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Children in foster care

Time running out for $47.8-billion child welfare agreement

The clock is ticking for First Nations and the federal government to agree upon the terms of a $…

Opioid crisis

‘They’re out of place’: Nine fatal overdoses in 11 days among unhoused after Pandora Ave. cleared out

In the wake of the police-enforced removal of homeless encampments on Pandora Avenue and Ellice…

Residential schools

A nomadic youth: Generations later, stories surface from the Indian Boarding Home Program

When he was about 16 Lyle Billy was travelling alone on a bus from Gold River to Victoria. In…

Old Growth Stewardship

Why 2024 was a bittersweet year for Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks

Sweetness is the $1 million milestone Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks crossed this year in ecosystem…

Kennedy Hill highway construction

Ministry extends completion date of Highway 4 road repairs near Kennedy Hill

The original October 18 completion date has come and gone, and the Ministry of Transportation…

Bamfield Road

Tragic flooding shows Bamfield road must be monitored differently, says elected chief

A pair of tragedies on a flooded Bamfield road during a recent heavy rainfall is bringing up…

Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

City of Nanaimo plants memorial tree for Lisa Marie Young

It been 22 years since Lisa Marie Young went missing after a night out with friends – a longer…

Rebuilding threatened salmon

State of Salmon report shows decline of most species in B.C. and northward

Over 70 per cent of salmon are below their long-term average, according to the recently…

Discrimination in health care

Canadian Medical Association makes public apology to Indigenous people

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) issued a public apology to First Nations, Inuit and Métis…

Nuchatlaht Case

Nuchatlaht launch appeal in continued fight for Aboriginal title

The Nuchatlaht have filed with the B.C. Court of Appeal, launching the next phase of its legal…

Offshore marine protected area

Coastal First Nations and DFO protect 133, 017 square kilometres of deep sea territory

A unique ocean area four times the size of Vancouver Island has gained official protection from…

Aquaculture

Fish farms get five more years, as feds commit to transition industry from net pens

B.C.’s fish farms now have five years to get open net-pens out of the water – a federal…

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