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Movember was originally launched in Australia and has since become a worldwide movement to help men’s health issues. (File contributed/ Benjamin Wilson, spangdahlem.af.mil)

‘Mustaches and mental health’ Movember wraps up around B.C.

217,0000 men in Canada have been diagnosed with prostate cancer

Movember was originally launched in Australia and has since become a worldwide movement to help men’s health issues. (File contributed/ Benjamin Wilson, spangdahlem.af.mil)
Abeer Smadi started the health cultural ambassador program to help combat mental health stigma among refugees and immigrants. So far, it has helped 400 people receive mental health assistance. (News Staff/Thomas Eley)

‘Tackling stigma’ Victoria group aims to help immigrants, refugees

The group helped more than 400 individuals

Abeer Smadi started the health cultural ambassador program to help combat mental health stigma among refugees and immigrants. So far, it has helped 400 people receive mental health assistance. (News Staff/Thomas Eley)
According to Stats Can 69.5 per cent of children under the age of 15 experience some form of physical or non-physical abuse. (Pexels photo)

Financial insecurity can contribute to child abuse: B.C. psychologist

B.C. has the highest rate of child abuse in Canada, according to Stats Canada

According to Stats Can 69.5 per cent of children under the age of 15 experience some form of physical or non-physical abuse. (Pexels photo)
Anxiety is on a spectrum, according to Paweena Sukhawathanakul, assistant professor in the psychology department at UVic. (UVic/Photo supplied)

Anxiety arises on a spectrum and B.C. services lag behind: psychology prof

University of Victoria professor says anxiety has many causes and manifests in many forms

Anxiety is on a spectrum, according to Paweena Sukhawathanakul, assistant professor in the psychology department at UVic. (UVic/Photo supplied)
Monitoring safety in kindergarten is getting in the way of teaching, meaning kids are not getting the most out of their education, says Amy Read, a teacher at Quadra Elementary. (Unplash/@lastnameeaster)

Help wanted to address ‘hitting and biting’ in B.C. kindergarten classrooms

Teacher pleads for more educational assistants to give classrooms the support they need

Monitoring safety in kindergarten is getting in the way of teaching, meaning kids are not getting the most out of their education, says Amy Read, a teacher at Quadra Elementary. (Unplash/@lastnameeaster)
A Navy ship returns to CFB Esquimalt after a two-and-a-half month deployment in a multi-nation narcotics-combatting operation off of Central America. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Canada’s Navy sails into the nasty headwind of B.C.’s cost of living crisis

Inflation, housing costs battering the approximately 8,000 service members at CFB Esquimalt

A Navy ship returns to CFB Esquimalt after a two-and-a-half month deployment in a multi-nation narcotics-combatting operation off of Central America. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
“Cherished” artwork given to the Coopers by one of their daughters, who has been in foster care with them. <tcxspan tcxhref="tel:20232210" title="Call 2023-22-10 with 3CX Click to Call"> </tcxspan>(Artwork/Supplied)

VIDEO: B.C. family says fostering not about fixing, it’s about love

Victoria’s Cooper family has been fostering for 15 years

“Cherished” artwork given to the Coopers by one of their daughters, who has been in foster care with them. <tcxspan tcxhref="tel:20232210" title="Call 2023-22-10 with 3CX Click to Call"> </tcxspan>(Artwork/Supplied)
Anurag Sharma’s legal non-conforming unit in the Janion in Victoria. The size of the condo is around 290 square feet. (Photo courtesy of Anurag Sharma)

‘Very hurt’: New Airbnb restrictions spark backlash from B.C. landlords

Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act will force landlords out of the market, some say

Anurag Sharma’s legal non-conforming unit in the Janion in Victoria. The size of the condo is around 290 square feet. (Photo courtesy of Anurag Sharma)
Kittens in foster care, looking for a new home. 2023-10-17. (BC SPCA)

‘People are seeing the need’: Demand for fostering animals increases in B.C.

SPCA seeing animals of all shapes and sizes being fostered, including birds, rabbits, and horses

Kittens in foster care, looking for a new home. 2023-10-17. (BC SPCA)
Beets, and other vegetables are being stolen from Eric White’s farmstand on Metchosin Road. (April Hammerand)

Thieves ‘loading up’ at farmstand force B.C. farmer to install CCTV

Jams, veggies and eggs are among the items stolen from honour system operation

Beets, and other vegetables are being stolen from Eric White’s farmstand on Metchosin Road. (April Hammerand)
The federal government is changing the financial requirements for international students wishing to study in Canada. (Photo courtesy of UVic)

B.C.’s international students face big cost-of-living requirement hike

Increase from $10,000 a year to $20,635 is the first of its kind since the early 2000s

The federal government is changing the financial requirements for international students wishing to study in Canada. (Photo courtesy of UVic)