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NZ Herald
6 hours ago
- General
- NZ Herald
On The Up: Far North couple lead project to restore native eels, educate locals
'If we have the eels declining, there's nothing to clean the silt and make sure the waterways are clean and healthy. 'They're such an important aspect to concentrate on to uplift our people.' Tuna are a treasured species (taonga) to Māori. Not only were they a source of kai, but important events were often scheduled around the harvesting of tuna. In many parts of Aotearoa, tuna are kaitiaki, protectors of the land, the people and the waters they dwell in. According to the Department of Conservation, the conservation status of the longfin eel is 'at risk and declining'. Wilson-Astle and Astle's kaupapa involves building a hatchery on their property to repopulate the eels. They plan to raise tuna and undertake release programmes throughout Te Tai Tokerau communities. The couple has also created a curriculum for early childhood centres and primary schools to teach children the historical importance of tuna. Tuna (eels) are a treasured species to Māori, however some species are in decline. The 10-week programme will involve classroom sessions and hands-on learning with tanks so children can raise elvers (juvenile eels) and later release them. For adults, they plan to hold wānanga in Kaikohe and other towns to reconnect people to their wai (water) and kai (food). Wilson-Astle, an early childhood teacher, said the idea to revive traditional knowledge came about while she and Astle were researching their whakapapa. 'We came across an old YouTube video about Lake Ōmāpere and how the health of the water reflects the health of the people. 'That resonated with us ... Lake Ōmāpere is considered the heart of Ngāpuhi, and the waterways are the veins. 'To restore the lake, you need to restore the waterways. 'With that concept in mind, that encouraged us to look at ways we can support our lakes, our people and our tuna.' The couple is also developing a Level 4 NZQA-accredited aquaculture course they want to offer to Northland tertiary providers. The tuna project expands on their other business, helping whānau grow their own kai, which featured in the Northern Advocate in April. Called Grow Your Own Northland, they make raised planter boxes, shade houses, food storage sheds, chicken coops and garden sheds, so whānau can be more self-sufficient. The couple has support from The Generator and has submitted applications for funding to Te Puni Kōkiri and the Ministry for Primary Industries' Māori agribusiness team. Their PledgeMe crowdfunding campaign launched on Thursday. For more information, visiti Te Hokinga Tuna on Facebook or visit PledgeMe. Jenny Ling is a senior journalist at the Northern Advocate. She has a special interest in covering human interest stories, along with finance, roading, and animal welfare issues.
Global News
22-07-2025
- Climate
- Global News
How have 2025's smoky skies in Saskatchewan affected Waskesiu?
The Buhl wildfire is approximately 30 km from Waskesiu, Sask., but Parks Canada has reissued a pre-evacuation alert for Prince Albert National Park. This pre-evacuation notice has had a big impact on Waskesiu, one of Saskatchewan's most popular summer locations. Due to this, not many people are filling up the grounds, leaving businesses worried about their finances. However, there is still hope among the community that with a bit of rain, things can pick back up again. 'We need rain. If we can get rain we can have a really good end to the summer,' said Jim Kerby, the recreation association director for Waskesiu. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Despite the smoke, popular areas like the pickleball courts and the golf course are still filled with families looking to enjoy their summer. 'I think a lot of people are understanding that there is no immediate threat to the community. Mostly it's the smoke and which way the wind direction is coming,' said Tyler Baker, the general manager for the Waskesiu Golf Course. Story continues below advertisement Chris Astle is the Chamber of Commerce president for Waskesiu, and also owns the local movie theatre and candy store. Astle shared that this summer has had its highs and lows, with his shop only operating at 80 to 90 per cent of its usual sales. He said many business owners have expressed to him their concerns about making a profit this year as their stores only stay open for a two-month season. With August still to come, Astle is hopeful it will bring more customers to the community. 'We are seeing visitors come back now, the air is clearing a little bit, so we are seeing some of those visitors come back which is great.' added Astle. But despite the weather woes, Waskesiu is expecting to see at least 5,000 visitors for their 10th annual Waskesiu Lakeside Music Festival.
