Author: Fran Yanor

Extremist candidates running for municipal councils across BC, officials warn

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The most debated issues at last week’s annual conference of B.C. municipalities may have been health care, housing and inner-city street disorder, but in private conversations, off the record, mayors…

Hardest to house: Gaps, flaws and failures

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Over the past months, front-line workers, mayors, and citizens have called for action as inner-city crime and random violence wreak havoc on communities across the province. Police data show a small…

Mean Streets: Nowhere else to go

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Part 1 of 3 – If not prison, then where? A small group of British Columbians are homeless, addicted, mentally ill, and trapped in a loop of repeating criminal behaviour.…