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B.C. deserves better health care and real leadership

Our health care system is broken, and it’s time to fix it. I’m hearing this everywhere I go in North Coast and Haida Gwaii. Families are suffering, people are...
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We need to keep taking action for the people of Haida Gwaii

Submitted -
My Haida name is Laanas and Haida Gwaii is my home. My mother is Lois Rullin, my grandparents were Dan and Vesta Helmer and...
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Go and vote!

Stacey Brzostowski -
Fall is in the air. It's making noses cold, everything is all of a sudden pumpkin-spice flavoured or scented, and we get excited for...
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Science Matters: Plastic is polluting our bodies and brains!

David Suzuki -
Microplastics, soft plastics, burning plastics, plastics in the ocean, plastics in our brains, livers, kidneys, joints, reproductive organs, bones, blood… Plastic, a byproduct of...
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Opinions, please

Andrew Hudson -
A wise man once said that if you annoy people and do stupid things on Haida Gwaii, life becomes very painful for you here. We...
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Double standard on animal cruelty

Submitted -
A recent article about Tango the horse and a letter to the editor about “catch and release” fishing have, between them, highlighted the disturbing...
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Literacy is a community cornerstone on Haida Gwaii

Literacy Haida Gwaii -
Communities around the globe commemorate International Literacy Day on Sept. 8. This day reaffirms the pivotal role of literacy in building sustainable societies.  Since its...
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Letters to the Editor

Deal with catch-and-release to restore fisheries

Submitted -
Dear Editor, I have been living in Masset for about 60 years and from day one, this community has always been considered a commercial fishing...
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People want climate action!

David Suzuki -
Most people understand that the climate crisis is real, and they want their leaders to do something about it. That means politicians who deny...
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The future is disabled, but it doesn’t need to be a dystopia

David Archer -
In Machine, a science-fiction novel by Elizabeth Bear, the main character Llyn is a space-faring trauma doctor and rescue specialist who happens to live...
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Seeing the forest and the trees

Stacey Brzostowski -
The newsroom is a busy place these days. Between balancing community events and monumental achievements, and with the Haida law coming into place, it feels...
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Wildfires naturally occur, but severity is no longer ‘natural’

Elin Dieme -
Last year in August, I left Haida Gwaii to embark on the 15-hour drive to the Okanagan.  In Smithers, my engine light flickered on, and...
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Jenny Nelson: Goodbye Tahayghen, and happy return

Haida Gwaii News -
In 1971 I joined a large group of first year teachers at Tahayghen. Faith Thorgeirson, Nash Meralee, and Helen Scully were our pillars and...
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The shoelace secret

Andrew Hudson -
With a little luck and know-how, you can do a lot with a shoelace. In a pinch, a shoelace can help you start a fire,...
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Jennifer Rice: Celebrating Haida Gwaii

Haida Gwaii News -
Undoubtedly, many of you will remember the blockade on Lyell Island; perhaps you were even there yourself. I wanted to relay the connection to...
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Janet Rigg: ‘Watermelongate’ suggests high food costs are a new normal

Janet Rigg -
Scandal gripped southern Haida Gwaii last week when photos of a watermelon half mistakenly priced at $47.77 circulated widely on Facebook. With the mistaken sticker...
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Talyor Bacrach: Listening to concerns on Haida Gwaii

Haida Gwaii News -
By Taylor Bachrach, MP for Skeena—Bulkley Valley Thanks to everyone who made my Parliamentary team welcome during our visit to Haida Gwaii last month. It...
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