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If discarded cigarette filters can become plastic building pallets, so much the better, but keeping cigarette butts off our streets, sidewalks and beaches is reason enough to support the recycling project launched by the Surfrider Foundation.

The T鈥橲ou-ke First Nation is showing the way for aboriginal and non-aboriginal communities in sa国际传媒, embracing both new technologies and traditional values.

Tales have abounded throughout history of fearsome creatures lurking in the depths of the seas, but none of those creatures, mythical or otherwise, is as frightening as the plastic monster that humans have created by dumping trash in the ocean.

The flu has hit hard this season, but it鈥檚 not too late to get vaccinated. On the Island, 48 people have been hospitalized with the flu since Dec. 1, and 14 were so sick they ended up in intensive care.

The construction crane, which once seemed like an endangered species, has returned to downtown Victoria, giving the city hope at a time when the economic outlook is uncertain.

Now the Northern Gateway pipeline has cleared its environmental review, both sides are gearing up for a tooth-and-nail fight. Opponents are threatening a 鈥減ipeline war鈥� that dates back to the 鈥渨ar in the woods.

A California entrepreneur is preparing to ship a product designed to replace meals for people who have neither the time nor the inclination to cook real food.

Cruise-ship traffic brings benefits to some Greater Victoria businesses and attractions, but it means headaches, literally and figuratively, for some residents of the community of James Bay, through which that traffic passes.

At what point did smartphones and other gadgets evolve from conveniences to vital organs? We need to be vigilant that our electronic servants do not become our masters.

While raising tobacco taxes to cut back on smoking addiction is an idea with considerable merit, it raises concerns about another addiction 鈥� that of governments to taxes.