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Our Community: Victoria ultra-marathoner and emergency expert raises funds for animals

Our Community: Victoria ultra-marathoner and emergency expert raises funds for animals

Tanya Seal-Jones is preparing for the Divide 200, a 200-mile (322-kilometre) test of will and stamina
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Trevor Hancock: Navigating toward a better future locally

Trevor Hancock: Navigating toward a better future locally

It was local governments that led the charge — well ahead of the federal and provincial governments — on regulating smoking in public places and in taking action on climate change, to name but two examples.
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Women in trades are making strides

Women in trades are making strides

Carmen de Goey, in her early 20s, never flinched. She enrolled anyway as the only woman.
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Women’s work: Tales from a life in the trades

Women’s work: Tales from a life in the trades

Hilary Peach’s memoir, Thick Skin, takes readers to the bottom of a cargo ship and the upper reaches of a steel plant. It also highlights the challenges women still face in the male-dominated skilled trades.
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Geoff Johnson: Is public education able to adapt to change?

Geoff Johnson: Is public education able to adapt to change?

In 2024 it will be a challenge for any organization, especially one so deeply rooted in its own history and design as public education, to keep pace with the rate of change
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David Sovka: No labour today

David Sovka: No labour today

On statutory holidays, we are worried somebody is missing out while we get paid to stay home and barbecue in our pajamas.
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Our Community: Success at Transplant Games; Tour de Rock fundraisers; Community Fun Day in Langford

Our Community: Success at Transplant Games; Tour de Rock fundraisers; Community Fun Day in Langford

A roundup of events and goings-on around Vancouver Island. This week: A Victoria man medals at the Canadian Transplant Games, Grandmothers for Africa take on their 18th tour, and a pair of Tour de Rock events.
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A look at the work of our first photographer

A look at the work of our first photographer

In his 55-year career with the Victoria Daily Times, Irving Strickland photographed premiers, prime ministers, King George VI and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Geoff Johnson: School design should be based on what is best for students

Geoff Johnson: School design should be based on what is best for students

The majority of traditionally designed school buildings speak to the necessity for strict external control of the teacher and learner.
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Trevor Hancock: We need a new social contract and an emphasis on well-being metrics

Trevor Hancock: We need a new social contract and an emphasis on well-being metrics

Co-operation has been key to the success of the human species
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