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Community

‘More Justice More Peace’

By Bayleigh Marelj, The Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

On the morning of Thursday, Aug. 27, Charity Williams woke up to an email from the City of Victoria. It told her that she needed to alter the mural she had organized by noon that day, or they would do it for her. The mural, which is in Victoria’s Bastion Square, was installed by 17 Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) artists on Aug. 14. It was funded by a grant from the City Of Victoria. It reads “More Justice More Peace.”

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Health

Stop Attacking drug harm reduction services

By Jen St. Denis, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A Vancouver city councillor is urging residents to separate legitimate concerns about public safety in the city’s downtown  from attacks on harm reduction services that provide clean needles and a  safe drug supply in the midst of a deadly overdose crisis.

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Transportation

Upgrading Hoskyn Channel Dock: A photo essay

Originally published in Surge Currents, August 2020

By Ginny Vassal, Read Island

The occasional grounding of the Hoskyn Channel dock became much more pronounced in September 2018. The stream at the base of the ribbons re-routed itself towards the dock following heavy rains; the up-stream clear-cutting most likely caused the concentrated run-off that moved large rocks and cut a deep channel with stream sediment running directly towards the dock.

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Health, Indigenous Nations

Home in Kyuquot

By Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Kyuquot, BC – Leading up to the New Year, Lucy Paivio kept close watch on the news. As information started to spread about the imminent pandemic, she knew that she had to get out. Before there was any talk about going into lockdown, Paivio begged her husband to make one final trip from their home in Kyuquot to Campbell River.

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Rivers & Oceans

First Nations call for closure of Fraser River Fisheries

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By Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Leadership of the Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw (NStQ) is the latest to call for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to issue an emergency order closing all fisheries in the Fraser River and associated systems.

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