By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
Kai Harvey grew up on rural Cortes Island and comes from an entrepreneurial family. She’s committed to the island and wanted to find a way to stay, rather than needing to leave the island to find work, as many young adults do. She’s spent lots of time exploring local waters and worked as a kayaking guide with local company Misty Isles Adventures.
Continue reading Cortes Kayaks: Family business enters busy summer season
Reuben Buerge has been surfing sea kayaks in our area for the past 10 to 12 years.
This relatively recent sport only reached North America during the 1980s and Buerge is not aware of reaching the waters off Quadra Island more than two decades ago.
“Surfing sea kayaks is a pretty kind of niche-y thing. You really only see it in a few areas in the world and we’re lucky enough to have that amazing feature in our backyard that’s perfect for us,” he explained.
Continue reading Kayak Surfing off Quadra IslandBy Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Tofino, BC – Since time immemorial, Byron Charlie said the Ahousaht First Nation has been taking care of the salmon rivers within their traditional territory around the Clayoquot Sound, off the west coast of Vancouver Island.
“This has been our job since the beginning of time,” he said. “The only thing more integral to the fabric of coastal B.C. than the ancient rainforests is the Pacific salmon.”
Continue reading Tourism fee helps Ahousaht ‘preserve what we have left’National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A new conservation area on B.C.’s Galiano Island with deep cultural significance for local First Nations will protect a pristine shore for a multitude of seabirds and help an increasingly rare ecosystem withstand global warming.
A kilometre of beach in Cable Bay and the adjoining 66 acres of land inside the threatened Coastal Douglas-Fir biogeoclimatic zone (CDF) have been acquired by the Galiano Conservancy Association (GCA) and the Nature Trust of British Columbia.
Continue reading Environmentalists protect local history and seabirds on Galiano Island
Spirit of the West Adventures had a much better season than expected.
Co-owner Breanne Quesnel says that after BC’s interprovincial travel restrictions were lifted, last June, “we saw unprecedented demand for our particular outdoor experience.”
Continue reading Spirit of the West Adventures: a great year for kayaking
