By Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
The Cortes Island Food Bank joined Food Banks BC on Oct. 7 and has just launched its own website.
Coordinator Filipe Figueira says joining the bigger provincial network provides more resources and funding possibilities.
Continue reading Local food bank joins Food Banks BC, gains access to greater funding, resources
By Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Low voter turnout in its leadership race reflects the multiple challenges the federal Green Party has faced in recent years, political scientists say.
The tumultuous tenure of former leader Annamie Paul, who resigned last November, coupled with further internal strife and financial woes, likely factored into the poor turnout, Cara Camcastle, a political science professor at Simon Fraser University, told Canada’s National Observer in an emailed statement.
Continue reading Can co-leadership help get the Green Party back on its feet?
By Zak Vescera, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The cost of life in British Columbia has risen at a record rate this year as runaway rent and food prices erode savings and squeeze wallets.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ 2022 Working for a Living Wage report found two parents in Metro Vancouver would each need to make $24.08 an hour to afford housing, food, child care and other expenses for a family of four, up 17 per cent from $20.52 in 2021. The minimum wage in B.C. is $15.65.
Continue reading Rent and Food Push ‘Living Wage’ Up 17 Per Cent
Editor’s note: Roughly ½% of the people who moved to Campbell River between 2014/15 and 2018/19 were immigrants from the United States or other nations. The other 99½% came ‘from other parts of BC, and to a lesser extent, migration from other parts of Canada.”(1) The percentage of International immigrants coming to Area C was higher, roughly 2.5%, during a similar time frame.(2) The Cortes Island Profile does not give a breakdown for the number of immigrants. 27.7% of the household moves between 2011 and 2016 involved people from ‘either another province or another country.’ The vast majority were most likely Canadians.
By Fabian Dawson, New Canadian Media, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s major overhaul of its Express Entry System to attract more economic migrants will see a dramatic increase in “invitations to apply” (ITAs) being issued by Immigration Canada (IRCC)
Continue reading Immigration lawyers caution Ottawa on new Express Entry systemBy Natasha Bulowski, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The world’s wealthiest polluting countries spend at least 15 times more on military and arms than climate finance for the world’s most vulnerable countries, a new report revealed in the final week of COP27 negotiations.
Continue reading Report connects the dots between military spending and the climate crisis
