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Port Clements to elect new mayor in March 25 by-election

Port Clements residents will soon vote for a new mayor.

George Westwood, Haida Gwaii's volunteer undertaker, stands with B.C. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton on Thursday, Feb. 16. After a chance meeting at the Oceanview during a visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Anton invited Westwood to visit the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, where she introduced him as an esteemed Haida Gwaii citizen and applauded his many years of volunteer work to help islanders bury and honour their dead.

Justice minister clears the air for Haida Gwaii’s volunteer undertaker

Justice Minister Suzanne Anton introduced George Westwood to the Legislature as an esteemed and admired citizen of Haida Gwaii.

George Westwood, Haida Gwaii's volunteer undertaker, stands with B.C. Justice Minister Suzanne Anton on Thursday, Feb. 16. After a chance meeting at the Oceanview during a visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Anton invited Westwood to visit the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, where she introduced him as an esteemed Haida Gwaii citizen and applauded his many years of volunteer work to help islanders bury and honour their dead.
A sign outside Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace.

Thousands of radiology scans under review at Terrace hospital

Northern Health is double-checking the scans of over 5,200 patients who recently had radiology exams at Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace.

A sign outside Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace.
The Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) plan was signed Feb. 15 by, from left to right, Bruce Watkinson, Gitxaala Nation Fisheries Director; BC Liberal MLA Jordan Sturdy; Fisheries and Oceans Canada Minister Dominic LeBlanc; Heiltsuk Chief Councillor Marilyn Slett, who is also president of Coastal First Nations; and Cliff White, Chief Councillor of Gitxaała Council.

North Coast marine plan signed by B.C., Canada, Haida and other First Nations

A North Coast marine plan was signed last week by the Haida and 10 other First Nations together with the B.C. and Canadian governments.

The Pacific North Coast Integrated Management Area (PNCIMA) plan was signed Feb. 15 by, from left to right, Bruce Watkinson, Gitxaala Nation Fisheries Director; BC Liberal MLA Jordan Sturdy; Fisheries and Oceans Canada Minister Dominic LeBlanc; Heiltsuk Chief Councillor Marilyn Slett, who is also president of Coastal First Nations; and Cliff White, Chief Councillor of Gitxaała Council.
A map shows the forestry operating area on Haida Gwaii.

Major changes proposed for Haida Gwaii land-use order

Forestry companies will need to map their plans in more detail if one of several changes to the Haida Gwaii land-use order goes ahead.

A map shows the forestry operating area on Haida Gwaii.

Charlotte council wants marijuana start-ups to wait for community guidelines

Queen Charlotte council wants any local marijuana start-ups to wait until the village is ready.

A view of Skidegate from the homebound ferry.

Skidegate steps up drugs prevention in wake of B.C. crisis

Concerned about fentanyl overdoses elsewhere, Skidegate is hosting a band members’ forum aimed at preventing one here.

A view of Skidegate from the homebound ferry.
A view of Skidegate from the homebound ferry.

Skidegate grows as other villages shrink or stay steady

Between 2011 and 2016, the islands’ total population fell to 4,198 — a decline of nearly four per cent.

A view of Skidegate from the homebound ferry.
Lately the Kay Centre has been as likely to capture snowflakes as sun rays, but as soon as the weather clears work is expected to start on installing a new solar-panel array.

Kay Centre set for solar panels

An array of solar panels will be installed above a long hallway at the Haida Heritage Centre at Kay Llnagaay.

Lately the Kay Centre has been as likely to capture snowflakes as sun rays, but as soon as the weather clears work is expected to start on installing a new solar-panel array.
Light beams from a test strand of the underground fibre-optic line that the islands' non-profit GwaiiTel Society had installed between Old Massett, Tow Hill, and Skidegate last year.

Gwaii Communications to go all-island

Gwaii Communications plans to buy the south-end QCIslands Net internet network by the end of March to become an all-island ISP.

Light beams from a test strand of the underground fibre-optic line that the islands' non-profit GwaiiTel Society had installed between Old Massett, Tow Hill, and Skidegate last year.

