🚨Policing
Research shows that while Indigenous people make up 5.1% of Canada's population, they represent 16.2% of the total number of police-involved deaths.
Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative, Ha-Shilth-Sa·Thursday, June 25, 2026·5 min
A cyclist cruises by the Ucluelet Petro Canada as the price of regular gas hit 191.9 cents per litre on March 14, 2026. Two days later, it went up again to 197.9. Photo: Nora O'Malley / Ha-Shilth-Sa
🌲News
As gas prices rise across the Island, experts say relying on a fossil-fuel economy is becoming increasingly risky.
Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative, Ha-Shilth-Sa·Sunday, March 22, 2026·4 min
Surfers relish a friendly, early February session on the Jordan River as a log boom is towed, destined for the Fraser River. Photo: Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter.
💼News
With over 400 Indigenous tourism-related businesses open in 2023 supporting 9,962 jobs, First Nations may be just “scratching the surface” of an industry filled with opportunity.
Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative, Ha-Shilth-Sa·Monday, March 2, 2026·8 min
About 500 people came together on Sept. 20 at the Wickaninnish Community School Field to honour the 25th anniversary of the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region designation. Photo: Nora O'Malley / Ha-Shilth-Sa
🏠News
As the Clayoquot protections reach a quarter-century, a new protest in the woods is aiming to achieve the same results.
Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative, Ha-Shilth-Sa·Monday, October 6, 2025·4 min
Ucluelet homeowner Brandon Halvorson stands beside the dog door a bear used to enter his house around July 17 or 18. (Submitted photo)
🌲News
The bear tested each room and consumed hundreds of dollars of food—and weed.
Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative, Ha-Shilth-Sa·Thursday, August 14, 2025·5 min
Kayakers soak up a tropical paddle in the Broken Group Islands on July 12. Photo: Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
🌲News
The turquoise blue waters are so bright you can see them from space.
Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative, Ha-Shilth-Sa·Tuesday, July 29, 2025·3 min
Ucluelet resident Awilda Sanchez snapped this photo of a group of about 15 out-of-towners unlawfully camping at Kennedy Lake during the Canada Day long weekend. (Awilda Sanchez photo)
🏠News
Local leaders say if campers can’t get a reservation at a Tofino or Ucluelet campground, they should consider booking a hotel or motel or delaying their trip to the West Coast.
Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative, Ha-Shilth-Sa·Sunday, July 27, 2025·5 min
Photo: Nora O'Malley / Ha-Shilth-Sa
🏠News
A weekend getaway to Tofino this summer could cost the amount of a one-week all-inclusive trip to Mexico.
Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative, Ha-Shilth-Sa·Thursday, July 17, 2025·4 min
A black bear sow and her cubs wander the shores of Clayoquot Sound. Photo: Jérémy Mathieu via Ha-Shilth-Sa
🌲News
The man shot a nursing mother bear with four arrows and its young cub while they were 15 feet up a tree.
Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative, Ha-Shilth-Sa·Monday, April 28, 2025·5 min
🏛️News
Nuu-chah-nulth have many stories about seeing Sasquatch and unique names for the creature.
Nora O'Malley, Local Journalism Initiative, Ha-Shilth-Sa·Sunday, January 5, 2025·8 min
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