National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A remote First Nation community on the West Coast has extra reason to celebrate the new year after getting the all-clear from health officials on a COVID-19 cluster and news it’s at the front of the line for the Moderna vaccinations.
Continue reading Klahoose to get Moderna VaccineNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A coalition of industry stakeholders and Vancouver Island mayors wants Ottawa to outline how it plans to address the potential impacts of its decision to phase out fish farms in the Discovery Islands.
Continue reading How will the Feds help communities depending on fish farms?National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A massive canvas canoe adorned with sweeping bold lines of red, black and royal blue swallows up the space around it.
Artist KC Hall has little room to step back and get perspective on his latest work housed in a temporary workshop on Quadra Island a week before Christmas.
Hall, renowned for his synthesis of graffiti, manga and Northwest Coast art, is finishing up a central piece for the Sacred Journey travelling exhibition, slated to launch in Campbell River on Vancouver Island this spring.
Continue reading An Artistic Sacred Journey: The Pacific Northwest’s canoe cultureNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Environmental impacts from millions of tonnes of earth and water sluicing down a valley and spilling into the ocean are just beginning to be understood, say scientists studying a massive landslide in the Bute Inlet watershed.
Continue reading Effects of Bute Inlet landslide unfoldingNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A new research conservancy proposal aims to save an enormous section of Quadra Island’s emerald heart and multiple pristine lakes from logging now and into the future.
Continue reading Open Bay Society wants to save 7,000 acres of Quadra’s forest
