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Hardest to house: Gaps, flaws and failures - Northern Beat

Hardest to house: Gaps, flaws and failures - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — Over the past months, front-line workers, mayors, and citizens have called for action as inner-city crime and random violence wreak havoc on communities across the province. Police data show a small number of individuals - about 500 so-called prolific offenders - are committing an inordinate amount of crime with seeming impunity.
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Mean Streets: Nowhere else to go - Northern Beat

Mean Streets: Nowhere else to go - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — A small group of British Columbians are homeless, addicted, mentally ill, and trapped in a loop of repeating criminal behaviour. With the ongoing illicit drug overdose and addiction crisis, brain injuries and psychotic disorders are on the rise. The situation on the streets is worsening.
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Terrace: Unchecked crime, a "community in crisis" - Northern Beat

Terrace: Unchecked crime, a "community in crisis" - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — Cameron Golder was serving a customer in the clothing boutique where she works in downtown Terrace, B.C., when a man passed by the store's front window. Dressed in dark clothing, he had two black eyes and wore a glove with chains across the knuckles. A stick jutted out of his backpack.
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Occupy Blue River: High-conflict protest, two rules of law - Northern Beat

Occupy Blue River: High-conflict protest, two rules of law - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — Caution: The following story contains content and language that may be disturbing. In a filmed incident on Sept. 30, 2019, twin sisters, Amanda Soper and Nicole Manuel, approach two Trans Mountain workers at the gates of the company's pump station in Blue River. One sister videos while the other verbally attacks in a hail of [...]
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Proposed logging road in pristine Fraser headwaters mobilizes campaign for land use review

Proposed logging road in pristine Fraser headwaters mobilizes campaign for land use review

The (Toronto) Star — A proposed logging road through a pristine Robson Valley watershed that hosts endangered chinook salmon, acts as a wildlife corridor, and feeds the Fraser River headwaters, has reignited a longstanding campaign by local residents to get the entire Raush River area protected from development.
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Solidarity trumps competition in NDP leadership race - Northern Beat

Solidarity trumps competition in NDP leadership race - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — So, that's it. Hours after the race was officially launched, 48 MLAs were already queued up in lock-step behind the single NDP leadership candidate declared so far: Attorney General and Housing Minister David Eby.
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Prolific offenders: Q & A with Attorney General David Eby - Northern Beat

Prolific offenders: Q & A with Attorney General David Eby - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — Over the past months, mayors across B.C. have voiced alarm about inner city crime waves and random violent attacks making their citizens feel unsafe. Police data shows an inordinate amount of crime committed by a small group of people. Critics say these prolific offenders have been allowed to surf through the justice system without consequence in a so-called 'catch-and-release' cycle.
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Toxic drug overdose crisis inspires all-party effort - Northern Beat

Toxic drug overdose crisis inspires all-party effort - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — Another extraordinary day in the legislature this afternoon. In the rarest of Question Periods, members from all sides of the chamber argued passionately and sincerely; the government side listened and answered thoughtfully; and the premier lit a promising path forward with a fiery response and a surprise commitment to bi-partisan collaboration.
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Harassing elected officials ain't cool - Northern Beat

Harassing elected officials ain't cool - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — Elected officials at all levels have endured personal threats, protests, and harassment of themselves and their staff. The vitriol directed at politicians for their support of COVID-19 public health measures is in a category all its own. "People have been very vocal on both sides.
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Harassing elected officials ain't cool - Northern Beat

Harassing elected officials ain't cool - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — Elected officials at all levels have endured personal threats, protests, and harassment of themselves and their staff. The vitriol directed at politicians for their support of COVID-19 public health measures is in a category all its own. "People have been very vocal on both sides.
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Leadership... in a polarizing time - Northern Beat

Leadership... in a polarizing time - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — Two years into a global pandemic and Canadians have achieved the almost unfathomable - nearly 90 per cent of adults have gotten vaccinated. Twice. In little more than a year. Despite this unity to a common cause, we seem an increasingly disrupted citizenry.
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The politics of (not) collaborating - Northern Beat

The politics of (not) collaborating - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — Grappling with two public health emergencies, flood and wildfire-devastated communities, and the complexities of Indigenous reconciliation, the provincial government has its hands full. In the midst of this avalanche of crises, B.C.'s two opposition parties have repeatedly asked to help. To no avail. "Are there ways that we can and should work together?
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A date with humanity: politicians have hearts too - Northern Beat

