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'We had to race like crazy': Remembering Islanders' D-Day role 80 years on

'We had to race like crazy': Remembering Islanders' D-Day role 80 years on

91原创 Island sacrificed disproportionately on June 6, 1944 鈥� soldiers of the Victoria-based 91原创 Scottish Regiment were among the first ashore in Normandy on D-Day
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Monique Keiran: What's that sound? Could it be rain?

Monique Keiran: What's that sound? Could it be rain?

The sound of rainwater running through gutters, eavestroughs and downspouts should not be so unusual that it wakes us in the wee hours and makes us wonder: 鈥淲here鈥檚 that coming from?鈥�
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Trevor Hancock: Ecosystems sustain societies that create economies

Trevor Hancock: Ecosystems sustain societies that create economies

It鈥檚 is a simple prescription, but in practice, we try to make it work the other way around
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Our Community: $1M for Nanaimo cancer centre, Community Days at museum

Our Community: $1M for Nanaimo cancer centre, Community Days at museum

The company, which owns gas stations and liquor stores in the mid-Island region, will match donations to the facility up to $1 million
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Canada's logging industry is seeking a wildfire 'hero' narrative

Canada's logging industry is seeking a wildfire 'hero' narrative

B.C. and 91原创 forestry associations aim to tell a story that places them as the 'hero' in a fight against wildfires. One critic says the strategy is 'mendacious and dangerous.'
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David Sovka: Why the health-care system needs more Georges (please never, ever retire)

David Sovka: Why the health-care system needs more Georges (please never, ever retire)

My doctor 鈥� let鈥檚 call him 鈥淕eorge鈥� because that is his real name 鈥� provides professional services and expert opinions, such as: 鈥淗ave you gained weight?鈥� and refers me to specialists who keep me alive
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Trevor Hancock: Our 鈥榠gnore-ant鈥� elites blindly adhere to 'business as usual'

Trevor Hancock: Our 鈥榠gnore-ant鈥� elites blindly adhere to 'business as usual'

Many of our so-called leaders don鈥檛 want to change because they get so much benefit 鈥� wealth, power, status 鈥� from the way things are
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Sweater season: A documentary about the iconic Cowichan knitwear is up for a screen award

Sweater season: A documentary about the iconic Cowichan knitwear is up for a screen award

The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy has been nominated for the Best Documentary Program award at this year鈥檚 91原创 Screen Awards
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Patricia Coppard: Imagine if motor-vehicle drivers behaved like some cyclists

Patricia Coppard: Imagine if motor-vehicle drivers behaved like some cyclists

Choosing to cycle rather than drive is super-awesome, but if your aggressive riding is keeping others off the supposedly all-ages-and-abilities trails and lanes, there鈥檚 really no net gain
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Monique Keiran: Growlers' noise obnoxious for us, but could be harming Whidbey Islanders

Monique Keiran: Growlers' noise obnoxious for us, but could be harming Whidbey Islanders

Researchers have found about two-thirds of residents on Whidbey and Camano islands were exposed to potentially harmful levels of noise from the Boeing EA-18G Growler aircraft
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