National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Aquaculture companies have won a court victory that appears to overturn aspects of a recent federal government decision to phase out contentious fish farms in the Discovery Islands.
Continue reading Salmon farms win court victory: can restock pensNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Fairy Creek old-growth activists are facing arrest after a logging company won a court order banning blockades defending some of the last tracts of ancient rainforest on southern Vancouver Island.
Continue reading Fairy Creek old-growth activists face arrestsNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
B.C. health authorities clamped down on COVID-19 measures Monday as new cases in the province spike and the race against variants becomes increasingly dire.
Continue reading BC clamps down on COVID 19 surgeNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Many Indigenous tourism providers in B.C. are still in limbo waiting for more information from provincial health authorities before making any concrete decisions about whether they’ll open or operate this summer. But others are forging ahead and cautiously optimistic as they bank on domestic tourists to tide them over until borders shuttered by COVID-19 open again.
Continue reading Indigenous tourism sector banks on domestic touristsNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Displaced from their traditional territories and scattered across Vancouver Island and beyond for more than 50 years, the Tlowitsis First Nation is on the cusp of breaking ground on a home for its people.
Chief John Smith and his brother, Thomas, a councillor, hope to finally begin work on a new village for the Tlowitsis after a decades-long search and the 2018 purchase of land south of Campbell River from a logging company.
Continue reading 50 years later: Tlowitsis First Nation in Campbell River
