17 is too many hours to wait during a disaster. Thanks to coastal First Nations, that’s changing
Four years after a diesel spill in Heiltsuk territory, the nation, the Canadian Coast Guard...
Heiltsuk Nation, federal agencies sign agreement to establish Indigenous marine response team
More than four years after the Nathan E. Stewart disaster on B.C.'s central coast, the...
Heiltsuk’s decision to close fishery on B.C. coast amid COVID-19 earns international attention
Nation’s willingness to shut down lucrative spawn-on-kelp fishery stands in ‘stark contrast’ to other government...
Why the Heiltsuk Nation wants to establish its own oil spill response centre
The water is like glass and the salmon are jumping on a Wednesday morning in...
Heiltsuk rising: inside the cultural resurgence of one B.C. First Nation
A new Big House and land-based healing centre mark a remarkable moment for the Heiltsuk...
First Nations to co-manage much of B.C. coast under new agreement
The agreement will help protect Canada’s Northern Shelf bioregion, which includes the north and central...
Why We’re Taking Canada to Court Over That Promise of ‘World-Class’ Oil Spill Response
By Chief Councillor Marilyn Slett and Councillor Jaimie Harris, Heiltsuk Nation. This piece first appeared on The...
‘Nothing Has Changed’: B.C.’s Botched Oil Spill Response Haunts First Nation
On October 13, just after 1 a.m, and only eight months after British Columbia signed...
I’m Still Waiting for an Interview With a Government Scientist About the Diesel Spill Near Bella Bella
I’m irritated today. Maybe it’s a case of the Mondays. Maybe it’s because B.C.’s pipeline...
