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The grapes of warmth: Winemakers consider switching varieties as climate changes

The grapes of warmth: Winemakers consider switching varieties as climate changes

Adopting drought- and heat-tolerant grape varieties could help winemakers grappling with the effects of climate change, says new research from the University of British Columbia.
Vital People: Program brings joy of music to early-childhood development

Vital People: Program brings joy of music to early-childhood development

An out-of-school education program that introduces music to low-income youth promotes overall early childhood development and provides a healthy, supportive environment where children can flourish.
Vital People: Mennonites welcome immigrants to sa国际传媒

Vital People: Mennonites welcome immigrants to sa国际传媒

Newcomers to sa国际传媒 can find their financial footing and an opportunity to develop essential life skills when enrolled in New Foundations, a program now offered by the Mennonite Central Committee in Victoria.
Sandra Richardson: New look in a new year on Victoria Foundation board

Sandra Richardson: New look in a new year on Victoria Foundation board

Maybe everyone has stopped saying 鈥渉appy new year鈥 by this point, but this is my first column of 2020, so I鈥檇 like to say welcome to a new decade on behalf of the Victoria Foundation.
Book excerpt: Ted Hughes a man of unassailable convictions

Book excerpt: Ted Hughes a man of unassailable convictions

In a career spanning six decades, Ted Hughes gained renown as a formidable ethics commissioner and overseer of prominent public inquiries across Western sa国际传媒.
Our Community: Event makes street-level connections

Our Community: Event makes street-level connections

Victoria鈥檚 most vulnerable citizens enjoyed a day of shared conversation, arts, fellowship, food and entertainment at Project sa国际传媒 2020 on Tuesday at Kirk Hall.
Australian wildfires strike home for ex-pat living in Victoria

Australian wildfires strike home for ex-pat living in Victoria

Blazes a 鈥榯otal wake-up call鈥 on climate
Blame it on The Blob: Trying to explain a mass die-off of Pacific seabirds four years ago

Blame it on The Blob: Trying to explain a mass die-off of Pacific seabirds four years ago

ANCHORAGE, Alaska 鈥 Common murres look like skinny penguins but fly like F-15 fighter jets. The North Pacific seabirds can quickly cover hundreds of kilometres searching for schools of small forage fish.

Geoff Johnson: Gender diversity in government

It is always reassuring when an assumption developed over decades and often learned through bitter experience, is validated not only by academic research but now, finally, by government itself.

David Suzuki: Conservation and climate action go together

We live on a changing planet. Unnaturally rapid global warming is altering everything, including lands and waters. Evidence shows we鈥檝e already emitted enough greenhouse gases to alter the structure of ecosystems and interactions within them.