Vancouver Sun
01-06-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
Abbotsford Canucks recap: Artūrs Šilovs does it again, Abby wins 1-0 to go up 2-0 in series
Make it five shutouts for Artūrs Šilovs in these AHL playoffs and a 2-0 lead for the Abbotsford Canucks in the best-of-seven Western Conference finals. Šilovs made 26 saves Saturday night this time as Abbotsford blanked the Texas Stars 1-0 at the Abbotsford Centre. Defenceman Akito Hirose scored the lone goal for the home side. Abbotsford had won Game 1 by a 3-2 count in overtime on Thursday at home. The series now shifts to Texas for Game 3 on Monday . Šilovs, who was so good in the playoffs for the Vancouver Canucks last spring pinch hitting for Thatcher Demko , is now 9-3 in these playoffs, with a 1.61 goals against average and a .941 save percentage to go along with the five shutouts. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Abbotsford (44-24-2-2) were three points better than Texas (42-26-3-0) in the regular season. The teams didn't meet at all in league play. This is the fourth season that Vancouver has had its farm team in Abbotsford. Coach Manny Malhotra's crew has won three playoff rounds already this year. The club won two rounds combined in the previous three years. We did a live blog of the game. You can follow along underneath. • Abbotsford Canucks Recap: Christian Wolanin scores OT goal as Abby beats Texas 3-2 in Game 1 • Does Abbotsford's success mean Malhotra will outskate the Canucks? • The Abbotsford Canucks' strong season and what it may mean in the long run Classic entrance video. A little foreshadowing, as it were, with the Aatu Räty inclusion? Dressed in our best to impress! 👔 Pregame prep from the Stars side. Dialed. #TEXvsABB No lineups posted as of yet but Abbotsford PXP man Brandon Astle reporting that Räty is back tonight after missing the past eight games with injury. A sellout is expected. Astle said on the broadcast that there's even a resale market tonight. This place is going nuts as the @abbycanucks take to the ice for game two vs @TexasStars #canucks We have lineups. Locked in our lines 🔒 📺 | 📻 | Sportsnet 650 Teams go back and forth to start. No whistle for the first 2:44. Continue to notice how much the Abbotsford defence activate and get up the ice. Good early chance on a one-timer from top of the circle by Abbotsford's Arshdeep Bains . Swallowed ups by Texas goalie Remi Poirier. We're knotted at 0-0 at the 6:33 mark. Shots are 4-3 in Abbotsford's favour. First power play for Texas, with Linus Karlsson going off for tripping Arttu Hyry. Astle on Guillaume Brisebois: 'He eats pucks for breakfast, lunch and dinner.' Canucks kill off the penalty, Karlsson gets a breakaway coming out of the box but he fires directly into Poirier's chest protector. Astle says that Raty has gone to the dressing room for medical attention after colliding with Texas' Trey Taylor. Abbotsford has first power play, with the Stars' Gavin White going off on an interference minor. We're done one, and it's still 0-0. Shots are 10-8 in Abbotsford's favour. Good chances at both ends. Another Artūrs Šilovs save for the collection. Thank you. @abbycanucks | @Canucks #AHL #CalderCup #ProudlyAbbotsford #Canucks Raty still not back for Abbotsford. Šilovs gets a tripping minor to put Texas back on the power play. Abbotsford kills off the penalty. Texas manages just a single shot. There's also a big hit by Abbotsford's Jett Woo on former Canucks prospect Kole Lind. Jett Woo drops Kole Linds. #Canucks Another Texas power play, with Sammy Blais going off on a high sticking minor. Another 'Arty, Arty,' chant after Šilovs blockers away a Cameron Hughes chance. Abbotsford kills off the penalty. Šilovs thwarts late flurry. Oh, Arty. #Canucks Abbotsford takes a third penalty in second period, getting dinged this time for too many men on the ice. They had a single penalty in Game 1. Another Abbotsford penalty kill, led by Šilovs and the puck control of Phil Di Giuseppe. Shots are 9-4 Texas in the second period with just over five minutes to go in the frame. Still scoreless, with 4:08 to go the second period. Shots for the game are 19-15 for Texas. Tristen Nielsen tries to go backhand five-hole on a breakaway but is foiled by the Stars' Poirier. We're deadlocked 0-0 after two periods. Shots are 19-19. Shots are 20-19 in Texas' favour a couple of minutes into the third. It's a much tighter contest than Game 1, which saw Abbotsford have a 46-38 shot advantage. Abbotsford's Jonathan Lekkerimäki is wide open in front of the net when the puck comes to him, but he can't corral it on the backhand. Abby leads 1-0. A tired Texas line has to stay out on the ice after an icing, and the Canucks take advantage, with Hirose's point shot hitting a gaggle of players in front and then slowly trickling past Poirier at 7:39 of the third. Hirose didn't play in Game 1, but came in tonight for Cole McWard. HIROSE GETS ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS! 👏 announced attendance tonight in Abbotsford: 7050 Lind seemed to bait Di Giuseppe off a face-off in neutral ice following a brouhaha in Abbotsford territory. Di Giuseppe drops the gloves, Lind does not. After a discussion by referees, Lind ends up with a penalty as well. They both get unsportsmanlike conduct minors. Texas thought they had tied it with 2:46 when Curtis MacKenzie shovelled one past Silovs in a scrum. The referee called it a goal initially but after a discussions it's waived off, with the officials saying Silovs had it covered. The Texas Stars thought they had tied the game late in the third period, delivering a dagger. After a second look, however, the referees made the call... NO GOAL! Abby wins 1-0. Šilovs gets the shutout with 26 saves. Lind says something to Silovs at the final horn, creating a ruckus in front of the net. There's later a fracas by the Texas bench. The Kole Lind Special™: Get in someone's face Get your chin checked Cry Great clip here sewen@
