Special Reports
Tla-o-qui-aht carver designs totem pole to honour lives lost during pandemic lockdown
Tla-o-qui-aht carver Hjalmer Wenstob has completed and raised a new totem pole at Ty-Histanis to…
First Nation tourism businesses stay afloat, but summer tourist season sunk by highway closures
West coast tourism businesses have been dealt yet another crippling blow after the Cameron…
Will the second consecutive year of extreme drought impact salmon runs?
Since July 13, Vancouver Island has been in a drought level five, making for an earlier dry…
Nuchatlaht look at prolonged court battle for Aboriginal title
Six and a half years after filing a claim to the B.C. Supreme Court, the Nuchatlaht are…
Massive red cedar resembling rock wall discovered in Ahousaht territory
It was like nothing Ahousaht’s Tyson Atleo had ever seen before.
Giving the illusion of a…
Sealing begins on Bamfield road
After decades of lobbying for a safer road to Bamfield and the Huu-ay-aht village of Anacla,…
First Bachelor of Education degrees granted with Nuu-chah-nulth language specialization
A group of five Nuu-chah-nulth-aht have earned the first ever Bachelor of Education degree…
It’s time for Lisa to be brought home, say supporters
It’s been 21 years since Lisa Marie Young went missing, precisely the age she was when she was…
Preliminary Hearing begins in death of 6-year-old Dontay Lucas
It’s been five years since six-year-old Dontay Lucas was found unresponsive in his home in a…
Municipal governments respond to public drug consumption amid decriminalization project
On Jan. 31, 2023, the province of British Columbia decriminalized personal possession of some…
Program aims to overcome health care elitism for First Nations
This fall a new nursing stream is coming to six universities in B.C., offering Indigenous…
First Nations fight to keep Discovery Islands fish farms
Amid the fray of competing interests from environmentalists, advocacy groups, industry…