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‘Our community is in a severe crisis’: Crime impacting businesses in northwest B.C. city

Terrace Standard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Terrace business owners say they continue to bear the brunt of the city’s myriad social issues and increasing crime.

Liz Smaha, executive director of the Kermodei Tourism Society is calling on Terrace’s mayor and council to raise these concerns before the Union of BC Municipalities and North Central Local Government Association (NCLGA).

“Our community is in a severe crisis; our business community can not sustain this,” Smaha told the council in a Feb. 23 letter.

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Lawyer makes case for keeping Prince George homeless camps in place

By Mark Nielsen, Prince George Citizen Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The homeless living in a so-called tent cities will have no viable place to go if the court grants an order to remove them, the lawyer representing the group says in documents filed at the courthouse.

Very few of the roughly 81 emergency shelter beds in the city are low barrier making many of Prince George’s homeless ineligible to stay in them, lawyer Darlene Kavka says in responses to an application from city hall seeking an order to authorize occupants’ removal from sites at 538 Patricia Boulevard and 231-233 George Street.

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Shoplifting in City and Country

In 2020, Campbell River stores reported 275 cases of shoplifting to the RCMP. That is in a city, is the situation similar in more remote  settings like Cortes Island?

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Campbell River thrift store opens doors to homeless

Campbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Reporter

Tired of break-ins, a Campbell River thrift store is opening its door to people experiencing homelessness to shop for free two days a month. 

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