Andrew Hudson

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The Northern Expedition ferry had a mechanical failure of its portside engine Saturday. Sailings to and from Haida Gwaii will be cancelled this Sunday and Monday while the Northern Adventure is re-routed to serve one round trip of the Inside Passage route before returning to serve Haida Gwaii on Tuesday. (Haida Gwaii Observer/File photo)

Update: Haida Gwaii ferry sailings delayed by trouble on Inside Passage route

BC Ferries hopes to have the Northern Expedition back in service on Tuesday

The Northern Expedition ferry had a mechanical failure of its portside engine Saturday. Sailings to and from Haida Gwaii will be cancelled this Sunday and Monday while the Northern Adventure is re-routed to serve one round trip of the Inside Passage route before returning to serve Haida Gwaii on Tuesday. (Haida Gwaii Observer/File photo)
This dog came into the care of the Haida Gwaii SPCA with a choke chain grown into its neck. Put on the dog when it was a puppy, the chain was not removed as he outgrew it. The dog survived, and has since been adopted off-island.The BC SPCA does not support choke chains, especially on a loose dog, since the chain can catch on objects and strangle the dog in its struggle to get free. (Haida Gwaii SPCA/Submitted)

Abuse cases highlight need for islands animal shelter, bylaws

One dog had a collar grown into his neck. Another had several broken ribs, likely from being kicked.

This dog came into the care of the Haida Gwaii SPCA with a choke chain grown into its neck. Put on the dog when it was a puppy, the chain was not removed as he outgrew it. The dog survived, and has since been adopted off-island.The BC SPCA does not support choke chains, especially on a loose dog, since the chain can catch on objects and strangle the dog in its struggle to get free. (Haida Gwaii SPCA/Submitted)
On Saturday, Aug. 4, the regular poll will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Port Multiplex. Voters in Tlell and Port Clements to vote for a new Gwaii Trust director for Graham Island Central. (Wikipedia photo)

Election time for Graham Island Central

Three questions for the Gwaii Trust director candidates up for election on Aug. 4

On Saturday, Aug. 4, the regular poll will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Port Multiplex. Voters in Tlell and Port Clements to vote for a new Gwaii Trust director for Graham Island Central. (Wikipedia photo)
Alexander MacDonald stands by his Hooterville home, which he fears will be seized by the province on July 31 and demolished, leaving him homeless and in debt. (Submitted)

Two Hooterville homes set for seizure

Two Haida Gwaii residents may end up homeless after province delivers trespass notice

Alexander MacDonald stands by his Hooterville home, which he fears will be seized by the province on July 31 and demolished, leaving him homeless and in debt. (Submitted)
Large fire prohibition areas on Haida Gwaii and coastal B.C. (B.C. government photo)

Large fires prohibited on Haida Gwaii as danger hits “high”

Province bans open burning and use of fireworks across the island, campfires are still allowed

Large fire prohibition areas on Haida Gwaii and coastal B.C. (B.C. government photo)
A freshly dug razor clam.

Update: North Beach clam harvest closed due to PSP biotoxin

Marine biotoxin results in closure for all bivalve harvesting from Wiah Point to Rose Spit

A freshly dug razor clam.
An orca breaching off of Valdes Island (Mike Gregory/Ladysmith Chronicle)

Haida Gwaii fishing grounds are key to survival of northern resident killer whales: DFO

Plan marks waters from Langara to Rose Spit as critical habitat for northern resident killer whales

An orca breaching off of Valdes Island (Mike Gregory/Ladysmith Chronicle)
(Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)

Masset suggests a simpler structure for Gwaii Trust

Change would parallel existing municipal, regional district representation for non-Haida communities

(Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)
A new foundation is going in for an expanded Masset RCMP detachment. The addition will include a new conference room, more office space, a new cell, a new exhibit room, and more privacy for people at the front counter. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)

More room, privacy for renovated RCMP building in Masset

Two-storey addition and interior redesign expected to finish by January

A new foundation is going in for an expanded Masset RCMP detachment. The addition will include a new conference room, more office space, a new cell, a new exhibit room, and more privacy for people at the front counter. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)
Cedar logs in a working cutblock at Collison Point/St’alaa Kun. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)

Court rejects CHN call to pause logging at Collison Point/St’alaa Kun

B.C. Supreme Court dismisses Haida Nation call to stop logging until August hearing

Cedar logs in a working cutblock at Collison Point/St’alaa Kun. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)
Andrew and Karl Salin spin for Gwaii Haanas trivia questions at the June 29 open house in the Kay Centre. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)

Gwaii Haanas looks to protect more marine areas

Proposal would increase areas without commercial or recreational fishing from three to 40 per cent

