the Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Friends, family and allies are calling for significant reform to B.C.’s healthcare system. Connor Sutton, a 23-year-old Indigenous man from T’Sou-ke Nation, received what they say was racist treatment and inappropriate care at two Vancouver Island hospitals.
Continue reading anti-Indigenous racism in BC’s healthcare systemNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As a child, Ma̱lidi Sydney Roberts was always learning about the Kwakwaka’wakw culture. But she said a piece of her was missing until she got to university and took some Kwak’wala language classes.
Continue reading revitalizing Indigenous languagesBy Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The B.C. Government and Tsilhqot’in National Government (TNG) hope to bring more certainty and clarity for tenure holders as an organization representing businesses west of Williams Lake continues to allege land claim negotiations are being done in secret.
Continue reading ‘Secret’ Government Negotiations With the Tsilhqot’in National Government, Or Maybe Not So SecretNorth Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Preliminary test results from COVID-19 antibody testing in Alert Bay are in, and they’re positive. Around 60 per cent of eligible people came to get tested, and just 3.7 per cent of them had the antibody present, indicating they had had COVID-19 and fought it off. Most of those were people known to have had COVID-19 and their close contacts.
Continue reading 3.7% of Alert Bay Residents Tested Have Anti-Covid AntibodyCampbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Five western Vancouver Island First Nations have called on the federal government to take “meaningful action” and “redirect” surplus allocation of chinook salmon to their communities.
Continue reading First Nations Call Canadian Government Fishing Practises Discriminatory
