<description>&lt;p&gt;Leonard Sylvester, a 38-year-old Penelakut man, died in hospital last month -- less than three weeks after a routine medical procedure. Throughout his hospitalization, his wife Boedaya Sylvester says she was not properly communicated with, and she says they were treated differently because they’re Indigenous. In this episode we hear from Boedaya and from Island Health, which has promised to review what happened.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Leonard Sylvester, a 38-year-old Penelakut man, died in hospital last month -- less than three weeks after a routine medical procedure. Throughout his hospitalization, his wife Boedaya Sylvester says she was not properly communicated with, and she says they were treated differently because they’re Indigenous. In this episode we hear from Boedaya and from Island Health, which has promised to review what happened.

A family’s fight for answers after hospital death

<description>&lt;p&gt;The community of Crofton got devastating news this week, with Domtar announcing it’s closing its mill there, putting 350 people out of work. In this episode we hear about why, and what’s next. We’ll also check in &lt;a href="https://www.synergyfoundation.ca/workforce-development-project" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;on a retraining program in Port Alberni&lt;/a&gt;, for laidoff mill workers there.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The community of Crofton got devastating news this week, with Domtar announcing it’s closing its mill there, putting 350 people out of work. In this episode we hear about why, and what’s next. We’ll also check in <a href="https://www.synergyfoundation.ca/workforce-development-project" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on a retraining program in Port Alberni</a>, for laidoff mill workers there.

What happens when mills on the island close?

<description>&lt;p&gt;Downtown Victoria business owners say they’re seeing a positive impact, four months after the city launched the first phase of its community safety and wellbeing plan. City staff say they’ve completed 2 of their 11 priorities, with the other 9 underway. Folks on Pandora have mixed reviews. We take a look at it all in this week’s episode.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Want to learn more about the plan? &lt;a href="https://link.mgln.ai/r5Nqts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Check out our episode from when it was first launched&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can also read the whole thing &lt;a href="https://www.victoria.ca/community-culture/safety-wellbeing/community-safety-and-wellbeing-plan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;on the city's website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Downtown Victoria business owners say they’re seeing a positive impact, four months after the city launched the first phase of its community safety and wellbeing plan. City staff say they’ve completed 2 of their 11 priorities, with the other 9 underway. Folks on Pandora have mixed reviews. We take a look at it all in this week’s episode. Want to learn more about the plan? <a href="https://link.mgln.ai/r5Nqts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Check out our episode from when it was first launched</a>. You can also read the whole thing <a href="https://www.victoria.ca/community-culture/safety-wellbeing/community-safety-and-wellbeing-plan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on the city's website</a>.

Is Victoria’s community safety plan working?

<description>&lt;p&gt;We know communities across the island region are struggling with housing. That challenge can be especially acute on smaller islands, with even more limited space: what are you supposed to do if you have a job, but nowhere to live? Or if you can’t hire people, because they can’t find housing? On Salt Spring Island, the Country Grocer has solved that problem by creating housing for its staff. CBC reporter Emily Fagan went to the island to learn more, and tells us about it on this week’s episode.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We know communities across the island region are struggling with housing. That challenge can be especially acute on smaller islands, with even more limited space: what are you supposed to do if you have a job, but nowhere to live? Or if you can’t hire people, because they can’t find housing? On Salt Spring Island, the Country Grocer has solved that problem by creating housing for its staff. CBC reporter Emily Fagan went to the island to learn more, and tells us about it on this week’s episode.

Why a grocery store on Salt Spring offers employee housing

<description>&lt;p&gt;Wild deer are a common sight in greater Victoria, as we humans keep building our homes in their habitat - but the immuno-contraceptive experiment in Oak Bay seems to have worked at managing the population. On this episode we check in with one of the founders of the Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society (UWSS), which came up with the plan to give birth control to urban deer. Kristy Kilpatrick also talks about how she’s seen attitudes towards deer change in the decade since UWSS started its work.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Wild deer are a common sight in greater Victoria, as we humans keep building our homes in their habitat - but the immuno-contraceptive experiment in Oak Bay seems to have worked at managing the population. On this episode we check in with one of the founders of the Urban Wildlife Stewardship Society (UWSS), which came up with the plan to give birth control to urban deer. Kristy Kilpatrick also talks about how she’s seen attitudes towards deer change in the decade since UWSS started its work.

Greater Victoria’s urban deer and the drug used to manage them

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