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Too often, politics is focused on the short term. We see it everywhere: Support for clear-cutting the last stands of old-growth forest, fishing to the last fish, maintaining and even expanding the fossil-fuel industry 鈥� the list goes on.

Learning to read is a lifelong process, and I鈥檓 content to admit that after 40 years in public education, two university degrees and a lasting love of books, I鈥檓 still involved in that process.

An interactive map celebrating the roles of women in 500 locations across the country will help Canadians understand how towns and cities, rivers and lakes and major geographical landmarks 鈥� even undersea formations 鈥� got their names.

Bias, stereotypes, and racism have been big topics over this past year. There have been movements and news events that turned the attention to these tough topics, which 颅ultimately led to even tougher conversations.

It becomes clearer by the day that once the COVID-19 crisis passes, a major restoration program is needed for our capital city.

It鈥檚 been a year since COVID-19 was labelled a pandemic, lockdown measures became the norm and the terms social-distancing, contact tracing and flattening the curve became part of the global language.

We asked readers to share the moment they realized the world was now different due to the pandemic. For some, it was the changes in day-to-day life: empty shelves at stores, the sudden closing of libraries and community centres, the empty streets.

Last week, I wrote about Stella, the stubborn and 鈥渦nrepentant madam鈥� from Victoria鈥檚 early days. In honour of International Women鈥檚 Day, there are three present-day local women I鈥檇 like to mention, too.

Fundraising concert for childhood leukemia The Organized Khaos Percussion Ensemble presented a $2,500 cheque this past week to the family of a former Spencer 颅Middle School student being treated at Vancouver General Hospital for leukemia.