quathet Living, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Back in 2001, when Stewart Alsgard was mayor of Powell River, he kicked off a project to redevelop the downtown waterfront area around the Westview Ferry Terminal. City planners had imagined an attractive Seawalk, a pier, a park and more.
Continue reading Could this be the model for a city’s name change?qathet Living, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Two years ago qathet had a poor year for salmon, but Tla’amin salmon hatchery manager, Lee George is worried 2021 will be even worse.
Continue reading Tla’amin salmon hatchery manager predicts poor fish runsThe virtual injunction hearing, for three fish farms in the Discovery Islands, began yesterday.
Continue reading Virtual injunction hearing for three fish farmsThe City of Powell River, qathet Regional District and Tla’amin Nation, along with Lift Community Services and First Credit Union, have begun work on Phase I of the Regional Poverty Reduction Strategy. This includes a community well being survey, which will be conducted between March 15 and April 15, 2021.
Continue reading Powell River conducts a community well being surveythe Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It’s been a welcome sight for millennia for the Tla’amin Nation — every year in March or April, the waters would turn milky white as the herring sperm fertilized eggs and attached to algae beds of kelp and eelgrass, says Chileneh Scott Galligos, a fisheries technician with Tla’amin.
Continue reading Tla’amin Nation welcomes return of herring spawn
