Tag: Indigenous

Three B.C. First Nations get federal funding for clean energy projects

Provincial Emily Joveski -
Three First Nations in British Columbia will receive federal funding for clean energy projects.

National strategy will help end over-representation of Indigenous people in justice system

Community my-comox-valley-now -
The BC First Nations Justice Council says the new national Indigenous Justice Strategy will help to address systemic discrimination...

BC First Nations getting funding for clean-energy projects

Community Hussam Elghussein -
12 First Nations are getting financial support for their clean-energy projects. The BC Government is investing $1.49 million to the...

Totem poles unveiled at Cumberland’s Peace Park on National Indigenous Peoples Day

Uncategorized Justin Waddell -
Following three months of carving, two totem poles now welcome residents and visitors at Cumberland’s Peace Park. The poles were...

Red Dress Day commemorated by Comox Valley Aboriginal Head Start

News Justin Waddell -
This story may contain information that is difficult for many. A National Indian Residential School Crisis Line is available...

$250,000 available for local charitable and Indigenous organizations, UWBC

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Local central and north Vancouver Island charitable and Indigenous organizations can now apply for grants from United Way British...

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Hangar 98 – Episode 16: The Great Victoria Blackout of 1979

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During a long power outage in 1979, Victoria became the focal point of a story that has lasted the test of time...and quite possibly led to one of the best memories from one of the island's worst storms.

Hangar 98 – Episode 15: Pachena Point Foghorn Incident

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Over on the island's west coast, mariners have been haunted by a coastline nicknamed "The Graveyard of the Pacific", but alone at Pachena Point sits a lighthouse with stories of it's own.

Hangar 98 – Episode 14: Godzilla’s Goldstream Rampage

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Hangar 98 opens to Jet Nation revealing a little secret Hollywood's been keeping since they shot Godzilla back in 2014. That secret's buried around Goldstream.

Hangar 98 – Episode 13: The Leechtown Gold Rush

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In this featured Hangar 98 Episode, a once bubbling gold rush town near Sooke almost had it all, then it all came crashing down leaving nothing but a piece of land...and possibly hopes of a new 'find' on the island.

Prices see little movement as Vancouver Island real estate turns to buyers’ market

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The Vancouver Island Real Estate Board recorded 13 per cent fewer home sales in September than a year earlier, while benchmark prices remained relatively stable.