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Our Community: Langford crosswalk honours veterans; kids contest for Saanich holiday card

The first crosswalk in the capital region to recognize veterans was unveiled in Langford in time for Remembrance Day.

Nov 17, 2024 12:00 PM Read more >

'In at the beginning': A tale of two newcomers to early Victoria

Valerie Green’s Providence tells the story of an orphaned girl from England and a fisherman’s son from Scotland who travel to Victoria in the mid 19th century.

Nov 17, 2024 4:15 AM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: Trump victory underlines need for students to learn critical-thinking skills

Like the demagogues before him, Trump has a natural feel for what injustices, imagined or otherwise, anger whole groups of people who feel cheated of the life they deserved.

Nov 16, 2024 8:30 PM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: What a Trump presidency might mean for the planet

Trump’s planned changes could increase the likelihood of a global economic downturn, war, worsening overheating, food crisis, pandemics, failed states, mass violence and humanitarian disasters

Nov 16, 2024 7:00 PM Read more >

Missions accomplished: Now 102, bomber pilot has no idea how he made it back alive

Don Nixon vividly recalls each of the 35 missions he flew over Nazi-occupied Holland and France, as well as Germany’s Ruhr Valley — including many close calls

Nov 11, 2024 5:44 AM Read more >

Our Community: Raising $10K for 10,000 pairs of socks; Habitat volunteer callout

For the 18th consecutive year, Cool Aid and its partners are joining together to raise money to buy socks for people experiencing poverty and homelessness in the capital region

Nov 11, 2024 12:07 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: We need to investigate links between chemical industry, governments

Health Canada and its Pesticide Management Regulatory Agency see industry and its trade secrets as more worthy of protection than the health of Canadians and their environment

Nov 10, 2024 1:37 AM Read more >

David Sovka: Why brushing your teeth is good for democracy

Per the ongoing experiment in Democracy for Dummies happening south of the 49th parallel, anything we can do to prevent more holes in people’s heads is good

Nov 10, 2024 12:38 AM Read more >

Our Community: Indigenous 'trauma-informed' daycare officially opens in Colwood

The Hulitan Early Childhood Years Centre, which has been operating since last month, offers free childcare to Indigenous children on the south Island.

Nov 3, 2024 8:00 PM Read more >

Helter shelter: ‘Transitional housing’ is better than homelessness for those who need it, but it’s no easy path

It’s hard to dig yourself out of homelessness when you’re living in a shelter, even without substance-use or mental-health problems.

Nov 3, 2024 5:30 AM Read more >