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Driver training offered through an Indigenous lens  May 7, 2021  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Tofino, BC – Lucy Sager grew up along the Highway of Tears in Terrace. The 725-kilometre corridor of highway in British Columbia has been the location of many missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW). Driven by a range of factors, including colonization, the disproportionately high number of MMIW is, in part, a result of poverty. Without a driver’s license or access to a vehicle, many...

Date Time Share From: Health Canada Today, Ken Hardie, M.P., on behalf of the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Health, announced nearly $16.5 million in funding for 11 projects to help support communities in British Columbia in their efforts to address and prevent substance use-related harms. April 9, 2021 Ottawa, Ontario Health Canada Throughout Canada, communities and families continue to grapple with the ongoing overdose crisis and other harms ass...