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Playful seal just one of the treats of night-time diving off Ogden Point

Playful seal just one of the treats of night-time diving off Ogden Point

Divers monitoring the waters off the Ogden Point breakwater at night have filmed a marine ecosystem rich with life and colour coinciding with the incoming tide.
Lawrie McFarlane: Everyone is related to everyone if you go back far enough

Lawrie McFarlane: Everyone is related to everyone if you go back far enough

In a recent letter to the editor, Cheera J. Crow of Brentwood Bay wrote that it鈥檚 颅nonsense to portray the British (and 颅Canadian) royal family as exclusively white.
Anny Scoones: Spring hikes, and random thoughts on the wisdom of Helen Chesnut

Anny Scoones: Spring hikes, and random thoughts on the wisdom of Helen Chesnut

Have you smelled spring yet? That rich fertile aroma of the wet, warming earth blended with the budding of new sprigs? So far, it seems to be a chilly spring with a bite to the air, and it鈥檚 blustery! Although brisk, it鈥檚 a fine time to bundle up and
Our Community: Ford donates trucks for automotive students; Habitat's door-art project

Our Community: Ford donates trucks for automotive students; Habitat's door-art project

Ford donates trucks for automotive students Ford Motor Company of sa国际传媒 has donated two flood-damaged 2020 Ford F-150 trucks to Camosun College for its automotive service training program.
Geoff Johnson: Pandemic upheaval an opportunity to re-examine public education

Geoff Johnson: Pandemic upheaval an opportunity to re-examine public education

Shakespeare, speaking through the 颅character of Brutus in the drama Julius Caesar, reminds us: 鈥淭here is a tide in the affairs of men/Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.
Trevor Hancock: Creating communities fit for the 21st century

Trevor Hancock: Creating communities fit for the 21st century

Last week, I noted three ways proposed by Prof. Graham Smith to reform our 颅democracy to safeguard the future, and dealt with two of them: re-shaping legislatures and constitutions and bringing an independent voice to decision-making.
Museum exhibit showcases wonder, challenges facing orcas

Museum exhibit showcases wonder, challenges facing orcas

He was known as Ruffles and numbered J1. The big male orca, named for his tall jagged dorsal fin, was one of the first southern resident killer whales identified by scientists in J-Pod in the 1970s.
Women on the map: The stories behind 11 Island place names

Women on the map: The stories behind 11 Island place names

There are 11 names on or near Vancouver Island that appear on a new map of places named for women in sa国际传媒. Tatsno Lakes: Freda Berkley and Miss Hester The name Tatsno is of Kawitshin origin, and means 鈥渕y younger sister.
Our Community: Show Your Love for the Forest aims to buy land for new park in Saanich

Our Community: Show Your Love for the Forest aims to buy land for new park in Saanich

Creatively United for the Planet is promoting Show Your Love for the Forest, a curated pair of getaway packages to be awarded to donors to Habitat Acquisition Trust鈥檚 Mountain Road Forest fundraising campaign. The group is looking to purchase a 19.
Anny Scoones: Seven reminders of what sa国际传媒 has done wrong

Anny Scoones: Seven reminders of what sa国际传媒 has done wrong

One of the saddest photographs I have seen is the immigration passport image of Dad鈥檚 Polish family from 1925. Dad was just a baby in the picture.