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September 14, 2026
Day-long full highway closure planned at Cameron Lake for maintenance work
Travellers from Port Alberni and points west are being advised that Highway 4 will be fully closed for maintenance on Wednesday, September 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p
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September 14, 2026
Sea temperature rise expected to impact marine life, says national climate report
A national climate assessment released on September 3 reveals that Canada’s coastline is being affected by rising ocean temperatures driven by human-caused gree
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September 11, 2026
Coast Salish sport of war canoe racing featured in new docuseries Racing Waters
A nine-episode sport docuseries about Indigenous war canoe racing is sure to get kids pumped on canoe pulling. Racing Waters drops on APTN at 8 p.m., Sunday, Se
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September 10, 2026
Rare Woolly dog pelt on display at Vancouver-area museum
History tells us that First Nations people in the Americas kept dogs long before colonization. There were guard dogs and hunting dogs. But there was one that wa
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September 9, 2026
New study in Ahousaht Ha-hulthi reveals evidence of whale malnutrition
A new study on the diet of grey whales as they forage on the coast of Clayoquot Sound is indicating that the animals are making the long migration from Mexico o
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September 8, 2026
First Nations cookbook fuses traditional Pacific Northwest Coast knowledge and modern cuisine
Ts'msyen First Nations harvesters Rachel and Spencer Greening have a new Indigenous food knowledge cookbook, Gyetk (pronounced gy-e-tk and meaning “to feed the
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September 4, 2026
First Nations Fisheries Council gets funding boost to ‘stay engaged’ at decision tables
On August 26 the provincial government provided the First Nations Fisheries Council of British Columbia (FNFC) with $2 million in capacity funding over three ye
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September 4, 2026
Lack of attention given to ‘profound’ mental health challenges among Indigenous men, says advocacy campaign
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, and a new Canadian movement called End the Silence has launched a website with supports aimed at Indigenous mal
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September 4, 2026
Wildfire incidents up from last year, but significantly less hectares burned on Vancouver Island
Since April 1 of this year, 313.5 hectares have burned on Vancouver Island due to 154 wildfire incidents. So far, this year’s fire season has been significantl
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September 3, 2026
Tseshaht acquires large property for housing
The Tseshaht First Nation has acquired a large property on the edge of its reserve, with plans to attack its housing shortage through the building of dozens of
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September 2, 2026
Ucluelet’s new Japanese pavilion celebrates cross-cultural relationships
The Ucluelet Japanese Canadian History Pavilion officially opened on a sun-soaked Aug. 29 when 103-year-old Frances Nakagawa cut the red ribbon alongside four w
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September 1, 2026
Passing of sole fluent Ditidaht speaker leaves void in Nuu-chah-nulth language
Like a giant cedar tree cut down, the passing of Ditidaht elder Michael Thompson (Kwiibaalaah) this summer left a mark on the Nuu-chah-nulth landscape, leaving
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