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1. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER SEEKS MORE RESPONSES TO SURVEY ON PROVINCE'S TOP ISSUES

Subjects
British Columbia -- Social aspects, Poverty -- Public opinion -- British Columbia, Human rights -- Surveys, Dwellings -- Public opinion, Housing -- Public opinion, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner says housing and poverty are among the top concerns of service and rights-related organizations across the province, but some [...]

Published
2023

2. Advocates look to fill gaps in tracking of homeless deaths; Governments have long faced calls to collect more data, with only Toronto, B.C. formally recording numbers

Author

Hayes, Molly

Subjects
Ontario -- Social aspects, British Columbia -- Social aspects, Homeless persons -- Statistics -- Death of, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
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Byline: MOLLY HAYES; Staff HAMILTON -- When Inna Berditchevskaia began her internal medicine residency in Hamilton two years ago, she was stunned that nobody could tell her how many people [...]

Published
2022

3. Northern voices of the Great War: Personal perspectives and narratives from northern British Columbians

Author

Atkinson, Maureen L.

Subjects
British Columbia -- Social aspects, World War I, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects, War stories -- Analysis, Narratives -- Analysis, Wars -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Abstract: The Great War 'ruined everything,' according to northern British Columbia resident Vicky (Aldous) Sims in a CBC interview from the mid 1960s. A powerful statement to be sure, but [...]

Published
2017
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4. Unfavourable odds: How loan sharks swim around police in province's gambling sector

Author

Hager, Mike

Subjects
Canada. Royal Canadian Mounted Police -- Powers and duties, British Columbia -- Social aspects, Illegal gambling -- Investigations, Moneylenders -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Investigations, Gambling industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Investigations, Company legal issue, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: MIKE HAGER, Staff VANCOUVER -- Lead Thousands began streaming in at all hours when British Columbia got its first taste of Vegas-style gambling in June, 2004, in the opening [...]

Published
2020

5. There's a loophole along the closed U.S.-Canada border. Couples are getting married there

Author

Page, Sydney

Subjects
British Columbia -- Social aspects, Boundaries (Geography) -- Social aspects, Marriage -- Social aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Sydney Page Nick Smith and Leah Bosello were desperate to see each other. Ever since the border between the United States and Canada closed to nonessential travel in mid-March [...]

Published
2020

6. Police reach out to youth in tackling B.C.'s unique gang problem

Author

Smart, Amy and Kane, Laura

Subjects
British Columbia -- Social aspects, Youth violence -- Forecasts and trends, Gang violence -- Demographic aspects -- Forecasts and trends, Elementary schools, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: AMY SMART, LAURA KANE, THE CANADIAN PRESS SURREY, B.C. -- Lead Sergeant Mike Sanchez didn't expect to find himself working in elementary schools as a senior officer with the [...]

Published
2019

7. 60 years later, a major underwater explosion in B.C. still fascinates

Subjects
British Columbia -- Social aspects, Explosions -- History -- Casualties, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: CBC News Sandra Parish is looking over at a span of ocean once called 'one of the vilest stretches of water in the world,' from the comfort of her [...]

Published
2018

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