Eric Plummer

Will First Nations be shut out, or lead Canada’s ‘blue economy’? Leaders weigh DFO mandate letter from Trudeau

Jan 24, 2022

Two mammal-eating transient killer whales are photographed off the south side of Unimak Island, eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. (NOAA/Wikimedia Commons photo)

‘Like a pack of wolves’: Orca sighting indicates health of populations that pass Vancouver Island’s northwest

Jan 21, 2022

Environment, Fisheries

Salmon survival will depend on mitigating climate change, says DFO

Jan 11, 2022

Infrastructure in Remote Communities, Weather

Snow storm brings power outages across Vancouver Island’s west coast

Jan 6, 2022

Residential school testimonies to be destroyed

Dec 17, 2021

Crime and justice

Phone scam poses as border services

Dec 16, 2021

‘It’s not their fault’: Feed the People event prioritizes South Port neighbourhoods

Dec 8, 2021

Huu-ay-aht sets own forestry plan amid provincial old-growth deferrals

Dec 3, 2021

Island Families

‘Believe in yourself’: Ahousaht elder thanks loved ones for support during cancer treatment

Dec 3, 2021

A protest marches through Ucluelet in June 2020, after Chantel Moore was fatally shot by a police officer in Edmunston, New Brunswick that spring. A new report from the BC Office of the Human Rights Commissioner is calling for funding to be redirected from police towards social services better suited to respond to mental health crises. (Melissa Renwick photo)

Crime and justice

‘Over-policing’ has targeted First Nations, says human rights commissioner report

Nov 26, 2021

A sinkhole and sandbags: Rainfall prompts emergency measures in Tofino

Nov 25, 2021

Tseshaht boats fish on the Somass River in September. The Tseshaht and Hupacasath First Nations harvested from the river this year according to an economic opportunity agreement with DFO, which totalled 32,248 chinook salmon by the end of the season. (Eric Plummer photo)

Nations reach out to new fisheries minister, stating DFO needs more than science

Nov 23, 2021

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