B.C. police departments disproportionately street check Indigenous and Black people
Over a decade of data obtained from B.C.’s municipal police departments through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests show the departments…
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Join us for a screening of The Quiet Epidemic
May is Lyme Disease awareness month and CanLyme is helping to raise awareness by hosting an online screening of The…
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NoiseTracker: a collaborative initiative that aims to tackle the invisible threat permeating our oceans
Do you remember playing Marco Polo as a child? For those of you who have never played before, the object…
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On Working in a Series VII
Weeks have gone by since I started writing about this. And it doesn’t get old. I keep thinking about the…
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MCC submission to the 2023/2024 Salmon IFMP
The salmon subcommittee of the Marine Conservation Caucus submitted its comments on the draft Integrated Fisheries Management Plan for Pacific…
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Lyme Disease Is On The Rise—And Climate Change Is To Blame
Chatelaine – by Zeahaa Rehman April 25th, 2023 “Maggie McColl first heard the joke about Lyme disease at a public…
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Defensive architecture on tour (Part 1)
Like bad takes about bike lanes, defensive architecture is a blight spread across Greater Victoria’s 13 municipalities. After spending $1.50…
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CanLyme Tick Removal Kit bulk order pricing
Are your employees at risk of a tick encounter in their workplace? There are several ways to reduce the risk…
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Learning report: Hey Neighbour Collective’s first three years
This report highlights key themes that have surfaced through three years of shared activities, learning, reflection and evaluation among all…
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Despite a green light from Cabinet, Elizabeth May presents petition on Roberts Bank terminal expansion in the House of Commons
Last week the Government of Canada announced their approval of the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion. Despite their stated commitments…
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Nitroxoline Drug Combinations Are More Active Than Lyme Antibiotic Combination and Can Eradicate Stationary Phase Borrelia burgdorferi
Lyme disease (LD), caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common vector-borne disease in USA and Europe. Despite the standard…
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Meet Brooke Gerle, Raincoast’s new Mapping Technician
Brooke Gerle has joined our Communications team as a Mapping Technician. She will assist in spatial analysis, the creation of…
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Job Opportunity: Fisheries Lead
CCIRA is looking for a Fisheries Lead (pdf) to support the implementation of integrated policy, strategy, coordination and programming to…
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Feature | Health | Multisport
New Youth Bike Course Designs
You may have noticed that the bike courses for the Victoria Youth Triathlon and the Westshore Youth Triathlon have changed….
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Anaplasmosis: An emerging tick-borne disease of importance in Canada
Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis (HGA) is an infection caused by the intracellular bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum. As a tick-borne disease, the public…
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Coming up …
Folk & Fiddle Festival – June 9 – 11, 2023 We’ve been working hard all year to bring you the…
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What happens after the groundswell?
When the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline was cancelled I was just about to graduate high school. I was starting to…
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Canada’s National Fiddling Day!
Saturday, May 20, 2023, At Topaz Park, Victoria Join us for the National Fiddling Day Jam at the Victoria Highland…
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Ukrainian Music Workshops
May 9, 10 & 12 – Online The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three online workshops…
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That’s a wrap for season four!
Here are a few highlights from our fourth season of the Looking at Lyme podcast. Thank you to all of…
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Global News: “How to prevent run-ins with ticks” with CanLyme president Janet Sperling
It can be easy to let your guard down in the wilderness as the summer wraps up, but tick season…
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Spirit Bear Tours
I have teamed up with Marven Robinson of the Gitga’at First Nation to offer spirit bear watching and photography trips…
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Working in a Series VI
For the past few weeks, we’ve been discussing working in a series. In “Working in a Series I“, we talked…
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Defensive architecture on tour (Part 2)
Needs More Spikes’ CRD defensive architecture tour wraps up this week. Find part one here. Oak Bay First up this…
