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Sidney Coles, Local Journalism Initiative

Sexual Assault

Province investing $10M in sexual assault centres

Victoria Sexual Assault Centre among organizations to receive $300K every year

Healthcare

The VCAPCC unveils its new spaces during Child Abuse Awareness Month

The Victoria Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Centre (VCAPCC) unveiled its new child and family friendly spaces this week

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Central Saanich Council weighs benefits of rezoning agricultural land

Council will work with the public to ensure needs for farming and housing are addressed properly

Community

Despite BC funding freeze, municipalities continue to support their public libraries

Municipal funding allows libraries to create programming and inclusive spaces for cultural celebration and learning

Education

More capacity to implement BC federal child-care agreement needed

BC slow out of the blocks to implement its affordable child-care agreement with the feds

City Hall

Victoria needs more federal and provincial help on homelessness, council says

In debate on city’s latest indoor and outdoor sheltering policies, councillors were aligned in frustration with burden on municipality

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Saanich and Oak Bay tackling local fire risk together

Enhanced fire readiness is on its way for the two municipalities

Forestry

Protesters gather to demand action on old-growth forests

Hundreds turned out to protest what they say is government inaction on BC's ancient forests