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A Closer Look is the blog of Jody Paterson, a Victoria, B.C. writer and communications strategist with a passion on the side for street issues. She writes every Friday in the Victoria Times-Colonist and posts the columns on this site.
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I'm co-ordinating Homelessness Action Week events this October on behalf of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness, including our second annual Project Connect. Here's the press release that will be going out tomorrow - if you're interest...
aggregated: 21 weeks 2 days ago | 99 views
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Muddy waters hide true level of cuts in BC budgetThe devil's in the details, as the saying goes. But good luck trying to find them in the revamped provincial budget if you're looking to understand where the cuts to provincially funded services are go...
aggregated: 22 weeks 3 days ago | 47 views
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Throne Speech foreshadows cuts to comeMaybe you'll be one of the lucky ones and barely feel a blip when the provincial government reveals its retooled budget next week. But in the capital city, in a region dependent on government jobs and provincial ...
aggregated: 23 weeks 3 days ago | 46 views
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The upside of mental illness - creative brillianceNice to see mental illness finally getting some good press. The latest news is of a genetic link between creativity and mental illnesses, which seems to confirm once and for all what many other studie...
aggregated: 25 weeks 1 day ago | 78 views
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Too-efficient parking enforcement no way to lure people downtownAs a general rule, I try to avoid being self-serving in my column. I try not to use my public platform to write about issues that I've got a personal stake in. But - and there's always a...
aggregated: 28 weeks 3 days ago | 54 views
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Wane of traditional media leaves information gapI've been slow to slip into Chicken Little mode on the question of whether the Internet will be the death of traditional media. People have asked me about that for at least 15 years now, and for the lon...
aggregated: 32 weeks 1 day ago | 36 views
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Old West-style justice system strands binner in Oak BayHear the one about the homeless guy stranded in Oak Bay? It'd make a pretty good opening line for a joke. But there's nothing funny about it in reality, seeing as the man who it happened to had n...
aggregated: 34 weeks 2 days ago | 51 views
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Craigslist controversy reveals foolish attitudes toward sex workMy experience is that you can stop any conversation dead by trying to talk about the sex industry. People's level of discomfort in the subject is near-universal. So indulge me in trying ...
aggregated: 37 weeks 1 day ago | 72 views
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Our favourite drug causes major problemsBroken windows. Broken bones. Bar fights that spill out onto the street. The news of drunk young men and the latest harm they've caused in the downtown just keeps on coming. The most recent news is of a Victor...
aggregated: 38 weeks 3 days ago | 45 views
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Why I'm voting 'Yes!' to STVYou probably know who you're voting for in Tuesday's provincial election. I'm not going to try to influence your decision, other than to urge you to vote with brain on and eyes wide open. But I do want to influence your vo...
aggregated: 39 weeks 3 days ago | 43 views
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