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Society

Could the Missing Middle Solve the Housing Crisis?

July 13, 2023July 12, 2023 - by Jimmy Thomson

Victoria, BC, is making an ambitious move to densify neighbourhoods. It could be a model for the rest of the country

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Memoir

100 Years after the Exclusion Act, Chinese Canadians like Me Still Question Their Belonging

June 28, 2023August 31, 2023 - by Adrian Ma

Searching for the sense of identity I had lost during the pandemic, I needed my family to see where our Canadian story began

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Environment

Are Herring Making a Comeback in BC?

February 20, 2023March 21, 2023 - by Lauren Kaljur

The fish all but disappeared from the shorelines around Squamish in the mid-1970s. Locals are monitoring signs of hope

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Justice / March/April 2023

Nuchatlaht First Nation: How a Legal Battle Could Change Land Rights for Good

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

Indigenous groups have been fighting for land for decades, often with disappointing results

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Society

“The New Residential School System”: How a First Nation Rallied against the Foster Care System

October 20, 2022December 15, 2022 - by Amy Romer

A six-year-old Gitxsan girl was removed from her community in northern British Columbia. The community brought her back

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July/August 2022 / Society

Ruffled Feathers: How Feral Peacocks Divided a Small Town

July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 - by Lyndsie Bourgon

The birds were beloved. But they also chased garbage trucks, scratched cars, and feasted on vegetable patches

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Business / July/August 2022

Clearing Out: BC’s Logging Industry Sets Its Sights on the US

June 28, 2022July 6, 2022 - by Caitlin Stall-Paquet

Facing ecological and political uncertainty at home, some of the province’s largest lumber producers are looking south

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Environment / May 2022

Burning Up: The Controversial Biofuel Threatening BC’s Last Inland Rainforests

March 28, 2022June 30, 2022 - by Brian J. Barth

The wood-pellet industry is booming. Will it push old-growth ecosystems to the brink?

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Society

Go Ahead, Take That Vacation—but It May Be Unethical

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 - by Rhiannon Russell

At this point, we could all use a break. But endangering vulnerable communities is a high risk of pandemic travel

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Health / November/December 2020

The Many Ways We’re Failing Our Children’s Mental Health

October 26, 2020October 27, 2020 - by Lauren McGill

Social media pressures, loneliness, and the climate crisis are weighing on today’s youth. The stress is taking its toll

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