Rochelle Baker

The Pacheedaht leadership does not welcome old-growth activists within its territory on south Vancouver Island, and it is the nation's right to determine how forestry resources will be used, read a statement from elected and hereditary chiefs on Monday.

Homalco Chief Darren Blaney says wild salmon and First Nations will suffer after fish farm companies won a court challenge against a ban on restocking their sites in the Discovery Islands.

Fairy Creek activists say Thursday's court decision to remove blockaders protecting old-growth trees from logging in cut blocks on southern Vancouver Island will only act as a “flashpoint” for growing public support.

Indigenous tourism in B.C., and across Canada, was on a solid upward trajectory before the pandemic decimated the industry last year. And 2020 was expected to be a banner year.