Bella Bella

• Heiltsuk First Nation tells yachts, outsiders to stay away amid coronavirus lockdown

  Members of the remote community near Bella Bella have grown increasingly vocal after observing a number of yachts and other pleasure vessels pulling into the nearby harbour, violating a travel advisory that has been in place for nearly a month.

  Apr 4, 2020
• ‘It’s a symbol of our strength’: Heiltsuk open first Big House in 120 years

  The last Big House in the First Nation's territory along the B.C. coast was destroyed, and the community has been planning and fundraising to build a new one for decades.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2019
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• RCMP take over search for missing person after boat capsizes near Bella Bella

  Five survivors were wearing lifejackets, a JRCC spokesperson confirmed, and managed to swim to a nearby island shore.

  Aug 23, 2019
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• U.S. firm fined $2.9M for fuel spill that soiled B.C. First Nations territory

  The Nathan E. Stewart spilled 110,000 litres of diesel and heavy oils in October 2016, when a crew member fell asleep on watch.

  Crime

  Jul 16, 2019
• B.C. chief says a single major oil spill could ruin her nation’s economy forever

  Leaders from several north-coast B.C. First Nations say if the Senate doesn't approve a bill barring super-sized oil tankers from the region, their thriving but fragile marine-based economies will die.

  Environment

  Dec 5, 2018
• La Loche, Sask. woman starts GoFundMe page to prevent Indigenous youth suicide

  A La Loche, Sask., woman has started a crowdfunding page online to prevent Aboriginal youth suicide.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2017
• B.C. First Nation slams response to tug sinking

  The federal government is harshly criticized in a report from a British Columbia First Nation into the sinking of a tug in the waters off the renowned Great Bear Rainforest last year.

  News

  Apr 6, 2017
• Wildfire near Bella Bella B.C., raises concern

  The chief of a village near British Columbia's Great Bear Rainforest says members of the First Nations community fought a wildfire on their own this weekend after they were unable to get help from provincial government agencies.

  Environment

  Feb 6, 2017
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• Sunken tug near Bella Bella raised from waters

  A month after an American-owned tug boat sank near Bella Bella, spilling more than 100,000 litres of diesel fuel into the ocean, the vessel is expected to be raised from the sea floor.

  Environment

  Nov 14, 2016
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• Federal government withholds information on impact of B.C. diesel spill

  The federal government says it can't comment on the environmental impact of a diesel spill off British Columbia's central coast near Bella Bella.

  Environment

  Nov 12, 2016