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Monique Keiran: Owls' nightly calls show they haven't fallen victim to poisons

Monique Keiran: Owls' nightly calls show they haven't fallen victim to poisons

Two great horned owls have been courting in a nearby park. We can hear them hooting and cooing every night. Sometimes we hear them during the day, too. Even more rarely, we see them.
Charla Huber: Take heart from history of polio mass vaccination

Charla Huber: Take heart from history of polio mass vaccination

I鈥檝e been having the same strange 颅nightmare lately. I dream I am spending time with friends and going to parties. I am enjoying myself and everything is going great, then it hits me that we are still in a pandemic and aren鈥檛 allowed to gather.
Lawrie McFarlane: Secret correspondence shows Pfizer/BioNTech tried to cash in on pandemic

Lawrie McFarlane: Secret correspondence shows Pfizer/BioNTech tried to cash in on pandemic

Troubling new revelations have surfaced about how pharmaceutical companies price their vaccines.
Our Community: Police take a dip for Special Olympics, a lawyer's run/walk for cancer

Our Community: Police take a dip for Special Olympics, a lawyer's run/walk for cancer

Saanich police take a dip for Special Olympics Uniformed officers from the Saanich Police Department鈥檚 Community Engagement Division took a (quick) dip in the chilly waters of Cadboro Bay to raise money and awareness for Special Olympics sa国际传媒
Anny Scoones: Story of 'unrepentant madam' offers new perspective on early Victoria

Anny Scoones: Story of 'unrepentant madam' offers new perspective on early Victoria

I often think that a person鈥檚 great successes or tragic failures depend on how their ducks are lined up 鈥 the order of the ducks, the number of ducks, when they enter your life.
Trevor Hancock: Circular economy doesn't go far enough

Trevor Hancock: Circular economy doesn't go far enough

Something good is happening: We are finally starting to question the economy and the way it works 鈥 or fails to work 鈥 for us and for nature, which sustains us.
Geoff Johnson: Reluctant readers need books that will grab their attention

Geoff Johnson: Reluctant readers need books that will grab their attention

The success of Lake Cowichan author Teresa Schapansky鈥檚 Coinkeeper 鈥 The Avery Chronicles, a high-interest, low-vocabulary series designed to capture the attention of emerging or reluctant readers, brought to mind a student in a Grade 8 鈥渕odified鈥 cl
Decades of cuts to salmon monitoring leave sa国际传媒 scientists uncertain of fish populations

Decades of cuts to salmon monitoring leave sa国际传媒 scientists uncertain of fish populations

Less than 10 per cent of spawning habitat on sa国际传媒鈥檚 central and north coast is being monitored by creekwalkers, the people who count salmon one by one. Critics say this leaves a critical gap in knowledge that could further imperil the species
Nuu-chah-nulth: Endangered or a language in hiding?

Nuu-chah-nulth: Endangered or a language in hiding?

As Levi Martin reflects on the Nuu-chah-nulth language, he rejects the notion that it is 颅endangered. Despite being one of an estimated 10 remaining fluent speakers within his nation, the 颅Tla-o-qui-aht elder describes it as a 鈥渓anguage in hiding.
Monique Keiran: COVID-19 one-year anniversary a time to reflect on costs and benefits

Monique Keiran: COVID-19 one-year anniversary a time to reflect on costs and benefits

Anniversaries prompt reflection, and the past weeks have been no exception. Since January, we鈥檝e been hitting one-year COVID-19 milestones, one after another. A year ago, on Jan. 28, sa国际传媒