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Manager Jeffrey Baergen said the program has been in the works for four years, but the process was speeded up when overdose deaths began rising. The program has room to grow, he said. Adult men are in the program for six months, and can then move to second- and third-stage housing. “So they can actually stay here for up to two years,” Baergen said. He said the Salvation Army believes in recovery first, rather than housing first. “Unhealthy people simply cannot sustain housing,” he ...

Nanaimo’s BC SPCA branch is now home to Vancouver Island’s first barn dedicated to caring for abused and neglected farm animals.