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Uchucklesaht apartment project filling up quickly
By Shayne Morrow September 13, 2016View from the one still-vacant fourth-floor suite overlooking Port Alberni harbour. According to Scott Coulson, CEO of Uchucklesaht Tribe, the prized corner suite of...
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Back to school for North Island College students
September 14, 2016Luke George welcomes students to North Island College Orientation Day Sept. 1. Port Alberni It was orientation day Sept. 1 for students attending North Island College campus in Port...
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Kelly John Memorial Bursary awarded by North Island College
By Shayne Morrow September 15, 2016Janis John Smith unveils the new Memory Wall at North Island College. The centrepiece is a framed profile of her father, the late Paul Kelly John.Photos by Shayne...
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Ehattesaht couple opens Native art gallery
By Denise Titian September 21, 2016Ernie and Darlene Smith have opened Awatin Aboriginal Art Gallery in Campbell River.Photos by Denise Titian. Campbell River Just a few months after his graduation...
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Quu-asa demonstrates theme of Tribal Council AGM through ceremony
September 21, 2016Transformation circle comes after participants let go of the emotions and past experiences that are holding them back on their path to happiness.Photos by Deb Steel, with permission...
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A look at the Ty Histanis (Anchor) Community Development
By Nora Martin September 22, 2016Ty Histanis homes nearing completion Ty Histanis, Tla-o-qui-aht Dave Dennis, Public Works manager, has been employed by Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation for four years. His...
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Ahousaht celebrates post-secondary students and graduates
By Denise Titian September 22, 2016Celebrating Ahousaht graduates and their achievements.Photo by Denise Titian Nanaimo Ahousaht post-secondary students and graduates arrived at Nanaimo’s Coast...
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DFO dismissed from negotiations by hereditary chiefs; Prime Minister no...
By Debora Steel September 23, 2016Trudeau rides in a Tla-o-qui-aht canoe during a parade in Tofino in August. Tla-o-qui-aht Chief Councilor Elmer Frank has said he's not welcome back in the territory...
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Expansion plans on display at Tsawaayuus open house
By Shayne Morrow September 23, 2016Members of the Westcoast Native Health Care Society board of directors. From left to right: Derek Appleton (vice-president), Gerri Thomas, Daniel Watts, Darlene...
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Canada tells Nuu-chah-nulth three different tales
Staff September 27, 2016Ken Watts, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal CouncilPhoto by Melody Charlie Port Alberni The voices of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers, the voice of Canada’s bureaucracy...
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Vast students make their mark on Orange Shirt Day
By Shayne Morrow October 3, 2016Vast student Aaron Prest places his handprint on the 10th Avenue mural.Photos by Shayne Morrow Port Alberni Students at Vast had a chance to learn about the history and...
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Kanopit hosts double celebration in Ahousaht
By Denise Titian October 5, 2016Maxine Thomas assists Cecelia Titian who stands with her son Steven while Joseph George sings a prayer song. Beside him at right is Ha'wilth Hanuquii Nathan...
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Herring, hake and long jaw: Ha’wiih discuss wide range of concerns at...
By Denise Titian October 6, 2016Huu-ay-aht Tyee Ha’wilth Kleeshin, Derek Peters, through his speaker Wiš qii, Robert Dennis Jr., addresses hereditary chiefs and nation representatives in Anacla...
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Residential schools are over legally, but they are still with the people
By Debora Steel October 6, 2016Haahuupayak School girls are ready to walk for Orange Shirt Day.Photo by Debora Steel Tseshaht (Port Alberni) Kelly Sport was suddenly overcome.He was addressing the...
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Mowachaht/Muchalaht hockey player has sights set on the big league
By Denise Titian October 12, 2016Cody Savey has be placed on a protected list for the Seattle Thunderbirds. Vancouver Since he was five years old, Cody Savey remembers loving the game of ice hockey....
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Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations battle in court with a government still using...
PRESS RELEASE October 12, 2016T’aaq-wiihak Fishing Boat Vancouver Five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations are fed up with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s lack of commitment to ‘Nation-to-Nation’...
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Ain’t nothing to it, but to do it
By Debora Steel October 19, 2016Education for Nuu-chah-nulth children transformed by 40 years of guts, grit and guidance from early visionaries.Photo by Debora Steel Port Alberni “The grass was dry, a...
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Nuu-chah-nulth tired of waiting for crumbs from Canada
By Cara McKenna October 19, 2016Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Deb Foxcroft at a Press Conference on Nuu-chah-nulth right to fish and sell fish today in Vancouver. Ahouaht Tyee Ha'wih Maquinna Lewis...
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Tofino remembers Leviathan II tragedy on first year anniversary
By Denise Titian October 26, 2016First responder Ken Brown is greeted by a survivor of the Leviathan II tragedy and her mother during the first year anniversary commemoration of the capsizing of the...
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Hupacasath earns Ministry award for woodlot operation
By Shayne Morrow October 28, 2016Hupacasath Forest Resources Manager Warren Lauder (second from left) and Chief Councillor Steve Tatoosh receive the Minister¹s Award For Innovation And Excellence In...
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