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Kw’umut Lelum Child and Family Services’ drum circle was forced online last year due to COVID-19 social restrictions, but the facilitators have been working hard to keep the group connected.
Continue reading Kw’umut Lelum drum circle continues onlineIn the third of a series of articles about the need for a transition plan, John Paul Fraser, President of the BC Salmon Farmers Association, considers the industry’s prospects for survival.
Continue reading An industry considers prospects for survivalNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
First Nations culture along B.C.’s West Coast is rooted in the majestic and monumental cedar tree.
Known as the “Tree of Life,” cedar has a multitude of uses for coastal peoples, says Na̲nwak̲olas Council president Dallas Smith.
But more than a century of industrial old-growth logging has mowed down these forest giants that can live for thousands of years, putting the shared spiritual and cultural well-being of First Nations at risk, Smith said.
Continue reading Na̲nwak̲olas council strikes agreement to protect sacred cedarsThere will be a plan to help displaced fish farm workers, and threatened wild salmon stocks, in the Discovery Islands.
Continue reading There will be a plan To address fisheries and job losses in The Discovery IslandsThe arrival of an additional 3,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine allowed Island Health to vaccinate health care workers in North and Central Vancouver Island. The vaccinations started in Campbell River.
Continue reading Vaccinations start in Campbell River
