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Government hands back portion of E&N rail land to Snaw-Naw-As First Nation
As court deadline arrives, province and feds give back disputed land and fund more consultation
Zoë Ducklow·Monday, March 13, 2023·4 min
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Two years after Fairy Creek blockades began, old-growth battle continues
A judge will decide whether to allow a collective lawsuit asking for charges to be dropped against blockaders next week
Zoë Ducklow·Tuesday, August 9, 2022·3 min
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‘It’s like a renoviction from a doctor’: Victoria doctor's monthly retainer raises questions of two-tier healthcare
It seems like a legal loophole, but patients say they fear losing care
Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, August 3, 2022·8 min
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Langford man raising alarm about poor heat planning in new developments
Artificial turf, windows that don’t open, and the sea of concrete are a recipe for harm as heat waves become the new normal
Zoë Ducklow·Thursday, July 28, 2022·3 min
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Can we solve the Colwood crawl once and for all?
Four solutions have been pitched to fix the traffic crunch between the Westshore and Victoria. But how realistic are they?
Zoë Ducklow·Monday, July 25, 2022·13 min
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Sooke spent $200K on an Official Community Plan consultant. But what did they get?
Final draft was “full of typos and errors,” Sooke mayor says
Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, July 13, 2022·4 min
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Confusion in Metchosin about in-council buffer land talks
Protected green space, land ownership, and freedom of information requests
Zoë Ducklow·Tuesday, July 5, 2022·3 min
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Five arrested, but at least four won’t see charges from Fairy Creek camp
RCMP dismantled Sassin Camp, left one arrestee with a concussion
Zoë Ducklow·Thursday, June 30, 2022·2 min
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Walk through the night for survivors of residential schools
One man's quest to walk from Sooke to Victoria in honour of his mother and aunties
Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, June 29, 2022·3 min
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Did Coun. Szpak abuse her power as Protective Services Committee chair?
How a street parking space dispute led to RCMP involvement
Zoë Ducklow·Monday, June 27, 2022·3 min
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If it's too windy to clean up an oil spill, is it too windy to ship oil?
Behind the plan to protect BC's coast from environmentally costly spills
Zoë Ducklow·Tuesday, June 14, 2022·3 min
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Second Danbrook One engineer accused of contributing to the building's flaws
The senior engineer is accused of unprofessional conduct and incompetence
Zoë Ducklow·Monday, June 6, 2022·2 min
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Sooke’s Official Community Plan might not get passed before October election, Mayor says
Council to review the draft OCP page by page
Zoë Ducklow·Monday, May 9, 2022·3 min
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Sooke homeowners irked by district’s draft community plan
High-tide buffer bothers waterfront owners
Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, May 4, 2022·4 min
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Greater Victoria builders say they can’t find workers to build new homes, because they can’t find homes for the workers
The ‘vicious circle’ has deepened a persistent worker shortage during a period of record demand. Part seven of our labour series, Pay Check
Zoë Ducklow·Monday, April 25, 2022·8 min
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Westshore AVI substance use clinic set to merge with a community care centre
AVI will close its standalone clinic as of July 15 and transition to the new Colwood community care centre
Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, April 20, 2022·3 min
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Langford’s growth, mapped
See our interactive map to keep track of what's happening in your neighbourhood
Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, April 6, 2022·5 min
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Fairy Creek injunction is back in place by order of the BC appeal court
The original injunction expired in October, but a temporary injunction has been active since
Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, January 26, 2022·6 min
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Despite promised reforms, Fairy Creek is far from over
Deferrals and changes to logging legislation is coming. But the activists aren’t leaving
Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, November 24, 2021·10 min
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Danbrook One structural engineer 'not qualified' for such a building: investigative committee
‘McClure made a critical error in judgment in believing that he had the requisite skill and knowledge to design Danbrook One,’ the people investigating the failed building said in an interim report
Zoë Ducklow·Monday, November 8, 2021·4 min
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Where have the mushrooms gone?
It's a bad year for certain kinds of popular mushrooms on Vancouver Island. We went mushroom hunting with two local experts to find out what's happening
Zoë Ducklow·Monday, November 1, 2021·5 min
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How 'attainable' is Langford's Attainable Home Ownership plan?
A new plan is touted as a solution to help more people afford home ownership. A closer look at the details reveals major gaps and drawbacks
Zoë Ducklow·Monday, October 25, 2021·4 min
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'I hate to ask': How a fraudster manipulated a Colwood single mother out of tens of thousands of dollars
Christine Hale says she lost as much as $100,000 to a man who told her he loved her while inventing lawyer fees and death threats
Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, October 13, 2021·13 min
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Sasha Perron is running for his aunties
‘It’s our time to take on some of the burden’ says the young Kwakwaka’wakw man, who ran 216 km in the wake of residential school grave discoveries
Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, September 29, 2021·3 min