Around 20% of an Island elementary school is absent every day due to illness, according to its principal
Brishti Basu is a reporter based in Victoria. She speaks English, Bengali, and Hindi. She is a generalist that primarily covers social issues and the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as issues relevant to Victoria and Vancouver Island. Basu began her career in journalism as a reporter with Victoria Buzz in 2017, and has been published in places like VICE, The Tyee, National Geographic, BBC Future, and more. Her work so far covers a wide range of topics, from systematic racism to climate change, marine mammal welfare to culinary nomenclature, and beyond.
Sandy Fisher does not have many reasons to trust police, but that didn’t stop him from helping an officer in need
From Black women whose questions were ignored, to unhoused Indigenous people being denied treatment, the Royal Jubilee Hospital ER is a place many say they will never visit again
The correct data shows hospitalizations are starting to rise again already