Andrew and Karl Salin spin for Gwaii Haanas trivia questions at the June 29 open house in the Kay Centre. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)
Finally the skies opened, a rainbow shone, and the delayed Canada Day sailing left Prince Rupert for Haida Gwaii, one day short of the Fourth of July. (Dawn-Ann Schneider/Submitted)

Delayed BC Ferries passengers get time for cake, and time to eat it too

Passenger recalls picnic-like terminal party after faulty fire gear delays Northern Adventure

Finally the skies opened, a rainbow shone, and the delayed Canada Day sailing left Prince Rupert for Haida Gwaii, one day short of the Fourth of July. (Dawn-Ann Schneider/Submitted)
Midwives, nurses, doctors, and hospital administrators from Haida Gwaii and the four remaining places in B.C. that continue to offer maternity services without local Cesarean deliveries met in Vancouver on June 15 to talk about ways to sustain the programs. (Centre for Rural Health Research/UBC)

Haida Gwaii joins forum on sustaining local maternity care

Only five remote places in B.C. continue to offer local maternity care without Caesarean deliveries

Midwives, nurses, doctors, and hospital administrators from Haida Gwaii and the four remaining places in B.C. that continue to offer maternity services without local Cesarean deliveries met in Vancouver on June 15 to talk about ways to sustain the programs. (Centre for Rural Health Research/UBC)
(Haida Gwaii Observer/File photo)

Update: Delayed Haida Gwaii ferry expected to sail around 7 p.m.

Broken fire-detection system forced Haida Gwaii-Prince Rupert ferry to miss long-weekend sailings

(Haida Gwaii Observer/File photo)
With its proposed short-term rentals bylaw, Queen Charlotte council is trying to strike a balance between encouraging tourism and much-needed rental housing in the village. (Airbnb)

Queen Charlotte council gets feedback on regulating Airbnbs

Tofino's ghost haunted a housing meeting about Airbnb-style rentals in Queen Charlotte last Monday night.

With its proposed short-term rentals bylaw, Queen Charlotte council is trying to strike a balance between encouraging tourism and much-needed rental housing in the village. (Airbnb)
Cedar logs in a working cutblock at Collison Point/St'alaa Kun. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)

Husby defends its work at Collison Point / St’alaa Kun

Husby Forest Products stands by its work at Collison Point / St'alaa Kun and warns the latest dispute over logging there is costing local jobs.

Cedar logs in a working cutblock at Collison Point/St'alaa Kun. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)
The Haida Gwaii Land Protectors set out for a land-healing ceremony at Collison Point / St'alaa Kun on Wednesday, April 18. The group launched a blockade to stop logging in the area on March 13, and on April 26 Husby Forest Products won a court injunction to stop it. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)

Land Protectors aim to stop all industrial logging

Unimpressed by land-use order, north-end group aims for changes beyond Collison Point / St'alaa Kun

The Haida Gwaii Land Protectors set out for a land-healing ceremony at Collison Point / St'alaa Kun on Wednesday, April 18. The group launched a blockade to stop logging in the area on March 13, and on April 26 Husby Forest Products won a court injunction to stop it. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)
Cedar logs in a working cutblock at Collison Point/St’alaa Kun. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)

CHN seeks injunction against logging at Collison Point

Weeks after ordering an end to a blockade there, the B.C. Supreme Court is now being asked to stop the logging at Collison Point / St'alaa Kun.

Cedar logs in a working cutblock at Collison Point/St’alaa Kun. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)
Tyler Collison leaps into a long jump at the all-islands Track and Field Day held at Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary on Thursday, June 7. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)

In Pictures: Track and Field Day at Sk’aadgaa Naay

Students from elementary schools across Haida Gwaii got to run, jump, and lunch together on June 7 at a track meet hosted by Sk'aadgaa Naay Elementary School.

Tyler Collison leaps into a long jump at the all-islands Track and Field Day held at Sk’aadgaa Naay Elementary on Thursday, June 7. (Andrew Hudson/Haida Gwaii Observer)
Clockwise, from top left, is a Farrea sea sponge and deep-sea sunflower star, an Agonidae poacher and squat lobsters around an orange sea pen, and some Benthopectinidae sea stars and boot sponges seen on the SGaan-Kinghlas/Bowie seamount. (Fisheries and Oceans Canada/DFO Science)

Research expedition to explore seamounts off Haida Gwaii

Islanders will be able to livestream underwater video from the SG̱aan-Ḵinghlas/Bowie seamount next month when a research expedition explores the ecosystem on the submarine volcano.

Clockwise, from top left, is a Farrea sea sponge and deep-sea sunflower star, an Agonidae poacher and squat lobsters around an orange sea pen, and some Benthopectinidae sea stars and boot sponges seen on the SGaan-Kinghlas/Bowie seamount. (Fisheries and Oceans Canada/DFO Science)