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Think meat is expensive? What about the environmental impact?

By Cloe Logan, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Meat is expensive — but we’re still paying far less for it than the cost of its environmental impact, according to a study released this week. 

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COVID Face masks: Finding it hard to hear?

Yona Harvey, Smiths Falls News Record, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

When Renfrew resident Christina Edgar visited the emergency department a few weeks ago, the doctor asked questions, but Edgar couldn’t understand a word.

“The doctor was impossible to understand through her mask and face shield,” she said, so the doctor finally wrote questions on a piece of paper.

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Bute Landslide: The next generation of coho and chum salmon

By Quinn Bender, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Chief Darren Blaney expects the worst for a generation of coho and chum salmon mowed down in the Southgate River by a massive landslide last month on B.C.’s south-central coast. 

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BC Meat production crisis: shut down or scale back operations

By Morgan Hampton, Merrit Herald, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The situation has become critical for small scale and midsize ranchers around the province as a lack of processing options for their livestock forces many of them to shut down or scale back their operations.

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