It’s the community’s hope that by 2041, ‘Horseshoe Bay will thrive as a charming and livable seaside community and a vibrant and welcoming destination village’ Elisia Seeber/North Shore News It. . .
However, understanding our community, the strong family connections and how large our families are, we knew some gathering would be inevitable and that would increase our risk of infection. In an interview last week to talk about the infection numbers and the shelter-at-home order that our chief and council implemented, I was asked how we feel about Island Health reporting numbers of infections in our community. At that time we did not have any specific reports of discrimination towards our members, but being a First Nation leader and member who understands reports that trigger racism and discrimination, I informed the reporter I anticipated things would get tough for our members.
December 16, 2020
Cheryl Alexander has been documenting and studing a lone wolf named Takaya (the Coast Salish First Nation s peoples word for wolf) who has been living in on a small group of islands in British Columbia s Salish Sea for years. This fall, Alexander released a book,
Takaya: Lone Wolf, showcasing Takaya s journey and mysteries including her own photographs, interviews and journal entries.
Read an excerpt and see some of the photographs below:
WILD
He was unheeded, happy and near to the wild h
eart of life. He was alone and young and willful and wild hearted, alone amidst a waste of wild air and brackish waters and the sea harvest of shells and tangle and veiled grey sunlight. -Jon Krakauer