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Pubdate: Thursday, October 23, 2008
Source: Globe and Mail (Canada)
 
The facilities will not cure drug abuse but they’re integral to strategies for prevention and rehabilitation
 
ANDRÉ PICARD
 
In the waning days of the federal election campaign, there was an important development in the continuing saga surrounding Insite, Vancouver’s safe-injection site.
 
Pivot Legal Society released documents, […]

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Victoria Greens Get Victoria Labour Council Endorsement
Read more to find out this week’s schedule of events!Dear friends and supporters,We’re pleased to announce that this week both Philippe Lucas and Sonya Chandler received the endorsement of the Victoria Labour Council for their City Council bid.  As strong supporters of workers rights, keeping water and sewage public, […]

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Times Colonist
Monday, October 20, 2008
Exactly a year ago today, we greeted the report of the homelessness task force with both hope and concern that once again, little real action would result.
The concern was justified. Despite some modest progress, the problems of homelessness, addiction and street disorder are worse than they were a year ago. […]

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David Mulroney

Special to Times Colonist

Sunday, October 19, 2008
Homeless people are pitching tents in our parks. Why this is happening? On Oct. 15, as most Canadians were waking up to the results of the federal election, far too many homeless Canadians were waking up on our streets, in alleyways, under bridges and in our parks.
Probably […]

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Victoria News
By Keith Vass - Victoria News
Published: October 06, 2008 6:00 PMGrowing food for sale will soon be OK for city homeowners, so long as it doesn’t moo, bray or squeal and customers aren’t coming to the door to buy.
Victoria city councillors pushed forward with changes to the city’s rules around home occupations to include […]

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“I was thrilled to be asked to attend and speak at this event for the fourth year in a row!  As an RN and as a breastfeeding mother, I am very aware of the positive health and social impact of breastfeeding.  I also know how much community education and awareness is needed to ensure all moms have the information they need to start […]

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By Keith Vass - Victoria News
Published: October 06, 2008 1:00 PM   The city is one step closer toward requiring developers to meet higher environmental standards in new construction.
The only concern around the table as councillors received an update last week seemed to be that the planned green building policy isn’t coming fast enough.
Last September, […]

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Victoria News
By Keith Vass - Victoria News
Published: September 29, 2008 3:00 PM
Updated: September 29, 2008 3:02 PMThe buttons were printed, the pamphlets were ready and the supporters were gathered for Victoria’s civic Green Party candidates to launch their campaign for city council Friday.
But the speeches had to wait after candidate Philippe Lucas’ wife went into […]

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Far fewer needles handed out and returned since fixed-site exchange was closed
Louise Dickson and Sandra Mcculloch
Times Colonist
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Victoria’s mobile needle exchange is handing out far fewer needles to addicts than its fixed-site predecessor, statistics released yesterday show.
The experiences of Peter, who has used both services, might explain why.
Before the Cormorant Street needle exchange […]

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 This is not an exhaustive list, but just some of the things I have done in my time at city hall…

I have worked to see Victoria as the first municipality in the region to adopt athe CRD model Pesticide Bylaw
Championed the creation and adoption of an anti idling bylaw which inspired the CRD to investigate the […]

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