Homalco First News Today

Carole Love plays her violin as preparations for more conventional efforts continue to save the whale trapped in a Vancouver Island lagoon for nearly a month.

ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Carol Love watches the tides at a Vancouver Island lagoon, and when the time is right, she starts to play her violin. She plays for an audience of one, a killer whale calf that has been trapped alone in the lagoon for almost a month.

Canadian military veteran attempts to get stranded orca calf out of lagoon by playing violin

The graphic novel based on recordings of Homalco elders is being illustrated by three Indigenous artists.

At the end of the highway, that’s where you’ll find me, at our off-grid cabin in Desolation Sound, B.C.—land of hermits, misfits, and endless wonder.

Aquaculture workers worry about bleak future with the closing of farms in the Discovery Islands Kieran Oudshoorn © Kieran Oudshoorn/CBC Paul Pattison and his wife both work in aquaculture, but with the Discovery Islands ordered to close in 18 months, both their familys livelihood is uncertain. Fish farming has been a family affair for Paul Pattison. Hes the manager of operations for Mowi Canada Wests Discovery Islands group of farms. His wife is an accountant with the company...