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Island Voices: Yes, we can resolve the climate crisis

Island Voices: Yes, we can resolve the climate crisis

There鈥檚 no shortage of solutions to the climate crisis.
Geoff Johnson: Report spotlights highs, lows in Indigenous education

Geoff Johnson: Report spotlights highs, lows in Indigenous education

鈥榃hat practices do high-performing school districts and band schools employ that raise educational outcomes for Indigenous students?鈥 That鈥檚 a big question and the opening sentence in a 221-page report, Learning From the Best, authored by three of B.
Island Voices: Outdated fee system is the root of the doctor drought

Island Voices: Outdated fee system is the root of the doctor drought

I read with interest the extensive recent article concerning the physician shortage in British Columbia. I agree with much of it where it is concluded that there is no one single cause for this current 鈥渟hortage.
Trevor Hancock: Fixing primary care? Focus on the demand

Trevor Hancock: Fixing primary care? Focus on the demand

The primary-care crisis has been getting a lot of attention in the community and in this newspaper recently.
Vital People: Centre adds life-skills training programs

Vital People: Centre adds life-skills training programs

The Salvation Army Stan Hagen Centre for Families now provides more personal-development and life-skills training for its clients, thanks in part to funding by the Victoria Foundation.
Our Community: Water garden tour on tap in July

Our Community: Water garden tour on tap in July

There are still a few tickets left for the Victoria Water Garden Tour, a self-guided tour that takes place July 13 at various gardens in Greater Victoria.
Vital People: Hands-on approach teaches students of the natural world

Vital People: Hands-on approach teaches students of the natural world

Instead of students looking longingly out of a classroom window, a new program seeks to transform outdoor gardens into spaces of learning.
Photo gallery: Inside the coast guard's newest vessel

Photo gallery: Inside the coast guard's newest vessel

Last week, the Canadian Coast Guard took possession of its first newly built vessel in more than three decades.
Sandra Richardson: Showing off the best of Victoria

Sandra Richardson: Showing off the best of Victoria

This month, the Victoria Foundation was honoured to host, for the first time ever in our region, the Community Foundations of sa国际传媒鈥檚 biannual national conference. It was remarkable.
Island Voices: Environmental news is not all doom and gloom

Island Voices: Environmental news is not all doom and gloom

As someone who cares about the environment, reading the news is often difficult.