A date with humanity: politicians have hearts too - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — An unexpected thing happened in the legislative chamber last session. For 30 remarkable minutes, MLAs laid down their verbal weaponry and bared their feelings in a cascade of respect, poignancy, and inspiration. "We had a date of humanity today," Premier John Horgan said at a press briefing afterward.
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A date with humanity: politicians have hearts too - Northern Beat

A date with humanity: politicians have hearts too - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — An unexpected thing happened in the legislative chamber last session. For 30 remarkable minutes, MLAs laid down their verbal weaponry and bared their feelings in a cascade of respect, poignancy, and inspiration. "We had a date of humanity today," Premier John Horgan said at a press briefing afterward.
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Shaking up the status quo: Sonia Furstenau aims high - Northern Beat

Shaking up the status quo: Sonia Furstenau aims high - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — Part way up Old Baldy Mountain trail on southern Vancouver Island, Sonia Furstenau paused on a rocky outcrop. The view was stunning. Verdant hills undulated to the skyline, and gleaming cool and blue in the valley below was Shawnigan Lake.
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VOICES: Derrick Forsyth's road to redemption - Northern Beat

VOICES: Derrick Forsyth's road to redemption - Northern Beat

NorthernBeat News — VOICES profiles extraordinary British Columbians and their lived experience. As far as long-shot-beats-the-odds stories go, Derrick Forsyth's journey is an Olympian-level triumph. "Most of my life I've been either addicted to drugs or alcohol, or I've been locked up in jail," Forsyth said.
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Funding will help community forest pull more value from fewer logs

Funding will help community forest pull more value from fewer logs

The (Toronto) Star — Recently announced funding from the Province will help one Robson Valley community forest ramp up production of specialty products, extract more value from each log, and reduce the raw material sent out of the region to mills. "Our mandate is to be a part of developing the economy in our region," said Dunster Community Forest manager Ray Thiessen.
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"Talk and log" continues, as old growth disappears, says Furstenau

"Talk and log" continues, as old growth disappears, says Furstenau

The (Toronto) Star — For her last question in week two of the legislative session, BC Green Leader Sonia Furstenau focussed on forestry management, asking when the government would make good on its promise to protect B.C.'s most vulnerable old growth forests. "This government still has not taken any meaningful action to protect these forests," Furstenau said to the forests minister in Question Period.
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Speaker cautions MLAs after raucous Question Period

Speaker cautions MLAs after raucous Question Period

Kamloops This Week — A recent survey revealed most British Columbians want to end heckling during Question Period, and if the first week of the 2021 legislative session was any indication, the Speaker is no fan either. The session began with two days of restrained civility, led by Interim Opposition Leader Shirley Bond (BC Liberal) and Premier John Horgan (BC NDP) as they parried through each day's Question Period openers.
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'Be careful... the public is watching,' Speaker cautions MLAs after raucous Question Period

'Be careful... the public is watching,' Speaker cautions MLAs after raucous Question Period

The (Toronto) Star — A recent survey revealed most British Columbians want to end heckling during Question Period, and if the first week of the 2021 legislative session was any indication, the Speaker is no fan either. The session began with two days of restrained civility, led by Interim Opposition Leader Shirley Bond and Premier John Horgan as they parried through each day's Question Period openers.
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Opposition vows to hold majority government to account - BC News

Opposition vows to hold majority government to account - BC News

Castanet News — Another socially-distanced legislative session kicked off this week, this one marked by COVID-related issues, a two-month delay of the provincial budget, and an Opposition bench tasked with holding a majority government in check during a pandemic. "Our job as the Official Opposition is to hold the government to account," said Interim BC Liberal Opposition Leader Shirley Bond on Feb.
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BC Greens want more government transparency and free counselling for all

BC Greens want more government transparency and free counselling for all

The (Toronto) Star — The first legislative session of 2021 began this week amid a grueling pandemic and an unrelenting overdose crisis, and the BC Green caucus intends to advocate for ramped up mental health supports and more government transparency. "I don't think anybody out there is like, 'No, I'm good.
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In wake of Greyhound's departure, incentives could fill B.C. rural transport gaps

In wake of Greyhound's departure, incentives could fill B.C. rural transport gaps

iNFOnews — In 2018, Greyhound cancelled bus routes across the province citing low ridership and reduced profitability and all but two are now covered by private operators. One remaining gap is the former Greyhound route from Kamloops, through Valemount and Jasper, and into Edmonton.
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BC Liberals launch leadership race

BC Liberals launch leadership race

The (Toronto) Star — The search for the next leader of the BC Liberal party has officially begun. A leadership conference to pick the party's next leader will be held Feb. 3 to 5, 2022, with the leader chosen on Feb. 5, the BC Liberal Party announced today.
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