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Why BC Homeless Communities Were Spared By COVID-19
Despite fears they would be among the hardest hit by the pandemic, North America’s street communities emerged relatively unscathed
Anna J. James·Wednesday, June 10, 2020·5 min
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Every story we’ve filed on Victoria and the South Island — newest first. 1,836 and counting.
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Despite fears they would be among the hardest hit by the pandemic, North America’s street communities emerged relatively unscathed
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Victoria's all-important service and hospitality industries have been hit particularly hard
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The scale of the loss can be hard to grasp. So we visualized it.
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Shutdown, which will divert 2,500 vehicles daily, intended to help downtown recovery
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Clean rooms, round-the-clock outreach workers, and semi-regular fires
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Stresses of COVID-19 have caused a 100% increase in mental health referrals in some cases
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Encampments will remain, but be urged to move into other parts of the park
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More than two months after their sudden closure, the Royal Theatre, Craigdarroch Castle, Saanich Commonwealth Place and others remain eerily empty
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It wasn't inevitable that Canada would see 7,000 dead from COVID-19. This is the story of the missed decisions and ignored warnings of the greatest Canadian public health failure of modern times.
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New plan comes after Victoria had previously pushed for hotel rooms to be forcibly seized by the province
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Here's where to find everything from books to bikes to blouses (as well as hand sanitizer and face masks)
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Florence the doll endured rain, sleet, passing ferries and winter storms as she followed a convoluted course across the Salish Sea to safety
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On Vancouver Island alone, COVID-19 has spawned tonnes of extra takeout garbage
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As one recovering addict told The Capital, when you’re looking to inject drugs “it’s not like you’ll look around for Wi-Fi”
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"We are basically ordering the creation of a new tent camp in Beacon Hill Park with this motion," said Councillor Geoff Young, the motion’s sole dissenter
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Abstention is ideal, but experts caution that celibacy as public policy can only last for so long
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Texts are triggered by cell phones picking up US towers, but federal agencies could not confirm to The Capital that they were the ones sending it
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Topaz Park immediately became an epicentre of crime and disorder, and Burnside-Gorge now fears the same fate will befall them
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Bike lane traffic, airport passengers, ferry ridership, commercial ship arrivals: All of them are now showing noticeable dips in activity.
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The pandemic represented only 1.6% of BC deaths in March and April
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In just two months, BC has gone through four Olympic swimming pools of extra booze
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In marathon session, city council endorses everything from cheaper parking to extended free transit to a federal wealth tax
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Almost all of the usual drivers of domestic assault have gone up during the pandemic
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Squamish-based Carbon Engineering one of only three companies around the world with the technology to directly extract carbon dioxide from the air
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