By Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The BC Green Party says urgent action is needed to address the province’s “collapsing” health-care system.
And its two MLAs are planning a series of meetings across the province this summer to hear from health-care workers and patients on solutions.
Continue reading BC Greens Launch Hearings on Health-Care ‘Crisis’National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A recent study has identified Indigenous communities that are “hot spots” for flood risk in Canada, which can help senior levels of government shape and prioritize flood management strategies in line with social equity and environmental justice.A recent study has identified Indigenous communities that are “hot spots” for flood risk in Canada, which can help senior levels of government shape and prioritize flood management strategies in line with social equity and environmental justice.
A total of 40 risk hot spots were identified in the University of Waterloo study among 360 Indigenous reserves, with the highest number of hot spots located in B.C. at 13 and in Ontario with 10.
Continue reading Social inequities put Indigenous communities at greater flood risk, study findsBy Quinn Bender, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It appears Pacific great blue herons have a much larger appetite for juvenile salmon than previously understood, potentially raising the complexity of salmon recovery strategies in B.C.
Continue reading Blue herons significant predator of juvenile salmon, study findsThe most recent change to Elections BC’s Preliminary Voting Results, at the time of this writing, was made at 2:53 PM on October 28, 2020.
Continue reading Election 2020: update to the Preliminary Voting Results for Vancouver IslandCanada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
B.C. recorded its deadliest month ever for illicit drug overdoses as fatalities from increasingly toxic street drugs continue to spike during the pandemic.
Continue reading Another Record Breaking Month Of Deaths From Illicit Drug Overdoses
