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Articles from the October 12, 2023 edition


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  • 'We are still here': Community gathers for Indigenous Peoples Day

    Charlotte Alden, Cascadia Daily News|Updated Oct 12, 2023

    The Lummi Nation welcomed hundreds of community members into the Wex'liem Community Building Monday night, Oct. 9, for salmon, song, dance and speeches to mark Indigenous Peoples Day. With the Blackhawk singers opening and closing the event, the celebration featured Indigenous people from across the region. Keynote speaker and doctor Evan Adams, from the Tla'amin Nation north of Powell River, British Columbia, came to Lummi for the event to speak about Canadian Indigenous...

  • Overcoming senior loneliness: We are in this together

    Pete Nelson, The Northern Light|Updated Oct 12, 2023

    It is fair to say we live in an interesting time in history, where crisis has become the norm. Where information is plentiful, technology is ever consuming, and frankly, we all live with a little bit of chaos. It doesn't help that we also have to endure a pandemic that won't seem to let us go. Yet, life continues to move forward and time, unfortunately, continues to move at a rapid pace. However, within community, there has never been a better time to unite and realize we are...