Japanese women going to work at the Kimsquit cannery, BC. Photo credit: Harlan Ingersoll Smith The first shift begins on a dirt path. The women walk toward the cannery at Kimsquit Inlet, aprons tied ...

Wei Wai Kum First Nation is charting a new course as the majority owner of one of Vancouver Island’s largest new power sources following decades of exclusion from energy projects in their own ...

(ANNews) – Alberta Native News caught up with director Patrick Shannon and writer Desi Collinson as they shared their thoughts during a screening of their award winning documentary – Saints and ...

With files from Sonal Gupta and Cohan Sassaman / Canada’s National Observer The BC coast is “not for sale.” BC Premier David Eby and coastal First Nations sent that message to Ottawa on Wednesday as ...

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — A local summertime music festival will return for its fifth edition next month, bringing local talent to a two-day event in Fort St. John. Fred Fest, founded by McRae Powder ...

In a move that could revolutionize how national parks are managed, Parks Canada is partnering with Indigenous people to share authority over decisions in dozens of locations. Under its 2025‑26 ...

A 57-year-old known as “Hector the Collector” pleaded guilty to using an imitation firearm in a robbery and was sentenced to time served on June 9 in BC Supreme Court in Prince George. Court heard ...

Heather Ramsay, a former reporter and freelance journalist who worked in Haida Gwaii is hitting the road this spring and summer with her debut novel, “A Room in the Forest.” This coming-of-age novel ...

Several community-based initiatives focusing on health and wellness priorities have been successfully financed by the Northern Health authority across northern B.C. Photo credit: Northern Health Radha ...

Charles Hays Secondary School’s concert and jazz bands earned silver at the prestigious Pacific Northwest Music Festival in Terrace this April. The jazz band also received the top mark in the Senior ...

For decades, the only theatre movie lovers and families in Rupert could visit to smell freshly popped popcorn and be transported to another world is now up for sale. “We’ve made the decision to sell ...

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