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Trevor Hancock: 50-year-old sci-fi novel eerily prescient

Trevor Hancock: 50-year-old sci-fi novel eerily prescient

Contemplating an orange-red noon-day sun almost obscured by the smoke clouds roiling in from America, burning to the south, brought vividly to mind The Sheep Look Up by British author John Brunner, an eerily prescient science fiction novel I read alm
The Island, the border, and the plague

The Island, the border, and the plague

On March 30, the MV Coho exited Victoria Harbour without ceremony on its last voyage after the COVID-19 curtain had come down on cross-border travel, with just a handful of last U.S. returnees.
Vital People: Project aims to help women succeed in green economy

Vital People: Project aims to help women succeed in green economy

The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria has embarked upon a project that sets its sights on addressing inequalities between genders by identifying current and future barriers to financial inclusion for women in the green economy.
Vital People: Program for adults with disabilities now online

Vital People: Program for adults with disabilities now online

The LifeStreams Learning program, a post-secondary learning path for young adults with autism and other developmental disabilities, has moved to online programming due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sandra Richardson: Inequalities revealed in survey by Vital Signs

Sandra Richardson: Inequalities revealed in survey by Vital Signs

Over the past few weeks we have seen an immense social movement arise demanding an end to systemic racism, and the violence and oppression it feeds.
Geoff Johnson: Kids will be kids, after all

Geoff Johnson: Kids will be kids, after all

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Mayor Lisa Helps: We'll be doing all we can to help small business

Mayor Lisa Helps: We'll be doing all we can to help small business

A commentary by the mayor of Victoria. Last Wednesday, Premier John Horgan unveiled sa国际传媒鈥檚 Restart Plan. It was welcome news to hear that we鈥檇 all be allowed out of our bubbles and back out into the world, slowly, cautiously and carefully.
Lawrie McFarlane: Alberta is seeing consequences of its own smugness

Lawrie McFarlane: Alberta is seeing consequences of its own smugness

A group of Conservative MPs in Alberta has published a manifesto they call the Buffalo Declaration. This windy attempt at stoking resentment argues that Alberta is the victim of numberless injustices imposed by Ottawa.
Charla Huber: Housing and health are connected

Charla Huber: Housing and health are connected

I work in housing, and I often look at this pandemic through a housing lens. Our homes have played a centre-stage role for the past few weeks.
Trevor Hancock: The health costs of business as usual

Trevor Hancock: The health costs of business as usual

A couple of weeks ago I noted that in addition to COVID-19, other major infectious diseases kill millions of people annually, mostly children, and mostly in low-income countries.