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December 17, 2014
AFN Welcomes Court Decision to Extend Deadline for Indian Residential Schools Personal Credits for Education Program
(Ottawa, ON) – Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde is pleased with today’s court decision to extend the deadlines for the…
In response to a need seen by mental health workers serving Nuu-chah-nulth communities for years, Teechuktl has grown its team of counsellors and cultural support staff by one quarter in recent months.
Since September 2018 Teechulktl Mental Health, a department within the Nuu-chah-nulth…
As part of the ongoing coverage of Exercise Coastal Response, Ha-Shilth-Sa was invited to cover the arrival of the elite Vancouver-based Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) team.
According to the exercise scenario, a Magnitude 9 earthquake struck at 7:45 am Tuesday, followed almost immediately by…
In honour of this year’s Red Dress Day on May 5, sisters Nora Martin and Grace Frank are planning to hang three red dresses within Tla-o-qui-aht’s traditional territory.
“We want people to know that our family and relatives are still missing,” said Martin.
The national day of awareness aims…
What started as a conversation around a kitchen table between friends, has evolved into a successful advocacy campaign for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
In just one year, friends Carla Voyageur and Jeannine Lindsay have raised $10,000 through their Lil’ Red Dress Project…
This year the Missing and Murdered Inquiry into Indigenous Women and Girls concluded, but Aboriginal women continue to go missing and fall victim to homicide at a significantly higher rate than the Canadian average. Beyond the inquiry, what else needs to be done to make this country safer for…
Qu'asa hosted the first of five December urban gatherings for Nuu-chah-nulth-aht in Campbell River on Tuesday, Dec. 5, bringing approximately 100 people from several generations to the Thunderbird Hall.
The afternoon and evening events included culural ceremony - with singing, drumming and…
The walk to end violence against aboriginal women and girls began at the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council with a moment of silence. It was a fitting place to begin the walk, said Tseshaht Councillor Deb Foxcroft, given that the area used to be the site of Alberni Indian Residential School where many…
‘They’re always there’: Students reflect on supports that uplifted them as they complete high school
With the days being warmer and longer, summer break is just around the corner, but for students in Grade 12, June also marks a larger milestone: the completion of their high-school journey.
Katie Ambrose, a member of Ehattesaht with ties to Mowachaht, Hesquiaht, Kyuquot and Ahousaht, reflected…
“The system is set up for failure,” said a worried and frustrated mother of a young, heroin addicted man. Jackie Dennis of Huu-ay-aht is doing whatever she can to help her adult son get clean, including taking him home to Anacla to care for him as he goes through the painful process of withdrawing…
The Quu’usa project, which is a program under the mental health program of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC), hosted a successful workshop in Tsaxana. The ‘Finding the Strength in Ourselves” workshop took place at Wameesh Gymnasium on Dec. 5. There were about 70 participants…
This holiday season, like all years, the Alberni Valley Salvation Army have been working hard to help feed the unhoused community and provide needed necessities.
Pastor Michael Ramsay and his team of staff and volunteers will be providing those in need with a Christmas meal on Dec. 25 at the…
When Larry Baird gets up in the morning and feels the twinges and pain of the arthritis in his hands he thinks of Dr. Ryk Ward and the relief his research on rheumatic diseases promised to Nuu-chah-nulth peoples.
In the early 1980s, Ward took 883 vials of blood from Nuu-chah-nulth subjects to…
More than 60 people arrived at the Hupacasath House of Gathering Jan. 20 to hear updated information about residential school compensation for former students and to hear about available healing resources.
In her welcome and opening comments, Hupacasath Chief Shaunee Casavant offered words of…
Monica Patsy Jones has worked hard to fundraise, plan and organize the second annual walk for missing and murdered Indigenous peoples of Vancouver Island. She is inviting people from all over Vancouver Island to join in a walk Feb.9 in Duncan B.C. in an effort to draw attention to the unsolved…