By Dale Boyd, Times Chronicle, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, is supporting the snap election called by Premier John Horgan and the NDP Monday calling it a “demonstration of strong leadership.”
Continue reading Election 2020: Grand Chief Stewart Phillip calls snap election a demonstration of strong leadershipBy Francois Macone, Radio Victoria, CILS 107.9 FM, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A major victory in the fight for the preservation of the environment. The island municipalities of Victoria, Saanich, Tofino and Ucluelet will see their drive to ban the use of single-use plastic bags officially legitimized by the province, through amendments to the Community Charter, Colombia announced on Saturday. British.
Continue reading Four Vancouver Island municipalities move against single-use plasticsBy Martha Perkins, North Shore News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
High atop Canada’s Western mountain ranges, geologists have been amazed to chance upon the fossils of prehistoric aquatic creatures.
How did remnants of a vast tropical seabed wind up touching the sky?
Continue reading The Squamish Nation’s Great FloodBy Jen St. Denis, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The president of a union that represents hundreds of workers in the Downtown Eastside says not enough is being done to inform residents and workers about rising levels of COVID-19 exposure in the neighbourhood.
Continue reading COVID spreading in Vancouver’s downtown eastsideBy Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
?Esdilagh First Nation Chief Roy Stump remembers the last time he caught and harvested a salmon.
It was before the wildfires that devastated the Cariboo-Chilcotin region in 2017.
Continue reading Tsilhqot’in community pray for the salmon return
