Steph Eva Wood

Point Louisa is a common clamming spot for harvesters from the Tlingit and Haida tribes, as well as the Filipino community in Juneau. But since last summer, levels of paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) in butter clams at the beach have ...

When Andrew Crist tried the "Blown Away" bike trail on Mount McIntyre a few weeks ago, he worried about running into bears. He yelled a bit on the way down to ward any off. One thing Crist didn't think he ...

Yukon has limited hotel rooms, no shortage of road-weary travellers, and a sense of pride in people's hospitality. That may be why the territory came first place in Canada for host ratings on Airbnb. Whitehorse has an average rating of ...

Bessie Kèyishí Cooley has been a Tlingit teacher and translator for many years. "Sometimes you have to dig deep to remember the words they're asking you," she said of teaching adults. "It's just great being able to speak."

We had believed that going to the Downtown Eastside with good intentions would enable us to report with sensitivity and respect for the community. But we were wrong to think it’d be that simple.

"I'm just really excited to be meeting new designers. Doing Vancouver Indigenous Fashion week, having to find new talent is something that I'm looking for — and Adäka definitely has it," said founder of Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week, Joleen Mitton.

About 30 kilometres southeast of Bella Bella in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, there is a low-lying clay deposit off quiet Kisameet Bay. The Haiłzaqv people have used the fine, pale-green clay from the deposit to treat stomach ...

"A lot of them can't string sentences together the same way anymore but if you put them in a canoe then the muscle memory is still there, and they just get so much pleasure out of that," said Julia Wilson. ...

Megan Breen, her fiancé, and their three children are due to be out of their rental home by June 30. But after a year of searching in Whitehorse, she hasn't been able to find an affordable home that can accommodate ...

"In a small community like this, one person dying affects a lot of people. It's important that the kits get out there and people know how to use them so that people don't die before they're able to get out ...

South Africa was the farthest Felicia Tugak had ever been from her home in Baker Lake, Nunavut. "To be honest I didn't ever think I would be selected, because what are the chances for one Inuk person applying, of all ...

After facing delays in May, Alaska Seaplanes is on track again to make its Juneau-Whitehorse route available this summer. "I don't want to jinx anything, but I'm pretty confident saying it should happen in June at some point," said ​Alaska ...

Alaska Seaplanes has run into delays in launching its proposed Juneau–Whitehorse seaplane route. The airline first announced the new route in March. At the time, the company hoped to have scheduled flights between the two cities starting this month.

How big a risk would a Vancouverite take to buy a home in the city they were born and raised in? Vancouver author and comedian Charles Demer imagines an answer to that question. In his novel Property Values, Scott Clark ...

There were romantic and feel-good vibes at The Fox Cabaret Thursday night (April 26), thanks to the romantic and feel-good indie-folk band Wild Child. The group has become known for their fun, indie-pop influences, while also seamlessly incorporating masterful orchestra ...

Since 2015, Silverjay has run his own business. He pays binners for scrap metal they have reclaimed from the trash and refines it himself. The collectors earn set rates for their finds while Silverjay sells the finished products — jewellery ...

“My mom would say, ‘women are too busy and too important to be chiefs,’ which is kind of a joke, but not really,” said Canada Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould. This anecdote summed up the mood of the “Lead, Succeed, ...

A theatre-fan may be surprised to find themselves walking through the doors of The Penthouse Nightclub, under a sign that reads “Less Fake News, More Fake Boobs,” to watch an acclaimed play about two Chicago cops. Yet, the intense two-character ...

On Saturday, January 27, the UBC loggers’ sports team — also known as the Thunderjacks — hosted their third annual intercollegiate competition. However, many of these loggers didn't fit the lumberjack stereotype people may have in mind — in fact, ...

Every year, people seem to forget Charles Dickens’ moral lesson to be less materialistic around Christmas time. The play felt traditional with its faith to the original storyline, gorgeous Victorian costumes and magnificent mustaches. The acting wasn’t wooden just because ...