery departments are stating that the first half of this year’s season was a success.

“The high rain falls in June made the fishing conditions very favorable,” Les Sam, Tseshaht Councillor tells Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper.

On July 2, Canada launched its first National Council for Reconciliation. This independent, Indigenous-led organization aims to monitor and evaluate reconciliation efforts nationwide, addressing the long-standing injustices First Nations face.

As 2023 marked British Columbia’s “most destructive” wildfire season, with 2.84 million hectares of fires burning across the province, the Pacific Salmon Foundation recently released a list of possible human interactions to recover salmon habitat.

With a grand total of 2,293 wildfires by December, the province declared 2023 the “most destructive” year throughout British Columbia’s history. With the prediction of “larger, more intense and more frequent” wildfires in the future, the Pacific Salmon Foundation is concerned for B.C.'s wild salmon habitat and watersheds.

Saya Masso is grateful for the work that Tourism Tofino officials are doing.

But Masso, the lands and resources manager for Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation, believes much more needs to be done before his First Nation can fully start reaping benefits it deserves.

Tourism Tofino announced last month details of a new initiative through an organization called Destination Think. Tourism Tofino is one of the founding members of this group, whose goals include implementing improvements in travel.

A unique ocean area four times the size of Vancouver Island has gained official protection from petroleum exploration, deep-sea mining and bottom trawl fishing.

Located about 150 kilometres west of Vancouver Island and off the southern tip of Haida Gwaii, the Tang.ɢwan-ḥačxʷiqak-Tsig̱is Marine Protected Area (MPA) is home to extraordinary seafloor features, including more than 47 underwater mountains, known as seamounts, and all confirmed hydrothermal vents in Canada. It is now the largest MPA designated under Canada’s Oceans Act.

In the early morning hours of July 11th Tofino residents felt the effects of an earthquake 209 kilometres off their coast. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake with a depth of 10 kilometres was measured and reported by the U.S. Geological Survey at 8:08 a.m., followed by another four quakes, magnitude 4.3, 4.9 4.8, and then the last 4.6 magnitude event at around 8:20am on July 12.

On the weather-battered northwest coast of Nootka Island, rusted remnants of 20th century life can be found in the tall grass. Vegetation grows through the worn-out bottom of a pot, a 1950s-era laundry press is hidden under the flowers, while old brown springs emerge from grass, the abandoned mattress long overtaken by the elements. Walking through the overgrowth, a careful eye can spot depressions in the ground, ghostlike traces of houses that were moved from the village of Nuchatlitz years ago.

In recent years federal and provincial governments have prioritized the need to connect remote communities with internet service, but it became clear while planning this year’s Northern Region Games that the Wi-Fi in Kyuquot needed to be turned off.

“We wanted the kids to be away from technology, away from the internet so they can enjoy the games,” said Anita Buck, a lead organizer for this year’s games, which were hosted by the Ka:'yu:'k't'h'/Che:k'tles7et'h' First Nations July 5-8.