News Items tag as: Local Journalism Initiative

Want to make sex work safer? Decriminalize it, study says
December 21, 2024 - 9:00 PM
‘A slap in the face’: Concerns swirl about Copper Mountain Mine’s consultation process
December 21, 2024 - 7:00 PM

The co-owners of the Copper Mountain Mine struggled to earn the trust and approval of many sm?qmíx people during a pitch for the proposed New Ingerbelle Pit project, with one community member calling the mining company’s consultation process “a slap in the face.”
It’s time to get tested for syphilis in BC (and it's free)
December 21, 2024 - 6:00 PM
‘It’s scary’: Similkameen bands say once-pristine waterways tainted by mine waste
December 21, 2024 - 8:00 AM

Facing questions from sm?lqmíx community members about mine contamination in a Similkameen Valley creek, a senior representative for the Copper Mountain Mine insisted she would drink the water herself.
UBC med students are offering free coaching on staying healthy
December 15, 2024 - 4:00 PM
Canada's concern about illegal shark finning by fishing fleets in the North Pacific surging
December 01, 2024 - 9:00 AM

A cruel, wasteful and illegal practice called shark finning is occurring — over and over again — on the high seas of the North Pacific.
Goats, not glyphosate: Critics see alternatives to Coastal GasLink’s herbicide plans
November 30, 2024 - 3:00 PM
UN manifesto pitches preservation of critical microscopic creatures
November 30, 2024 - 9:00 AM

Plankton, the key ingredient of the primordial ocean soup that allows all life to flourish, are central to a new U.N. manifesto highlighting the big role microscopic creatures can play in tackling the globe’s triple threat.
Meet Doug the beaver the watershed recovery engineer working near Kamloops
November 28, 2024 - 7:00 PM

At the heart of Skeetchestn territory is the Deadman Watershed, a living landscape of roughly 900 square kilometres of forest and grassland northwest of Kamloops (Tk’emlups).
Retired RCMP officer convicted of killing his wife in Penticton up for parole
November 21, 2024 - 7:00 PM

The family of a woman brutally killed by a retired RCMP officer in Penticton is heartbroken, angry and devastated that the convicted murderer will soon be applying for parole.
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News Items tag as: Local Journalism Initiative

Want to make sex work safer? Decriminalize it, study says

‘A slap in the face’: Concerns swirl about Copper Mountain Mine’s consultation process

It’s time to get tested for syphilis in BC (and it's free)

‘It’s scary’: Similkameen bands say once-pristine waterways tainted by mine waste

UBC med students are offering free coaching on staying healthy

Canada's concern about illegal shark finning by fishing fleets in the North Pacific surging

Goats, not glyphosate: Critics see alternatives to Coastal GasLink’s herbicide plans

UN manifesto pitches preservation of critical microscopic creatures

Meet Doug the beaver the watershed recovery engineer working near Kamloops

Retired RCMP officer convicted of killing his wife in Penticton up for parole

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