The existence of Sasquatch–a Salish word for a large, hairy, ape-like North American mammal also called Bigfoot–is hotly debated. The body of an actual Sasquatch has never been found. But that hasn’t ...

BC faced an unprecedented drought this summer, leaving streams and rivers parched and salmon populations suffering the consequences. However, a new pilot project by the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) ...

Environmental advocates are voicing concern after Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) recently released a proposal for new marine finfish aquaculture regulations in BC, including the extension of salmon ...

Wuikinuxv is one of BC’s smallest First Nations with about 70 residents in the community and about 130 people in other locations. Shaw believes a network of protected areas is the key to her community ...

This spill is approximately eight times larger in volume than the 2017 Cermaq spill at Echo Bay. Photo credit: Ministry of Environment and Parks A fish farm operated by Norwegian aquaculture company ...

For thousands of years, the Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation has been pulling hemlock branches full of herring roe from their low-tide seas for sustenance. This small community based in Klemtu off the ...

A new report just published by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) explains the mystery behind a massive fish die-off in the Cowichan River on Vancouver Island. This past July, swimmers near Skutz Falls ...

The Arrow Lakes reservoir, a 230-kilometre-long body of water in the West Kootenays, has reached its lowest levels in twenty years, causing growing concern among community members who are now calling ...

The Ahousaht have a ‘voluntary stewardship fee’ for their territories, similar to a BC Parks’ day-use pass, to raise funds for conservation. “We want to continue our ancestral responsibility to ...

Dr. Alex Nataros is the new resident doctor of Port Hardy and has begun writing a regular column for the North Island Gazette where he discusses issues of healthcare, the community, and general ...

At the gathering in May, Q̓íx̌itasu introduced young Coastal Guardians to his grandson Gíƛa Keegan Nappie-Edgar, a professional drone operator who explores West Coast archeological sites from a bird’s ...

IG: I have always been interested in wolves because they symbolize our complex, ambiguous, and evolving relationship with the wild. I became even more interested in wolves after a personal encounter ...