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Monique Keiran: Salt sometimes comes with a pinch of microplastics

Monique Keiran: Salt sometimes comes with a pinch of microplastics

Nature Boy has been rinsing his mouth with salt water this past week. He didn鈥檛 wait long enough after pizza came out of the oven one evening and bit into a slice while the cheese was blisteringly hot.
Lawrie McFarlane: 2024 U.S. presidential race could be Harris versus Haley

Lawrie McFarlane: 2024 U.S. presidential race could be Harris versus Haley

As Donald Trump leaves the White House for his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida, like Napoleon marooned on Elba, the question arises, who succeeds him as the Republican flag carrier? Yes, there are four years till the next presidential election, and a l
Charla Huber: Kids' party shows you can get creative with virtual gatherings

Charla Huber: Kids' party shows you can get creative with virtual gatherings

A few weeks ago, I was watching one of the 3 p.m. daily COVID-19 updates with Adrian Dix and Dr. Bonnie Henry, where Henry encouraged British Columbians to 鈥済et creative鈥 with virtual ways to connect with loved ones.
Anny Scoones: Heritage churches a blessing, especially without pontificating ministers

Anny Scoones: Heritage churches a blessing, especially without pontificating ministers

Many years ago, when I lived on the Gulf Islands, on one damp, grey spring morning, I decided to go to church. They were having a blessing of the animals and everyone was invited to bring their creature to God鈥檚 house.
Trevor Hancock: True prosperity is doughnut-shaped

Trevor Hancock: True prosperity is doughnut-shaped

It will come as no surprise to fans of the British satirical fantasy writer Tom Holt that economics has something to do with doughnuts.
Geoff Johnson: Teachers should be higher on the vaccine list to ensure schools stay open

Geoff Johnson: Teachers should be higher on the vaccine list to ensure schools stay open

Unless you鈥檝e spent a major part of your working life in a poorly ventilated 80-square-metre classroom with 25 or so sneezing, coughing (and in the interest of delicacy, we鈥檒l leave out the rest) kids, five hours a day for 190 or so days each year, t
Our Community: Collecting coats for Cool Aid, cold walks for Our Place, grants for gender equality

Our Community: Collecting coats for Cool Aid, cold walks for Our Place, grants for gender equality

Do your own fundraising walk for Cold Night of the Year Our Place is hoping to see hundreds of 颅people walking in their own neighbourhoods during its Coldest Night of the Year 颅fundraiser this year.
Monique Kieran: Residential wood burning one of main human sources of air pollution

Monique Kieran: Residential wood burning one of main human sources of air pollution

Never mind that heating with wood is one of the least efficient sources of energy, there鈥檚 something primal and comforting about the sound, sight and smell of a wood fire cracking in a fireplace or stove.
Geoff Johnson: Unlearning racism starts with learning more about those different from you

Geoff Johnson: Unlearning racism starts with learning more about those different from you

It doesn鈥檛 take much for racism to rear its ugly head, as it seems to have done in the otherwise peaceful multi-ethnic, multicultural Cowichan Valley since one group within the community, the Cowichan Tribes, announced a significant incidence of COVD
One day at a time, nearly a century of history unfolds at the Victoria Daily Times

One day at a time, nearly a century of history unfolds at the Victoria Daily Times

The three men who launched the Victoria Daily Times had no experience in running a news organization, but there is no doubt that they were enthusiastic about serving the community.