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Our Community: Journey to the Arctic complete; school supply drive on now

Our Community: Journey to the Arctic complete; school supply drive on now

Man and his dog complete 'life-changing journey' Paul Hayes reached the Arctic Ocean on Tuesday, raising more than $20,000 for 颅Victoria-based Broken Promises Rescue.
Why are some ling cod bright blue?

Why are some ling cod bright blue?

Five years ago, marine ecologist Aaron Galloway surfaced with a ling cod he had spearfished off the coast of Oregon and proceeded to freak out.
Striking it rich while slogging the marmot trail

Striking it rich while slogging the marmot trail

鈥婯evin Gourlay and Chelsea Brager describe their job as 颅鈥渕armoteering.
Geoff Johnson: COVID denial and stupidity: Is education to blame?

Geoff Johnson: COVID denial and stupidity: Is education to blame?

Slow, dull, dim, brainless, boneheaded, choose your own euphemism for stupid, but the anti-vax, anti-mask, COVID-denial crowd has moved us past the time when we need to be tap dancing around the term 鈥渟tupid鈥 lest we offend.
Charla Huber: Pacific FC鈥檚 orange scarves demonstrate a step forward

Charla Huber: Pacific FC鈥檚 orange scarves demonstrate a step forward

I attended a Pacific FC game for the first time since 2019 and the entire experience was nostalgic. It was incredible to finally attend a sporting event. I felt like I was a child again experiencing a taste of the good old days.
Trevor Hancock: Neither left nor right, but ahead 鈥 why the Greens are different

Trevor Hancock: Neither left nor right, but ahead 鈥 why the Greens are different

As anyone who has ever Googled my name could tell you, I was the first leader of the Green Party of sa国际传媒 in the mid-1980s. That was in part because I had deep roots in green or ecological political thinking, 颅dating back a decade before that.
Lawrie McFarlane: U.S. brings instability with its 'Dumbkirk'

Lawrie McFarlane: U.S. brings instability with its 'Dumbkirk'

As the shambolic exit from Kabul unfolds, Joe Biden鈥檚 presidency hangs in the balance. Biden centred his 2020 campaign around the slogan 鈥淎merica is back.鈥 In the view of America鈥檚 allies, the U.S. is gone.
Monique Keiran: Toward better buildings amid the climate change challenge

Monique Keiran: Toward better buildings amid the climate change challenge

Cool evening breezes and refreshing 颅nighttime temperatures have Nature Boy checking the weather stripping around the doors and the seals on the windows. 鈥淔all is in the air,鈥 he says, 鈥渆ven if it鈥檚 just hinting at it.
Lawrie McFarlane: Apple's prying goes a step too far

Lawrie McFarlane: Apple's prying goes a step too far

If you have an iPhone or iPad, beware. Apple is in the final stages of giving itself the right 鈥 and the technology 鈥 to break into these devices and search your photo library. So far, the project is aimed at American users.
Geoff Johnson: Letter grades unhelpful in moving toward goals

Geoff Johnson: Letter grades unhelpful in moving toward goals

It would make life easy if anything we needed to know about our own situation could be adequately represented by a letter grade or even a number as we stumble daily though life.