Dumpster Diving Article Wins Times Colonist Student Writing Contest

Luke Stime finds himself pulled in opposite directions by his budget and his belief in the importance of eating locally produced fresh foods. He comes up with an original and shocking compromise.
Times Colonist
The shackles of a tight budget and the yoke of ethical imperatives force a lot of us into a bind at the supermarket. [...]

On Trial for Eating Garbage

by Kalanu
Anti-poverty activists across North America will be watching Victoria in the next few weeks to learn the results of two separate court cases that highlight human rights abuses in our city.
The two cases are known to many as ‘The Right to Sleep’, and ‘The Right to Eat’, and both cases challenge the authority of [...]

More urban foragers refuse to buy into consumer lifestyle

By ELISABETH JOHNS, SUN MEDIA
Gerard Daechsel picks through a bag and produces a container of blueberries, a couple of limes — one that’s clearly gone bad — and an orange.
These goods came from the supermarket, but were then tossed in the garbage.
And that’s where Daechsel picked them up. He’ll put the edible fruit in his [...]

Victoria Mayor Alan Lowe Pokes Fun at Panhandlers

What is it with mayors? At the west of the Capital Region, we have the developer’s best friend, Stew Young, whose reign of terror has included greenlighting and championing every development request that has crossed his desk, the worst being ecocidal projects such as Bear Mountain Resort.
In Victoria proper we have a mayor who refuses [...]

Garbage pickers valuable, study says

Judith Lavoie, Victoria Times Colonist
Published: Sunday, March 02, 2008
“Binning” provides an essential income for more than 150 people in Victoria who should be recognized as valuable recyclers instead of being harassed, says a federally funded study conducted by the University of Victoria geography department and University of British Columbia.