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Carney meets Coastal First Nations

Prime Minister Mark Carney met with Coastal First Nations leadership in Prince Rupert this week, following months of political tension over proposed energy development and the federal oil tanker...
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BC Assessment shows continued rise in Haida Gwaii home values

Homeowners across Haida Gwaii are seeing another year of higher assessed property values, according...

B.C. opens public consultation on 2026 to 2028 hunting, trapping regulations

The B.C. government is inviting public feedback on proposed changes to hunting and trapping...

Skidegate land code presentation canceled due to weather, ratification process continues

A community presentation on the draft HLGAAGILDA (Skidegate) Land Code was canceled this week...

Men’s Shed information meeting set for Jan. 24

Daajing Giids residents are invited to learn about the Men’s Shed program and how...

Village of Daajing Giids set to upgrade water treatment plant

Daajing Giids councillors have hired engineers to design more reliable controls and communications systems for the Honna River water treatment plant. Expected to be...

Smashing success

More than 170 derelict cars in Sandpit got drained, crushed into cubes and scrapped off-island this fall. Using surplus funds that came from taxes paid...

Spilling the beans

Picking a perfectly ripe thimbleberry takes focus. Squeeze it, and it turns to jam. Pinch it quick with two fingers instead of nimbly with three,...

Daajing Giids council revives wastewater planning 

Plans for wastewater treatment are flowing again in Daajing Giids. On Oct. 7, Daajing Giids council voted unanimously to hire the consulting firm Urban Systems...

Tamara Davidson elected in North Coast-Haida Gwaii

Tamara Davidson is the newly elected MLA for North Coast-Haida Gwaii. But as of press time Monday, the province-wide result of the Oct. 19 election...

Skidegate launches first recycling pickup on Haida Gwaii

Rolling through Skidegate Heights in a brand-new recycling truck last Wednesday, Filene Mussell held up a pizza-sauce bottle without a speck of food inside. It...

Kindergym kicks off in Daajing Giids

Kids crawled under Slide Tunnel Mountain and wheeled toy cars with sock feet at the first Kindergym in Daajing Giids last week. With brightly coloured...

School District news for Oct. 24, 2024

School district enrolment grows For the first time in years, Haida Gwaii public schools have at least 500 students. The total number of students in Haida...

Marine ASV prototype tested on Haida Gwaii

Sebastian Berg was responding to a mock oil spill off Vancouver Island when he heard a pair of Coast Guard workers were stuck on...

Renewables research buoy deployed

A research buoy that gathers data on wind, wave, and tidal power is anchored about 10 km north of North Beach. Mariners were notified last...

Unexpected Visitor: Great white shark washes up on Haida Gwaii

There is no need for a bigger boat in the waters of Haida Gwaii after a 13.5-foot great white shark washed up dead on...

Local MLA candidates answer key questions for Haida Gwaii

What is this election all about? Tamara Davidson, BC NDP This election is about people. Too many people are struggling right now and they need...

B.C. election campaign spotlights social-media posts

A false claim about vaccines by local BC Conservative candidate Chris Sankey surfaced in the first leaders' debate of the Oct. 19 B.C. election. While...

Council of the Haida Nation marks 50 years

Hundreds gathered in Skidegate on Saturday to celebrate the Council of the Haida Nation's first 50 years. Before talking about how Haida title was recognized...

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