For obvious reasons I'm trying to be more local and cutting out American produce, so I figured a CSA box (Community Supported Agriculture) would be a good move. Unfortunately, DuckDuckGo has given a bewildering collection of results and I've heard some CSAs are less good than others. Have any of you fine folks used any, have any recommendations or anything else that might help?

Funding highlights:

• 411 Seniors Centre Society: $210,000 over three years was granted for community information, referral services, and activities that promote active aging and social connection to their network of Vancouver's seniors, the majority of whom live on a very low income.
• Indigenous Healing and Wellness: $245,000 was granted to organizations that provide traditional, spiritual and cultural healing and wellness activities to support Elders and Traditional Knowledge Keepers in Vancouver’s urban Indigenous community.
• Leave Out Violence (LOVE) Society BC: $34,628 was granted for programs and workshops to address violence prevention for at-risk youth.
• Neighbourhood Houses in Vancouver: $1.3 million collectively was granted to support a wide range of programs, activities and services in neighbourhood houses across the city that address City priorities.
• QMUNITY, BC's Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Resource Centre Society: $125,000 was granted to provide to improve the lives of 2SLGBTQIA+ through support, connection and leadership.

The City of Vancouver is proactively initiating municipal-led rezoning of certain areas of both area plans into new low-rise building and high-rise tower zoning.

If the City’s proposal is approved, it would eliminate the need for case-by-case rezoning applications for individual projects that already align with existing area plan policies, within the selected areas for pre-zoning.

Alternate sources:

• https://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/20250303.1302/index-en.php
• https://earthquaketrack.com/quakes/2025-03-03-13-02-37-utc-4-6-15

Post on !canada@lemmy.ca here: https://lemmy.ca/post/40007782

4.6 Earthquake strikes near Washington; tremors felt in BC

This event is being hosted by Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness

When Wed, Mar 5, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Bookings $0.00

Where Dunbar Community Centre 4747 Dunbar St, Vancouver, BC, V6S 2H2

Dunbar Earthquake and Emergency Preparedness (DEEP) invites you to its first Annual General Meeting with a special guest speaker. The business portion of the meeting will be very brief, and will be followed by a talk on household fire preparedness by local Emergency Preparedness expert Jackie Kloosterboer.

Jackie’s topic is Fire Awareness: Prevention Tips and Preparing a Household Response Plan. The recent L.A. fires and last summer’s Dunbar fire highlighted our community’s vulnerability to a devastating fire and our need to be ready for an emergency evacuation.

Jackie brings to this topic extensive experience in emergency preparedness training and supporting people who have been displaced from their homes because of fire or other disasters. She has seen first hand the importance of being prepared, and will share with us the basic steps we can all take to protect our families and our homes.

Please register for this in-person talk [...]. Seating will be limited.

Post on Pixelfed:

https://pixelfed.ca/p/reef/800965633584484334

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Felt the ground shake from Downtown Van!

Title mine, after a correction in the comments on another thread

Other links:

• https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/earthquake-felt-in-places-across-b-c-s-lower-mainland-1.7465598

• https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/magnitude-47-earthquake-shakes-home-in-vancouver-area/