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Inside Canada’s first spill response organization on the West Coast
The Western Canada Marine Response Corporation has been responding to oil spill emergencies for almost 50 years
James MacDonald·Sunday, May 21, 2023·3 min
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Every story we’ve filed on Victoria and the South Island — newest first. 1,835 and counting.
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The Western Canada Marine Response Corporation has been responding to oil spill emergencies for almost 50 years
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BC given F grades in report arguing governments across Canada are valuing sales over public's wellbeing
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Initial report describes plane striking ridgeline and pilots escaping through window
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Over the years we've covered all kinds of different ways that Island mothers and children have succeeded, struggled, lived, and loved
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UVic researchers are figuring out ways to identify different fish by the noises they make
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The province is warning BC residents of extreme climate risks this summer, but the Island will be less impacted
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Two weeks after the building was evacuated, residents are still looking for answers that the city of Langford does not have
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BC is years into an acute shortage of nurses as part of the broader crisis of an overwhelmed health system
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Small ferry-dependent communities' acute paramedic shortages are made worse by lack of guaranteed off-hour sailings for medical evacuations
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The recently-passed law aims to protect "sextortion" victims
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A photo series following the pair behind this Granville Island bakery that has found a permanent home in downtown Victoria
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150 students, researchers and faculty took part in a national walkout calling on the federal government to raise scholarship funding
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Simon Stubbs has been stuck in hospital mental-health wards for years, enduring “trauma on trauma on trauma”
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Job losses stem from Island universities’ overreliance on international student money, open letter argues
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Building owner Centurion Property ups “compassionate assistance” to $2,500 after city pressure
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“Family-style” supportive housing for women opening this summer, said non-profit
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Project's abrupt end at oak bay border highlights municipal disconnect over biking
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We're still figuring out the impacts of the last heat wave, but a new one could arrive soon
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Millions have flowed to local ocean initiatives this spring
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'Symbiosis' makes the link between old-growth advocacy and the world of mushroom-inspired art
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Multiple unions participating in local solidarity pickets supporting largest federal public-service union
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116 total drug deaths on the Island as of the end of March
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A new initiative will help Island First Nations protect and restore sensitive artifacts from climate disasters such as the Chemainus floods
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Adam Olsen, MLA and die hard Leafs fan, traces his fandom back to the Victoria Maple Leafs
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