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Children in foster care

Tears and words of forgiveness as couple is sentenced for death of 6-year-old Don-Tay Lucas

A Port Alberni couple has been sentenced to 15 years after they pled guilty to manslaughter in…

Language

Despite decline of fluent speakers, jump in language learners indicates potential resurgence

Sisters čiisma and Tuu paat have spoken their Indigenous dialects - without interruption - for…

Cameron Bluffs wildfire

Cameron Bluffs wildfire changed soil conditions, says ministry after Christmas closure  

On Dec. 25 Highway 4 saw its first highly anticipated unexpected closure when rocks and debris…

Kennedy Hill highway construction

13 years later, Tofino ambulance attendants remembered at Kennedy Lake memorial stone

It’s been 13 years since two veteran Tofino paramedics lost their lives when the ambulance they…

Transportation to remote communities

New bus service for Tofino and Ucluelet travelers begins January 30

Just as west coast residents began scrambling for alternative transportation after Tofino Bus…

Zim Kingston container spill

Zim Kingston response was ‘deficient’, says parliamentary committee

Nearly a year after the Zim Kingston lost over 100 shipping containers at sea west of Vancouver…

The Ahousaht case

Nations transition into a growing share of crab fishery

One year after a favourable court ruling, changes are underway to give Nuu-chah-nulth fishers a…

Language revitalization pole

‘It’s alive now and we can talk to it’: Pole’s name references first woman

As its eyes look east toward the rising sun this autumn, the carver behind a totem pole recently…

Mental health and COVID-19

Care home residents face loneliness as pandemic approaches 10th month

It has been nearly ten months since the province declared a state of emergency in response to…

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