By 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 emailsBy Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Experts and advocates are hoping the next B.C. government will focus on expanding preventative mental health-care services and overhauling the aging and “outdated” Mental Health Act to protect individual dignity in care.
Continue reading Election 2020: Fixing the Mental Health SystemBy Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is standing with Wet’suwet’en land defenders who said they were threatened with arrest during a recent ceremony in their traditional territory near Houston, B.C. which briefly blocked access for Coastal GasLink workers.
Continue reading Wet’suwet’en land defenders ceremonyBy Fran Yanor, The Rocky Mountain Goat, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Yesterday, John Horgan committed an NDP government to enacting independent review recommendations calling for a ‘paradigm shift’ in old growth forest management, including legislation to make ecosystem health and biodiversity an overarching, all-sector priority.
Continue reading Election 2020: NDP make paradigm shift in old growth forest managementBy Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A Vancouver city council meeting Tuesday on a proposed overdose prevention site near upscale condos and apartments in the Yaletown neighbourhood highlighted deep divides over the response to the deadly overdose crisis.
Continue reading Heated exchange over Response to Vancouver’s overdose crisis
