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Know Your Neighbour

Andy MacKinnon is committed to making you love the outdoors

by Kiley Verbowski
March 11, 2021

From education to understanding to conservation, Mackinnon's push for appreciation of the land starts at the grassroots

Homelessness

Van life and death: a memorial ceremony in Beacon Hill Park remembers man who died in van fire

By Tori Marlan
March 10, 2021

Mike Lockhart died on the morning of March 4 when his camper caught fire. Police are investigating

History

A lion on the loose: how an unregulated Nanaimo zoo resulted in tragedy

By Jolene Rudisuela
March 9, 2021

Big cats and small children played together at Hertel’s zoo. Escapes were commonplace. Then the inevitable happened

Know Your Neighbour

World-renowned UVic professor Aaron Devor’s journey of preserving transgender history

Founded in 2011, the Transgender Archives at the University of Victoria is the world’s largest collection of materials by and about trans, non-binary, two-spirit, and other gender-diverse individuals

Good news

Crafting a safety net through tough times

By Emily Fagan
March 5, 2021

How a teen entrepreneur's community kept her off the street

History

Trove of artifacts from Esquimalt Harbour remains untouched at Royal BC Museum due to pandemic

by Aaron Guillen
March 4, 2021

A remediation project has uncovered centuries-old artifacts under the waves.

Homelessness

Once-progressive Friends of Beacon Hill Park used to fight for the marginalized. What happened?

By Jimmy Thomson
March 3, 2021

The group was founded to protect a section of the park from a homophobic backlash. Now it finds itself fighting against a different marginalized group.