By Patrick Penner, Tri-Cities Dispatch, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Salmon have returned to the Tri-Cities’ by storm, literally.
The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) said returning fish were spotted at four locations in the Tri-Cities over the last week: Noons Creek, Hoy Creek, Oxbow channel off the Coquitlam River, and Hyde Creek.
Continue reading Tri-Cities’ salmon return by storm
By Mina Kerr-Lazenby, North Shore News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Seycove Secondary, a high school in North Vancouver’s Deep Cove neighbourhood, has been gifted a new name of Seycove at sə́yəmətən by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.
Pronounced say-əm-me-ton, the name translates to ‘a good place of water’ in the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language, and is the name of the original Indigenous village at Strathcona.
Continue reading North Vancouver school given traditional, Tsleil-Waututh name
By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Musician and composer Wylie Ferguson has been accepted into a mentorship program with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra where his work will be played and critiqued. The current VSO mentorship and readings program began on October 15th and runs until May 31st, 2023, culminating in the reading of the scores on May 30th.
Continue reading BC composer has original work played by Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
By Rachelle Stein-Wotten, Gabriola Sounder, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Union of BC Municipalities’ membership endorsed a resolution calling for changes to the BC Building Code to allow for tiny homes as permanent dwellings.
Continue reading Tiny home resolution endorsed at UBCMBy Patrick Penner, Tri-Cities Dispatch, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
When the Hoy Scott Watershed Society hosted their annual Salmon Come Home event last Sunday, the creek was “barely a trickle,” said Tyler Storgaard, hatchery manager.
B.C.’s drought conditions persisted throughout the latter end of the summer and didn’t break until Monday.
Continue reading Only time will tell drought’s full effect on local salmon runs
