The licenses for all 18 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands are due to be renewed by December 18th, 2020. As these sites are within the traditional territories of the Holmalco, Klahoose, K’omoks Tla’amin, We Wai Kai (Cape Mudge), Wei Wai Kum (Campbell River) and Kwiakah First Nations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) sent them letters stating they have a 60 day window to respond before a final decision is made.
Continue reading A 60 day window – Discovery Island Salmon farmsTag Archives: K’omoks First Nation
First Nations pressure Ottawa about fish farm consultations
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Ottawa is coming under increasing pressure from First Nations in B.C. as deadlines around contentious fish farms on the West Coast draw near.
Continue reading First Nations pressure Ottawa about fish farm consultations
The Canadian Government has until December 18th to decide: 18 salmon farms
Two months have passed since Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) announced that “nine peer-reviewed, scientific risk assessments” find that salmon farms pose a ‘minimal risk’ to salmon migrating through the Discovery Islands. This finding is important because the Canadian Government has until December 18th to decide whether to renew the licenses of the 18 salmon farms operating in that region.
Continue reading The Canadian Government has until December 18th to decide: 18 salmon farms
Two K’omoks mothers contemplate their babies’ tenth moon Hiługwila ceremony – during COVID-19
the Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Two K’omoks mothers contemplate how to celebrate their babies’ tenth moon Hiługwila ceremony during COVID-19.
Continue reading Two K’omoks mothers contemplate their babies’ tenth moon Hiługwila ceremony – during COVID-19
Lil Red Dress Project supports MMIWG
Editor’s note: Carla Voyageur, who many Cortes Radio listeners remember from the first season of Deep Roots Project, was one of the founders of the Lil Red Dress project.
the Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As people scroll their Facebook and Instagram feeds today they may see an ad about a missing person, Raymona Peter. Peter went missing on Sept. 30 from Sooke, B.C., in the middle of a week of Red Dress awareness campaigns.
Continue reading Lil Red Dress Project supports MMIWG