Strawberry the rooster’s family was surprised to learn he was an illegal pet ZOE DUCKLOW, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Dec. 18, 2020 5:30 a.m. Strawberry wasn’t planned for, exactly. He was what loving parents might describe as a surprise. But when the chick, who hatched near the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic this year, started […]
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Backwards tray results in 12 misinformed COVID-19 testees
Six negative and six positive results were linked to the wrong names on the North Island ZOE DUCKLOW, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Dec. 11, 2020 5:30 a.m. Amid a flurry of tests and publicized COVID-19 cases, 12 test results on the North Island were mixed up, causing six people to mistakenly be told they were […]
Kwakiutl First Nation angry at logging in Douglas Treaty land
The nation is calling on government to honour the Douglas Treaty ZOE DUCKLOW, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Dec. 4, 2020 8:30 a.m Kwakiutl First Nation’s Chief and Council are calling on the government to stop Western Forest Products (WFP) from logging on Douglas Treaty land, a two-mile-thick strip of shoreline between Port McNeill and Port […]
Remembering the Forgotten War in Coal Harbour
The little hangar museum has seen it all, from submarine threats to whaling to quiet hamlet life ZOE DUCKLOW, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Nov. 11, 2020 5:30 a.m. Sitting at the huge lazy susan table in the RCAF room, Joel Eilersten flips through a book that tells of the military history on the West Coast. […]
k’awat’si Marine Transport celebrates a growing fleet with a blessing from community
Boat launches k’awat’si Marine Transport into freight transport ZOE DUCKLOW, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Nov. 10, 2020 4:15 p.m. Frigid winds blew into Hardy Bay on Nov. 5, but that didn’t stop Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw elected chief Paddy Walkus from standing on deck of the newly acquired Mars Rustler boat in a t-shirt and sandals, in classic […]
Wuikinuxv First Nation evacuation to Port Hardy extended to seven days
Rains have not slacked off, keeping landslides a present threat ZOE DUCKLOW, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Nov. 3, 2020 10:00 a.m. Around 30 people from Rivers Inlet were evacuated to Port Hardy last week because unusually heavy rainfall is threatening floods and landslides in the small valley community. The Wuikinuxv First Nation reserve is accessible […]
Indigenous Court to offer alternative sentencing options
Final approval from the Judicial Council is expected in January ZOE DUCKLOW, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Oct. 31, 2020 7:30 a.m. There has been a renaissance of Indigenous legal systems across Canada over the last several years, showing up in the form of small community initiatives, new classes and degrees at law schools. In B.C., […]
Coast Guard towed rudderless sailors to Port Hardy hours before a powerful storm
ZOE DUCKLOW, LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Oct. 21, 2020 12:18 p.m. A pair of rudderless sailors were towed to Port Hardy just hours before a massive storm hit on Thanksgiving night, and are under quarantine on their boat in Hardy Bay after a 119-day journey. “We are thankful, thankful, thankful to be here,” Sherry Pryde, […]
Are Conservative Senators Going to Kill Law Protecting Indigenous Rights?
Bill adopting UN declaration stalled and in danger of dying Almost a year after the House of Commons passed a law committing Canada to accept the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the legislation is stalled in the Senate. And there is a growing risk that the legislation will die there. Once the […]
Site C Is Shortchanging BC Workers and Apprentices, Say Unions
Megaproject a missed opportunity to address skills shortage, critics argue. The largest public works project in B.C.’s history — the Site C dam — is providing a much smaller share of the jobs to British Columbians than previous BC Hydro projects. And despite promises the $10.7-billion megaproject would provide a training ground for a new […]