Across Canada, organizations providing services to women and children experiencing gender-based violence (GBV) are dealing with extraordinary circumstances as violence against women and girls, particularly domestic violence, has intensified as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As public health measures are expanded to contain the spread of the virus, women experiencing violence find themselves isolated from the people who can help them, and demand for community-based support has increased as a result.
Day: December 18, 2020
Marine finfish aquaculture facilities in the Discovery Islands are located on the traditional territory of the Homalco, Klahoose, K’ómoks, Kwaikah, Tla’amin, We Wai Kai and Wei Wai Kum First Nations. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) will be issuing 18 month licences for 19 existing aquaculture facilities in the Discovery Islands (DI) with the intention that this would be the last time licences would be issued.
A controversial group of salmon farms in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River, B.C., will be phased out over the next 18 months over environmental concerns, officials said Thursday.
Mandatory vaccines, what’s next for the Cleveland baseball team and amateur athletes risking their health to make money for high-profile universities – these topics and more discussed on Episode 1 of Bring It In with Morgan Campbell
Northern Ontario skip Krista McCarville, who was the runner-up at the 2016 Scotties in Grand Prairie, has decided not to enter the Calgary curling bubble after being hand-picked to represent the province.