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Central Park tent city washed out

Picture a homeless encampment in a public park. The rains and recent snow have transformed most of the lawn into a massive puddle. The number of tents in Victoria’s Central Park has decreased since last fall, but there were still 45 of them on December 15th. One was sitting on a pallet, which raised the floor above the water, but the neighbouring tents are all in water.

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Indigenous Journey Project back on track

By Sarah Suleman, Victoria’s campus and community radio, CFUV 101.9 FM, Local Journalism Initiative.

On Sept. 21, after spending the past year in consultation, the Inter-Cultural Association’s (ICA) Indigenous Journey Project officially released their territorial acknowledgement, the first step in what Director of Impact and Innovation Meghan Mergaert says is a “five-year action plan” achieved “through a number of trainings and conversations at all levels of our organization.”

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