National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
B.C.’s death toll from toxic street drugs continues to skyrocket during the pandemic, with 175 people dead from overdoses in July.
Continue reading Death Toll from toxic street drugs SkyrocketingThe University of Victoria completed a climate resilience survey of 106 elected officials and staff from 38 municipalities and 10 regional districts on Vancouver Island. Saanich, Nanaimo, Victoria, and Campbell River were all represented. Vancouver Island communities are concerned about climate change impacts on weather patterns.
Continue reading Vancouver Island communities concerned about climate change impactsthe Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Friends, family and allies are calling for significant reform to B.C.’s healthcare system. Connor Sutton, a 23-year-old Indigenous man from T’Sou-ke Nation, received what they say was racist treatment and inappropriate care at two Vancouver Island hospitals.
Continue reading anti-Indigenous racism in BC’s healthcare systemEditor’s note: While both the Cortes and Quadra Island Food Banks recently stated the local situation is under control, demand is expected to increase this fall.
By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Mounds of mangoes and pallets of peanut butter sit on a monochrome concrete floor.
They’re islands of sustenance, dwarfed in the Greater Vancouver Food Bank’s cavernous warehouse — and a fraction of the roughly 40,800 kilograms of food that pass through the distribution center each week, explained the organization’s CEO, David Long.
Continue reading Food Banks working overtimeBy Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Picture a helicopter flying over a cutblock, releasing a misty cloud from a sprinkler-like contraption rigged to its belly. The cloud contains a herbicide called glyphosate.
Continue reading long-term effects of glyphosate spraying on forests
