Special Reports

Nuchatlaht Case

It’s a win! Nuchatlaht First Nation granted full Aboriginal Title to northern part of Nootka Island

A panel of three judges has ruled in favor of the Nuchatlaht First Nation, granting them full…

Old Growth Stewardship

Clayoquot Sound’s only tree farm licence subdivided into three lots to assert First Nations’ land visions

The logging tenure for a landscape made famous by the “War in the Woods” protests on the west…

Rebuilding threatened salmon

Tire chemicals in rain run-off proving toxic to Coho salmon

New studies are exploring how pollution from tire chemicals found in streams are affecting…

The Ahousaht case

Nuu-chah-nulth-led Fisheries Society celebrates successes with unveiling of ceremonial curtain

The five nations that fought the Canadian government for their Aboriginal right to harvest and…

Aquaculture

Cloud of uncertainty for salmon farms as federal deadline proceeds

As the sun appears to be setting on salmon farming in British Columbia, the industry remains a…

Opioid crisis

Preliminary data shows 21 per cent drop in B.C.'s drug deaths last year

The BC Coroners Service has release preliminary information that shows 1,826 lost their lives to…

Missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls

Hundreds participate in 17th annual Stolen Sisters Memorial March in downtown Victoria

Hundreds dressed in red gathered in downtown Victoria on Feb. 14 to participate in the 17th…

Residential schools

Hateful graffiti found on Port Alberni’s Orange Bridge for second time in a week

Port Alberni RCMP are investigating after the ‘Every Child Matters’ barrier at the Orange Bridge…

Discrimination in health care

Bernice’s story highlights B.C.’s new liver transplant guidelines for Indigenous patients

Widower Kimball Davidson says his wife Bernice is an unsung hero.

“Her weapon was…

Mount Underwood forest fire

Bamfield road reopens, daily closures expected in coming weeks

Residents of communities on southwest Vancouver Island are no longer cut off from Port Alberni,…

Language

Nuu-chah-nulth language keeper Jeneva Touchie named Ucluelet’s Citizen of the Year

Nuu-chah-nulth language keeper Jeneva Touchie (Čakʷaasiqḥw̓iłim) is Ucluelet’s 2025 Citizen of…

Whalers' Washing House

‘For some of us, it’s natural’: Yuquot celebration marks return of whalers shrine

A grey whale came to the shore of Yuquot on Aug. 2, exposing its fins above the surf as the…

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