New York Post
28-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Hockey broadcaster says fan attacked him with chair during AHL playoff game in ‘unreal' scene
The intensity of playoff hockey can easily lead to fights, though they're usually confined to the ice. Once in a while it might even lead to rowdy fans scrapping in the stands. But you don't expect a pro wrestling match to break out in the broadcast booth. Brandon Astle, the play-by-play announcer for the AHL's Abbotsford Canucks — the top minor-league affiliate for the NHL's Vancouver Canucks — said on the broadcast of the team's Pacific Division Game 5 win over the Colorado Eagles that he was attacked by a fan with a chair during the first period of Monday's do-or-die game. 3 Brandon Astle, the play-by-player for the Abbotsford Canucks, said during Monday's playoff game he was attacked by a fan with a chair during the broadcast. X/Brandon Astle 3 Brandon Astle in a photo posted to Facebook. Facebook/Brandon Astle In videos posted on social media, an audible bang can be heard right before a faceoff with 1:14 left in the first period. 'Got some yahoo chirping at me from behind. Get out of here. What was he doing? Security! Try that again,' Astle says. After a stoppage with 57 seconds left in the period, Astle provided more details. 'I'm fired up. He threw my chair at me. Hit me right in the back of the leg,' Astle said. 'What was he doing here? Unreal. Have another beer.' Astle then addressed the incident on X, revealing the fan was removed from the arena. 'I could have handled this better, but was in shock & fired up as you can tell, as that has never happened to me before…I know that one yahoo does not reflect the Eagles organization or their fans & apparently was found and kicked out,' he wrote. 3 The incident occurred during the first period. AHL TV Abbotsford won the deciding game 5-0 to advance to a Western Conference finals clash against the Texas Stars, Dallas' AHL affiliate. The winner of that series will play in the Calder Cup finals against the East winner, which will either be the Laval Rocket (Montreal Canadiens) or the Charlotte Checkers (Florida Panthers.)
Vancouver Sun
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
An Abbotsford Canucks announcer was hit with a chair and no one will talk about it
So the long and short of this all is that yes, it does seem Abbotsford Canucks announcer Brandon Astle was struck in some way with a chair allegedly thrown by a Colorado Eagles fan during the broadcast of Monday's series-clinching win for the Canucks at Blue Arena in Loveland, Colo. 'Got some yahoo chirping at me from behind,' Astle said late in the first period of the game, after Phil Di Giuseppe scored to make it 2-0. 'I'm fired up. He threw my chair at me. Hit me right in the back of my leg. What was he doing here?' he then said about 20 seconds later, after a whistle had stopped play. 'Unreal. Have another beer,' he then quipped to the viewing audience. Astle later posted to X about the incident, first posting a classic WWE clip of Stone Cold Steve Austin attacking The Rock with a chair, then a later post where he commented on a post of the audio of the incident. 'I could have handled this better, but was in shock & fired up as you can tell, as that has never happened to me before… I know that one yahoo does not reflect the Eagles organization or their fans & apparently was found and kicked out,' he wrote. ummm @brandon_astle , are you good? 😮 An account on X then went at him, suggesting they were the fan and that Astle's account was incorrect. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. Astle did not respond to an inquiry about the event, though another source told Postmedia that Astle's claims were indeed legit. But no one else is really talking either, leaving a few questions. The Canucks' director of communications Craig MacEwen declined to comment: 'we don't have any comment. Feel the incident has been dealt with and is over.' Kevin McGlue, the Eagles' vice-president of communications, also declined to further clarify what had happened: 'Thank you for reaching out. We have had discussions with Brandon over the past 24 hours, and the two teams are not going to be providing any further comment on the matter.' McGlue wouldn't even confirm or deny that the fan who is alleged to have thrown the chair was ejected from the building. The silence is a bit odd, though perhaps the Canucks would rather concentrate on their outstanding playoff run: they're set to face the Texas Stars in the AHL Western Conference championship, starting Thursday at the Abbotsford Centre. Often road announcers in the AHL are left to broadcast from a table in or adjacent to the stands. What Colorado's setup is isn't known. Was there a security guard posted in Astle's area? How did the fan get so close to him in the first place? Should the Canucks have had a staffer sitting with him? Was there some other issue in play? Might there be something that would prove embarrassing to one of the organizations? We'll likely never know. pjohnston@
