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Substance offers harm reduction

Substance offers harm reduction

The team at ­Substance hopes to better ­understand how drug checking can ­support those impacted by and responding to the overdose crisis ›› Laura Benoit The Vancouver Island Drug Checking Project, located at Substance at 1802 Cook Street, offers free and confidential...
Child care is essential

Child care is essential

›› Shannon Jamison Parents have always relied on child care to work. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has made it crystal clear that child care is also an essential service for our society. We’ve seen that without child care many health care and public safety workers...
Learning and growing for 30 years

Learning and growing for 30 years

The Compost Education Centre turns 30 ›› Kayla Siefried Celebrating 30 years in service is no small deal. And that’s what the ­Compost Education Centre (CEC) is doing in 2022—­celebrating all the composting, gardening, and conservation themed ­education we’ve been...

Join the conversation about Fernwood!

›› Kathryn Juricic Hello, neighbours! I’m writing on behalf of the Fernwood Community ­Association (FCA) to encourage conversation and engagement on what’s happening in our neighbourhood—because let me tell you, there is a lot going on! There are many new...