Author

Sidney Coles, Local Journalism Initiative

Climate Change

For the CRD, climate change remains an economic challenge, not a cultural one

The CRD has a response plan to climate change but offers no challenge to the industries causing it.

Indigenous

Indigenizing education is the focus of delegates to Camosun’s S’TEṈISTOLW̱ conference

Educators from around the world will build connections and discuss structural changes that support Indigenous students

Municipal

BC’s housing crunch means redefining affordable and middle income

Housing programs and development incentives focus on a mythical middle class

Mental Health

Victoria Brain Injury Society to open new office downtown amid challenges with opioid and housing crises

Intersecting impacts of brain injuries, homelessness, and substance use come to a head on Victoria’s streets

Housing

Victoria mayor calls for support to fill gaps in services and housing in the CRD

After carrying the lion’s share of regional social service and housing provision, Alto asks other municipalities to step up

Healthcare

Private donors and private clinics re-shaping the health-care landscape in Victoria

The two trends are different symptoms of a provincial health-care system in flux

Homelessness

Advocates and council face off on park sheltering deadline

Housing advocate will explore legal action against the city on the basis of what she calls human rights abuses.