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Victoria’s first free fridge unveiled to the community
Located in Burnside Gorge, the new community-run fridge and pantry is open to all
Emily Fagan·Thursday, May 27, 2021·4 min
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New recovery centre empowers youth at risk of homelessness with harm reduction and life skills
Threshold Housing Society takes unique approach to addictions treatment offered nowhere else on Vancouver Island
Emily Fagan·Thursday, May 20, 2021·4 min
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Decades-long restoration project helps Oak Bay footpath get back to its roots
Friends of the Brighton Walkway have turned a space once used to dump refuse into a haven for native plants
Emily Fagan·Thursday, May 13, 2021·4 min
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Choir by wire: local singing ensembles evolve to share in song in spite of pandemic
Singing groups find community, support through virtual rehearsals and online forum
Emily Fagan·Thursday, May 6, 2021·5 min
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This Victoria nonprofit documentary group provides a platform for unhoused people to tell their own stories
The Existence Project’s latest documentary, 'Moving Day,' will follow the experiences of unhoused Beacon Hill Park inhabitants as 24/7 camping comes to an end
Emily Fagan·Thursday, April 29, 2021·5 min
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After surviving COVID, this 81-year-old will run a half marathon for the Victoria Hospital Foundation
Keith Ashton was originally scheduled to run a full marathon, but then he had heart surgery. Yet, after surviving COVID. Yes, we know
Emily Fagan·Thursday, April 22, 2021·4 min
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Inside the Victoria youth movement to end sexualized violence
These young people are getting the work done while councillors struggle to even tweet about rape culture
Emily Fagan·Thursday, April 15, 2021·6 min
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'Community members helping community members': A volunteer-based program met a high demand for counselling during COVID
The Esquimalt Neighbourhood House Society trains volunteers to counsel 250 people with mental health and addictions needs each year
Emily Fagan·Sunday, April 11, 2021·4 min
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With a million-dollar initiative, United Way takes the pandemic’s mental health effects to heart
The money will be distributed among mental health organizations on Vancouver Island
Emily Fagan·Wednesday, April 7, 2021·3 min
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One bucket at a time, locals are taking on Victoria’s litter
More than 1000 litres of refuse have been removed from neighbourhood streets since December
Emily Fagan·Thursday, April 1, 2021·4 min
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Oak Bay Welcome House welcomes first two refugees thanks to generous community support
Refugees receive housing, tutoring, counselling and other assistance
Emily Fagan·Thursday, March 25, 2021·4 min
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The 902 Foul Bay Road townhouse proposal has locals raging. We looked at all sides of the story.
A townhouse proposal in Fairfield Gonzales is pitting neighbour against neighbour, with lessons for the future of Victoria’s housing market
Emily Fagan·Tuesday, March 23, 2021·28 min
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Early vaccine recipients share joy, gratitude in their experiences
The vaccine rollout has accelerated, and with it, the number of people whose lives can regain some sense of normalcy. We talk to some of them
Emily Fagan·Thursday, March 18, 2021·5 min
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Trailblazing initiative looks to empower Indigenous women investors
Upon discovering she was the first Indigenous woman to be a private investor in Canada, this UVic grad made it her mission not to be the last
Emily Fagan·Thursday, March 11, 2021·4 min
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Crafting a safety net through tough times
How a teen entrepreneur's community kept her off the street
Emily Fagan·Thursday, March 4, 2021·4 min
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Local group provides homes for unhoused with innovative refugee-inspired sponsorship pilot program
The senior-run community group is supporting unhoused people in their neighbourhood
Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 25, 2021·5 min
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A local pandemic favourite, Dumpling Drop looks to pay community support forward to the Alzheimer Society
The new takeout restaurant grew from its founder’s mother’s diagnosis with the disease
Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 18, 2021·3 min
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More Victorians than ever want pets during the pandemic, and shelters are emptying
Owners seeking solace and companionship in animals have adopted record numbers of pets
Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 11, 2021·3 min
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Neighbourhood house empowers thousands of local youth with crucial life skills
Quadra Village Community Centre prepares youth in one of Victoria’s most financially hard-hit neighbourhoods with employment and leadership skills they need to succeed in adulthood
Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 4, 2021·5 min
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‘Food security is family security’ — how one Neighbourhood House has delivered thousands of meals in Victoria
The Oakland Community Association has provided more than 3,000 food hampers to families in Victoria since the start of the pandemic
Emily Fagan·Wednesday, January 27, 2021·5 min
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Canada’s biggest community of little free libraries has only grown stronger through COVID-19
Some of the book exchanges have pivoted to hand sanitizer and puzzles, but books are still circulating
Emily Fagan·Friday, December 11, 2020·29 min
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Local conservation groups launch bid to buy North Pender Island forest
Currently owned by a Victoria pair, the 12.95-acre S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest is home to Coastal Douglas-fir, wetlands, and 35 species of birds
Emily Fagan·Wednesday, November 25, 2020·3 min