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‘They were trying to figure out how to stay alive’: Disability advocates slam heatwave response

By Brishti Basu
June 7, 2022

A dissenting voice on the provincial heat dome review panel says measures for disabled people were minimized in the final report, while Human Rights Watch and others are calling for better protections for the next heatwave

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Powering Vancouver Island is getting harder with climate change

By Tim Ford
October 27, 2021

Cables from the mainland were damaged by the heat this summer and thousands went without power during this week’s storm. How can the Island keep the lights on?

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Salt Spring Island's duelling crises

By Jimmy Thomson
August 3, 2021

Housing is at a breaking point. But to understand why there’s nowhere to live, first we need to understand why it’s getting harder to get water

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PHOTOS: Victorians manage the hottest day in the city's recorded history

By Colin Smith
June 28, 2021

Photographer Colin Smith explored the city at the peak of the heatwave to see how people were staying cool

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EXCLUSIVE: BC Firm Lobbying Washington On Proposed Efforts to Suck Carbon Directly From The Atmosphere

By Sean Craig
May 13, 2020

Squamish-based Carbon Engineering one of only three companies around the world with the technology to directly extract carbon dioxide from the air

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Victoria Is Already Getting Warmer. Here's the Proof

By Capital Daily Staff
January 9, 2020

As recently as 1940, the city was one degree colder than it is now

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What Climate Change Is Expected to do to Victoria

By Caitlin Stall-Paquet
November 13, 2019

As Victoria pursues plans to sue for the damage of climate change, we probed what those damages would be

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Victoria’s Cruise Ship Conundrum

By Capital Daily Staff
December 2, 2019

As it positions itself as one of Canada’s greenest cities, Victoria has simultaneously been boosting an industry condemned around the world for its pollution