Posted: Apr 25, 2021 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: April 25
Nikki Sanchez said she sent a letter asking her landlord for some repairs to her rented home and the only reply was a two-month notice ending her tenancy. (Brittney Kwansey)
As the municipal and provincial governments scramble to house Victoria s homeless population, many renters in the city are finding their own accommodation precarious as they struggle to keep a roof over their own heads in the pandemic.Â
A series of interviews on CBC s
On the Island with renters, tenant advocates, rental owners and developers highlights an acute shortage of safe and affordable housing that will remain after the tents are gone from parks following the City of Victoria s ban on daytime camping that starts May 1. Â
When you move a log or a rock, it could be exposing insects, plants and other species to predators and weather, says Vancouver Island naturalist Ann Nightingale.
A struggling Campbell River cafe owner makes a last-ditch appeal â and a community answers
When Java Shack owner Chris Fawbert heard new COVID travel restrictions were coming he feared it spelled the end for his 23-year-old restaurant.Â
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Posted: Apr 24, 2021 9:00 AM PT | Last Updated: April 24
Cafe owner Chris Fawbert s daughter helps stock the beverage cooler at the family s Campbell River cafe. (Chris Fawbert/Facebook)
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VICTORIA On the day before the annual budget is tabled in the legislature, B.C. governments traditionally put the finance minister in the spotlight to build anticipation of spending announcements to come.
But there was Premier John Horgan Monday, presiding at a media conference where he announced a new round of pandemic-fighting restrictions to take the province through to the end of May.
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No more recreational vehicle bookings on B.C. Ferries. No more extra sailings on holiday weekends. Ferry reservations screened for essential travel only.
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VICTORIA Premier John Horgan started the year by promising to clarify his position, once and for all, on restricting travel during the pandemic.
“Legal advice is what we’ve sought and we’ll take a look at it over the next couple of days,” Horgan told reporters Jan. 10 on the eve of a two-day NDP caucus retreat. “I want to put this either to rest so that BCers understand that we cannot do that, and we’re not going to do that, or there is a way to do it and we’re going to work with other provinces to achieve it.”