By Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
For over two years, the Port Alberni Port Authority (PAPA) has been forging ahead trying to secure provincial and federal government funding to build a floating dry dock within the city.
Continue reading Port Alberni’s floating dry dock projectCarl Meyer, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The RCMP‘s failure to protect Mi’kmaq fishers from intimidation, assault and destruction in Nova Scotia demonstrates how the Canadian state is all too ready to permit or perpetrate violence against Indigenous Peoples, say First Nations groups and B.C. politicians.
Continue reading The RCMP’s failure to protect Indigenous leadersBy Keili Bartlett, Kootenay Co-op Radio – 93.5fm Nelson BC, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
NELSON, BC – Whether you’ve just spent a summer by Kootenay Lake, or if you have a keen eye on the Nelson Buy and Sell pages on Facebook, you may have seen a one-of-a-kind vessel pop-up – a homemade submarine.
Continue reading Kootenay Lake’s homemade submarineCarl Meyer, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
New Canadian building codes under review by a National Research Council committee would allow for designs that are not as energy-efficient as they could be, according to one university study.
Continue reading New Canadian building codes: not as energy-efficient as they could beBy Bayleigh Marelj, The Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The executive director of a study investigating racism in health care says she and her colleagues have been on the receiving end of racist and degrading emails.
Continue reading Team investigating racism in health care receive wave of degrading emails
