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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Jeremy Hainsworth |Nora O’Malley |Mike Howell
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has confirmed that an orca swam into a fish farm near Tofino this winter, later swimming out unharmed. The incident happened on Feb. 18 at Creative Salmon’s Baxter Islets facility in Clayoquot Sound.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Jeremy Hainsworth |Nora O’Malley |Mike Howell
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has filed a B.C. Supreme Court defamation suit against his former chief of staff and a real estate developer claiming the two alleged a cover-up about an alleged drinking and driving incident involving Sim.
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1 month ago | 
thespec.com | Nora O’Malley |Nora O'Malley
By Nora O’MalleyLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterPacific Rim National Park Reserve, B.C. – Ten years ago, Hesquiaht First Nation and Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ elder Nicki Love McCarthy asked Nuu-chah-nulth knowledge keepers if they knew of any words that described queerness.
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2 months ago | 
thespec.com | Nora O’Malley |Nora O'Malley
By Nora O’MalleyLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterKelowna, BC - All Nuu-chah-nulth teams have reason to celebrate after a jam-packed Junior All Native Tournament in Kelowna, but it might just be the Hitacu Itty Bitty Ballerz 10U team that hit the road with the biggest feather in their cap. The super young squad from Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ went undefeated, and the tournament organizers even had to enforce new rules after the Ballerz blew out the first team they played.
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2 months ago | 
thespec.com | Nora O’Malley |Nora O'Malley
By Nora O’MalleyLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterKelowna, B.C. – It was a radiant night for the Maaqtusiis Suns girls 13U basketball team from Ahousaht First Nation. With 10 seconds left on the clock and a comfortable 18-point lead over Lax kxeen United from Prince Rupert, Suns fans started to drum and sing their Victory Song. “When I heard that Victory Song, I was excited,” said Suns coach Robert Stanley. “I really don’t know what to say. I’m still at a loss for words. I’m super proud of them.
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2 months ago | 
thespec.com | Nora O’Malley |Nora O'Malley
By Nora O’MalleyLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterKelowna, BC - Tseshaht Pride 17U and Tseshaht Lightning 13U hustled their way to a pair of third places at the 2025 Junior All Nation Tournament (JANT) in Kelowna on March 16 to 21. After winning their first three games, Pride fell to Nuxalk (Bella Coola) At’Maakw, who went on to win the tournament for the second year running.
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2 months ago | 
thespec.com | Nora O’Malley |Nora O'Malley
By Nora O’MalleyLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterThis is article is part of a series of stories on Nuu-chah-nulth clam gardens. Clayoquot Sound, B.C. – From the captain’s seat of his fishing boat called ‘La Fortune’, Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation (TFN) fisherman Leo Jon Manson popped the lid off the proverbial can of worms labelled ‘float homes’. Float homes are encroaching cultural and harvesting sites in Tla-o-qui-aht territory, says Manson.
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2 months ago | 
thespec.com | Nora O’Malley |Nora O'Malley
By Nora O’MalleyLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterSalmon farmer Grieg Seafood on the west coast of Vancouver Island is reporting no injuries or pollution after the Ronja Islander, a live fish transport and treatment vessel owned by aquaculture industry service partner Sølvtrans, hit a rock in Tahsis Inlet on March 8. Tahsis Inlet is located in Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN) territory and Nootka Sound.
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2 months ago | 
thespec.com | Nora O’Malley |Nora O'Malley
By Nora O’MalleyLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterSalmon farmer Grieg Seafood on the west coast of Vancouver Island is reporting no injuries or pollution after the Ronja Islander, a live fish transport and treatment vessel owned by aquaculture industry service partner Sølvtrans, hit a rock in Tahsis Inlet on March 8. Tahsis Inlet is located in Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation (MMFN) territory and Nootka Sound.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
thespec.com | Nora O’Malley |Nora O'Malley
By Nora O’MalleyLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterThe Haida Nation and the Government of Canada signed a historical agreement on Feb. 17, affirming Haida Aboriginal title on Haida Gwaii, including the islands’ land, beds of freshwater bodies, and foreshores to the low-tide mark.
