By John Woodside, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling for government intervention in the wake of RCMP enforcement of an injunction granted to Coastal GasLink to build a pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.
Continue reading Hundreds of academics call for RCMP’s ‘immediate retreat’ from Wet’suwet’en territoryBy Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thousands of British Columbians remain displaced following a series of devastating floods and landslides that have swallowed highway roads and entire cities in the southern part of the province.
The floods prompted British Columbia to declare its third state of emergency this year on Nov. 17. The devastation was triggered by an atmospheric river that carried rainfall two times the average amount within a 72-hour period.
Continue reading Do clearcuts contribute to BC’s flooding?By Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Victoria, BC – A new wind buoy being deployed off the southern tip of Vancouver Island could help remote communities cut their diesel dependence.
Continue reading New buoy explores the potential of Vancouver Island’s offshore wind powerBy Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
From a bridge above train tracks in New Hazelton, B.C., supporters of the Gitxsan Nation watched on Nov. 18, as Gitxsan children and teens tossed marshmallows at a fleet of heavily-armed RCMP units descending upon the tiny town in the northwest part of the province.
“They had tactical units, sniper teams and riot suppression gear and we had children with marshmallows,” Kolin Sutherland-Wilson, a Gitxsan member of Wilp (house group) Git’luuhl’um’hetxwit, told The Narwhal in an interview.
Continue reading ‘We are not here to get killed’: Wet’suwet’en solidarity actions met with armed police responseBy Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tofino, BC – During art class at the Wickaninnish Community School in Tofino, Dominic Hansen eagerly volunteered to introduce himself to his class.
Despite having already been in school together for nearly three months, Hansen’s classmates listened to him attentively, as if they were hearing him for the first time. In Nuu-chah-nulth, he shared his name, his parent’s names and where he comes from.
Continue reading Interweaving Nuu-chah-nulth culture into a school curriculum
