Nora O'Malley

Saving lives on the Downtown Eastside with Indigenous teachings

It's a $10 taxi ride from Vancouver's Fairmont Waterfront to East Hastings and Main - the epicenter of Canada's drug poisoning crisis that is disproportionally impacting Indigenous People.

‘The Town Will Fail if This Carries On’

Indigenous business owner Brian Quick points to a “For Sale” sign across the street from his barbershop on Tofino’s Campbell Street. The 12,389-square-foot property with a mix of commercial space below and residential units above is listed at roughly $2.4 million.

Seal is served: How coastal First Nations are reclaiming their roots by bringing back the hunt

Before there was a road connecting Vancouver Island's west coast to the rest of Canada, coastal First Nations hunted and ate seal for subsistence.

When love hurts... and housing woes add insult to injury

Three years after fleeing domestic violence, a B.C. artist speaks up

First Nation women to guide framework for new Big House in Ahousaht territory near Tofino -...

"If I ever have grandchildren, one day they will be dancing in that Big House"

Introducing Mułaa, Canada's rising tide Indigenous surf team

Wavebreaking club designed to reconnect Vancouver Island's First Nations youth with the water

Tofino's first cannabis dispensary opens - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News

Business partners Kyle Meagher and Mike Holekamp share a laugh inside Tofino's first dispensary, Daylight Cannabis. Holekamp said opening the business gave them a "heightened awareness of wanting to be entrepreneurs." (Nora O'Malley photo) "I don't know where it's going, but happy how it's gone so far."

Historic win for young Tofino surfer - Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News

Mathea Olin, 14, stands at Cox Bay beach with the medals she won at the Pan American Games in Peru at the beginning of December. Olin won a bronze in the women's shortboard and gold in the longboard. Her medals are the first surf medals for Canada in international competition.

Peter Devries Wins Historic 12th Canadian Title

Making history, Devries and Olympian Sanoa Dempfle-Olin win big at Canada's Rip Curl Nationals in Tofino.

The future of Indigenous youth basketball looks bright, plus there's pizza

A referee patiently pauses the action so little fingers can tie up little laces and there is a supernatural feeling in the gym that the Ancestors are watching with happy eyes. Pull up a seat. Leave the past at the door. Only water, sports drinks and smiles allowed beyond this point.

Profile: Spencer O'Brien, Olympic Snowboarder and "Precious Leader Woman"

La Niña year has been good to Indigenous snowboarder and two-time Olympian Spencer O'Brien. Over the phone from her Whistler residence, the Alert Bay, British Columbia-born athlete ever so casually unlocks the gate to her white castle:Vancouver Island's Mount Cain. "Every time I go home, I try to get back up to Cain and spend some time there.

Profile: Victoria Feige

Vancouver, British Columbia's Victoria "Tori" Feige defended her world adaptive surfing title last March on the shores of La Jolla, California. At the 2020 AmpSurf ISA World Para Surfing Championship, one of the final large sporting events to take place in North America before the COVID-19 pandemic forced it all to shut down, Feige out-performed seven other competitors in the women's kneel division to bring home the Gold Medal.

Her Endless Summer

Put the kettle on, love. Here's one awesome story about learning to surf and seeing the world.

Residenz Freundorf: Integrated modern architecture and garden design

Built On A Banana Plantation: The 'George Michael' Residence

To create the George Michael Residence, (no affiliation with the namesake pop superstar) Cyprian architect Andreas Vardas formed an awesome

The Proper Aussie Shed Structure: Mosman Park House

In an upscale neighbourhood lined with showy properties, Western Australian architect Paul Burnham