The statistics are sobering: 60 per cent of British Columbia residents know a woman who has been assaulted, and each week, 1,000 instances of physical or sexual assault occur in the province.
From the summer heat dome and wildfires to the recent flooding, the effects of climate change have grown more apparent. Looking ahead, those effects are expected to impact virtually every aspect of life here on Vancouver Island and beyond – from food production to transportation to insurance costs.
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