For the second time since its unveiling, the abutment leading to the Somass river ‘Orange Bridge’ has been vandalized with a racist slur.
The Somass River bridge was a prominent landmark that many Indigenous children recall seeing on their way to Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS), which operated in Tseshaht territory for nearly 100 years.
The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) is seeking a full time Registered Nurse to provide Community Health Nursing services to Indigenous children and families in a variety of community-based settings in Port Alberni.
The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) is seeking a full time Registered Nurse to provide Community Health Nursing services to Indigenous children and families in a variety of community-based settings in Port Alberni.
Widower Kimball Davidson says his wife Bernice is an unsung hero.
“Her weapon was kindness and her shield was compassion,” he says.
A chronic autoimmune disease called Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC), which is unrelated to alcohol, caused Bernice’s liver to slowly deteriorate over the course of a decade. She passed away on Oct.16, 2022, at 4:15 a.m. in Vancouver General Hospital at the age of 71.
The Pacific Rim School District has launched a co-governance model with local Nuu-chah-nulth nations, aiming to strengthen relationships, advance reconciliation and foster collaborative leadership in public education.
The Cowichan River and the Heart of Fraser are tied for first place in this year’s Endangered Rivers List, released by the Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C. (ORBC).
Other rivers made it to the list, including the Elk River in Kootenay, Kettle River in the Okanagan, Stikine River in the northwest region, the Similkameen River in the Southern Interior and the Thompson/Chilcotin rivers steelhead in the Interior.
The decriminalization of illicit drug use in B.C. will end Jan. 31, as Minister of Health Josie Osborne admits that the three-year project “hasn’t delivered the results we had hoped for.”
The Nuu-chah-nulth Youth Warrior Program has expanded in a big way, thanks to new funding from various government departments.
The program seeks to strengthen the confidence and capacity of young Nuu-chah-nulth leaders by helping them prepare for the future through life skills and employment training. They work with elders and knowledge-keepers to guide the programs.
A baby Bigg’s (Transient) orca photographed travelling with T068C pod near Tonquin Beach off Tofino on Jan. 5 appears to be in poor health and will likely die, according to whale researcher and Executive Director of Bay Cetology Jared Towers.
He said the little calf is very skinny, very young and has an open wound on its dorsal fin.
Each winter coastal Vancouver Island can count on periods of a steady deluge of rain – but as residents wait out the storms, there won’t always be electricity available to heat homes and refrigerate food.
On Sunday, Jan. 11 power was again cut off to the island’s northwest region, affecting the communities of Zeballos, Oclucje and Kyuquot as another atmospheric river washed through coastal B.C. From Sunday to the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 13 up to 200 millimetres was expected to hit the west coast of Vancouver Island, more than anywhere else in the province.