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Anny Scoones: Explore the seaside with a different kind of beach book

Anny Scoones: Explore the seaside with a different kind of beach book

This week, I鈥檇 like to suggest two wonderful books to enrich an outing to the beach.
Trevor Hancock: Building healthy communities 鈥 the social dimension

Trevor Hancock: Building healthy communities 鈥 the social dimension

Last week , I suggested our region would be well served by a centre focused on how to create healthy, just and sustainable 鈥淥ne Planet鈥 communities and that it should pay attention to building community in the social sense and not just the physical d
Monique Keiran: Across the capital region, there are remnants of our wartime past

Monique Keiran: Across the capital region, there are remnants of our wartime past

The only recorded direct wartime enemy attack on sa国际传媒 soil took place during the Second World War. On June 20, 1942, a Japanese submarine fired upon the Estevan Point lighthouse, on the mid-Island鈥檚 west coast.
Lawrie McFarlane: When city council no longer respects the police

Lawrie McFarlane: When city council no longer respects the police

According to the most recent Statistics sa国际传媒 report, Victoria leads the country in newly reported non-violent crimes, such as property and drug offences.
Anny Scoones: Birding in the time of COVID-19

Anny Scoones: Birding in the time of COVID-19

The other day, a woman in Beacon Hill Park was feeding peanuts to the crows, and we had a little chat about birds, and then she said to me: 鈥淚 love all the covids!鈥 (I think she meant corvids). I love malapropisms (remember Archie Bunker?).
Geoff Johnson: How do we get young people to behave responsibly during the pandemic?

Geoff Johnson: How do we get young people to behave responsibly during the pandemic?

The COVID-19 pandemic has cast a harsh, unflattering spotlight on something most Canadians would like to believe comes naturally to us, something that differentiates us from our neighbours south of the border: the importance of personal social respon
Charla Huber: Holiday magic and community spirit prevail through pandemic

Charla Huber: Holiday magic and community spirit prevail through pandemic

Last weekend was our first Halloween since COVID-19 has impacted our lives. I am a big fan of Halloween.
Our Community: Bottle drive supports Camp Barnard

Our Community: Bottle drive supports Camp Barnard

You can support Scouts sa国际传媒鈥檚 Camp Barnard and other properties by taking your empties to a monthly bottle drive organized by the 30th Baden-Powell Guild.
The Struggle to Create Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve

The Struggle to Create Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve

Excerpt from Paradise Won: The Struggle to Create Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve by Elizabeth May
Heard Amid the Guns: True Stories from the Western Front

Heard Amid the Guns: True Stories from the Western Front

A excerpt from Heard Amid the Guns: True Stories from the Western Front, 1914-1918 by Jacqueline Larson Carmichael (Heritage House, 2020)