Court ruling leads to new hires at Haida Gwaii schools

Haida Gwaii public schools will get more teaching help this semester thanks to a recent Supreme Court ruling.

Cam Campbell cuts through a steel frame holding one of the last structures remaining above-deck on an abandoned barge in Masset Harbour.

Clean up starts for long-abandoned barge in Masset Harbour

Workers began to demolish the top half of a 38-metre steel barge that was dumped in Masset Harbour in November 2009.

Cam Campbell cuts through a steel frame holding one of the last structures remaining above-deck on an abandoned barge in Masset Harbour.
Abalone are shown in different behavioural classes: (A) three exposed abalone in urchin barrens habitat; (B) two covered abalone under Laminarian kelp in an area occupied by sea otters for three years; (C) two cryptic abalone capturing drift kelp in an area occupied by sea otters for six years. Other photos show natural history observations: (D) red urchins capturing bull kelp in an urchin barrens; (E) nine abalone moving in to feed on kelp captured by red urchins; (F) abalone shell and urchin test expelled following digestion by a sunflower star in habitat with a highly complex seafloor, and (G) cryptic abalone in a kelp forest occupied by sea otters.

Sea otter recovery may bring fewer abalone, but richer kelp

A new study suggests abalone won’t have it all bad if sea otters return to Haida Gwaii as they already have on neighbouring coasts.

Abalone are shown in different behavioural classes: (A) three exposed abalone in urchin barrens habitat; (B) two covered abalone under Laminarian kelp in an area occupied by sea otters for three years; (C) two cryptic abalone capturing drift kelp in an area occupied by sea otters for six years. Other photos show natural history observations: (D) red urchins capturing bull kelp in an urchin barrens; (E) nine abalone moving in to feed on kelp captured by red urchins; (F) abalone shell and urchin test expelled following digestion by a sunflower star in habitat with a highly complex seafloor, and (G) cryptic abalone in a kelp forest occupied by sea otters.

Final design nearly done for new Sandspit school

Sandspit’s new school is expected to break ground this spring.

The Happy Clam - February 3, 2017

The Happy Clam – February 3, 2017

By Marcus Alexander

The Happy Clam - February 3, 2017
A view from the long-term care balcony in the new Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre - Xaayda Gwaay Ngaaysdll Naay.

New name for Haida Gwaii Hospital?

Masset council says new hospital name confuses patients, off-island staff

A view from the long-term care balcony in the new Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre - Xaayda Gwaay Ngaaysdll Naay.
Gwaii Haanas staff lead visitors on an interpretive walk along the Spirit Lake Trail last June.

Many ‘two-leggeds’ expected in Gwaii Haanas wildlife count

Gwaii Haanas looks set for a banner year following record visits in 2016

Gwaii Haanas staff lead visitors on an interpretive walk along the Spirit Lake Trail last June.
NDP MP Nathan Cullen represents the local Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding.

Nathan Cullen pitches all-party bill on electoral reform

Local MP Nathan Cullen says Canada's electoral reform bill should be co-drafted by an all-party committee.

NDP MP Nathan Cullen represents the local Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding.
A fishery officer inspects pallets of fish seized from Queen Charlotte Lodge, in Naden Harbour.

Queen Charlotte Lodge to pay $35,000 for illegal fishing

Queen Charlotte Lodge will pay $35,000 after pleading guilty to six violations of the federal Fisheries Act in 2014.

A fishery officer inspects pallets of fish seized from Queen Charlotte Lodge, in Naden Harbour.
An aerial photo taken in December 2010 shows some of the 'cataclysmic' ecosystem damage done to Mallard Creek and the Kumdis estuary by Howe Sound Forest Products and I. Crosby Contracting while under contract to Gwaii Wood Products Ltd.

Firms face fines, bans for destroying fish habitat near Kumdis Bay

Two local and one off-island company will pay up to $2.2 million for logging that destroyed fish-bearing streams and a wetland.

An aerial photo taken in December 2010 shows some of the 'cataclysmic' ecosystem damage done to Mallard Creek and the Kumdis estuary by Howe Sound Forest Products and I. Crosby Contracting while under contract to Gwaii Wood Products Ltd.