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For the past few years, the Victoria Foundation has increasingly aligned our work and our mission with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

It’s not news that it is the emotional content as much as the information content of films and television programs that can affect our moods and subsequently other aspects of our thinking and behaviour. This applies to both adults and children.

If elected as our next prime minister, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer vows to review the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Food Guide, which was introduced in January. The idea itself is desirable.

An elderly man in Ottawa spent most of last winter snowed in, unable to leave his home, surviving on canned food. Last summer, 54 people died as a result of a heat wave in Quebec, many of them older adults.

Meteorologists warned us of a hot, dry summer to rival the past two. Although the forecast for a hot summer might attract tourists to the coast, prolonged heat is hard on residents.

Canadians care about the environment. We recycle, compost, take pride in our spectacular natural areas and understand the threat of climate disruption. But we also use more energy and water and produce more garbage per capita than any other nation.

Tomorrow, July 29, is Earth Overshoot Day, according to the Global Footprint Network; the day each year on which “humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year.

A commentary on behalf of the Grumpy Taxpayer$ of Greater Victoria: Local taxpayers are better served with unaligned independent politicians.

Carol Bellringer, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s auditor general, says the 2018-19 budget surplus claimed by province’s finance minister is inaccurate. In a recent statement, Carole James put the surplus at $1.5 billion. Bellringer says the correct number is $7.2 billion.

The Apollo 11 lunar landing of July 20, 1969, was etched in history as one of humankind’s most impressive achievements. Today, we continue with more memories of the moon landing from readers. You can read our previous instalment here .