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Charla Huber: Take a break this summer, and let others do the same

Charla Huber: Take a break this summer, and let others do the same

Knowing that the expectations on all of us are loosened a bit can ease work pressure — but why just in summer?
David Sovka: Avocado sandwich brunches and other reasons you can’t afford to retire

David Sovka: Avocado sandwich brunches and other reasons you can’t afford to retire

Luckily, not everyone wants to retire, which is why we have mental-health institutions and powerful drugs
Trevor Hancock: We have already passed safe and just planetary boundaries

Trevor Hancock: We have already passed safe and just planetary boundaries

Researchers have re-worked planetary boundaries by adding justice component
Our Community: WIN opens West Shore shop, VIU hosts camp for Indigenous students

Our Community: WIN opens West Shore shop, VIU hosts camp for Indigenous students

Women In Need opens a shop on Goldstream Avenue after closing a previous West Shore outlet during the pandemic
Skin lesions on endangered killer whales are getting worse, study says

Skin lesions on endangered killer whales are getting worse, study says

Southern resident killer whales are increasingly suffering from skin diseases that leave large blotches on their distinctive black-and-white colouration, new research says.
An ordinary man, an extraordinary life: David Foster's tribute to Frank Copley

An ordinary man, an extraordinary life: David Foster's tribute to Frank Copley

Victoria-raised music producer David Foster remembers his brother-in-law
Trevor Hancock: Ecological sanity must be linked to social justice

Trevor Hancock: Ecological sanity must be linked to social justice

We need economic activity that actually regenerates rather than depletes natural systems, while distributing the economic benefits more fairly
Charla Huber: Aunt's words were a balm when others passed judgment

Charla Huber: Aunt's words were a balm when others passed judgment

For a year after I had my baby daughter’s ears pierced, I had random strangers stop me, mostly in the grocery store, to talk about her earrings
Geoff Johnson: E-learning is changing everything from teaching methods to classroom layout

Geoff Johnson: E-learning is changing everything from teaching methods to classroom layout

Classrooms designed to have students sitting at desks in rows, facing the teacher are already becoming a thing of the past
Our Community: CRD parks added to national database, grandmothers looking for art

Our Community: CRD parks added to national database, grandmothers looking for art

The CRD is the first local government in Canada to add its locally protected and conserved areas into the national database, which is managed by Environment and Climate Change Canada