B.C. First Nation researcher catalogues 158 child deaths at four facilities (www.nationalobserver.com)
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B.C.’s Cortes Island is making housing history as the first community in the province to tax short-term holiday rentals and have the funds directed to affordable housing projects, said Mark Vonesch, the area’s Strathcona Regional District director.