{"id":95898,"date":"2025-08-14T08:37:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=95898"},"modified":"2025-08-14T08:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:37:37","slug":"tlu-piich-games-cancelled-due-to-wildfire-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/tlu-piich-games-cancelled-due-to-wildfire-smoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Tlu-piich Games cancelled due to wildfire smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Nora O&#8217;Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Port Alberni, BC \u2013 The 2025 Tlu-piich Games were shut down halfway through the 3&#215;3 basketball tournament at EJ Dunn Elementary School due to the encroaching smoke from the Mount Underwood wildfire. Les Doiron, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) vice-president, delivered the bad news to a gymnasium packed with hungry ballers at around 12:30 p.m., Aug. 13. \u201cWe\u2019ve never seen smoke like this in the valley before. It\u2019s dangerous, right. Ditidaht, they\u2019ve got no power. It\u2019s for the safety of all of our people,\u201d said Doiron. \u201cCan we just finish our game?\u201d one of the young players asked. Doiron was kind but firm, re-iterating that it\u2019s to keep people safe, plus out-of-town nations will have more time to make their way home. 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