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Songhees teaming up with other nations to remove derelict boats

Songhees teaming up with other nations to remove derelict boats

The Songhees First Nation is spearheading a drive to take more derelict boats out of the water while providing jobs and training for other nations on the South Island.
Monique Keiran: Illegal bike trails another example of inability to protect our green spaces

Monique Keiran: Illegal bike trails another example of inability to protect our green spaces

鈥淭he coronavirus pandemic is only one of the population-level crises we are facing.
Trevor Hancock: Active transportation is good for mental health

Trevor Hancock: Active transportation is good for mental health

The physical health benefits of active transportation (walking, biking, public transit) are well known.
Lawrie McFarlane: Courts must take stronger measures against socially destructive behaviour

Lawrie McFarlane: Courts must take stronger measures against socially destructive behaviour

I want to say a word or two about sentencing policies in sa国际传媒鈥檚 courts, but first a correction. In a column on the recent provincial budget, I mistakenly attributed a $300-million entrepreneurial fund to sa国际传媒 Finance Minister Selina Robinson.
Our Community: Get fit for Ronald McDonald House

Our Community: Get fit for Ronald McDonald House

Ronald McDonald House sa国际传媒
Monique Keiran: Douglas's 'perfect Eden' of camas a food crop for First Nations

Monique Keiran: Douglas's 'perfect Eden' of camas a food crop for First Nations

鈥淲hen Chief Factor James 颅Douglas saw six square miles of open camas meadows 颅surrounding Victoria (then called Camosack), the search for the site of the new Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company fort was over,鈥 begins local writer Janis Ringuette鈥檚 Camas Country, an
Geoff Johnson: Music needs to be a core part of curriculum, not an extra

Geoff Johnson: Music needs to be a core part of curriculum, not an extra

In most African cultures, music is for dancing and singing, not listening to quietly while seated in a chair.
Anny Scoones: Book on Island distilleries brings back memories of Belarusian adventure

Anny Scoones: Book on Island distilleries brings back memories of Belarusian adventure

Some time ago, when I was young and brave, I ventured into the very secretive closed Communist country of Belarus, a green and boggy country wedged between Poland and Russia.
Lawrie McFarlane: Promoting 'equity' means championing discrimination

Lawrie McFarlane: Promoting 'equity' means championing discrimination

In her budget speech two weeks ago, Finance Minister Selina Robinson noted that her 颅government had adopted 鈥渇ive foundational principles鈥 to guide all aspects of policy making.
Trevor Hancock: Creating well-being, from the personal to the planetary

Trevor Hancock: Creating well-being, from the personal to the planetary

In 1948, the World Health 颅Organization defined health as 鈥渁 state of complete physical, mental and social well-being.鈥 I find it a good and simple definition.