The city of Campbell River is supporting a Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ [pronounced Lee-gweeth-dowkh] Nations request to change the official names of Discovery Passage to “Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ Passage”, Quinsam River to “Kʷənsəm,” and Tyee Spit to “ʔuxstalis [pronounced Oox-sta-lease].”
It has been three months since the BC Geographical Names Office informed the city of the proposed changes.
Continue reading Campbell River supports adoption of Liǧʷiłdax̌ʷ Names
The We Wai Kai Nation wanted to find out more about their water resources on Quadra Island when the ICAN water security team approached them about a possible partnership.
“I wanted to find out how much water we have? Where is it coming from? We want to know if the water’s good on Quadra, and protect those watersheds. We want to map out where everything is and get educational pieces out there about our drinking water – ‘don’t be polluting this area!’” explained Jason Price, Director of Lands for the We Wai Kai First Nation.
Continue reading How the WE Wai Kai/ ICAN Water Security Team Partnership came into being
Sometime in the next three weeks, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Joyce Murray, will decide whether the licenses for 79 fish farms will be renewed.
“I heard a rumour that the minister laid out her options or her ideas to cabinet and cabinet has the plans right now. They’re figuring out what to do. We can expect an announcement quite shortly on the plan around the transition of farms out of British Columbia and also the licensing decision,” said Stan Proboszcz, senior scientist with the Watershed Watch Salmon Society.
Continue reading Waiting for DFO to decide the fate of open-net pen fish farms
