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Vital People: Teaching preschoolers to celebrate Indigenous identity

Vital People: Teaching preschoolers to celebrate Indigenous identity

Children can learn about their Indigenous identity while preparing for the public education system at Journeys of the Heart, a program hosted by the Hulitan Family and Community Services Society.
Our Community: Cyclists raise $240,000 for hospice

Our Community: Cyclists raise $240,000 for hospice

Last week, more than 100聽cyclists rode through southern Vancouver Island to raise more than $240,000 for Vancouver Island Hospices. The cyclists were taking part in the seventh annual Cycle of Life Tour, presented by Think Communications.
Marc Garneau: 鈥楾he more people that go into space, the better the future of humanity will be鈥

Marc Garneau: 鈥楾he more people that go into space, the better the future of humanity will be鈥

Marc Garneau wishes we could all see the world through his eyes.
Vital People: Program helps find substance-abuse solutions

Vital People: Program helps find substance-abuse solutions

A new program, sa国际传媒ing for Wellness, offers support, education and wellness strategies for individuals and loved ones dealing with substance abuse in the West Shore.
Charla Huber: Work-life balance is different for everyone

Charla Huber: Work-life balance is different for everyone

Over the past couple of years, I鈥檝e been hearing the term 鈥渨ork-life balance鈥 more and more. It鈥檚 not a new term, it has been used since the 1970s. But I think its popularity is on an upswing.
Sandra Richardson: A future we can sustain

Sandra Richardson: A future we can sustain

For the past few years, the Victoria Foundation has increasingly aligned our work and our mission with the United Nation鈥檚 Sustainable Development Goals.
Geoff Johnson: Facile media help create sloppy minds

Geoff Johnson: Facile media help create sloppy minds

It鈥檚 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.
Sylvain Charlebois: Weaponizing the Food Guide

Sylvain Charlebois: Weaponizing the Food Guide

If elected as our next prime minister, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer vows to review the sa国际传媒 Food Guide, which was introduced in January. The idea itself is desirable.
Island Voices: Climate change puts the elderly at health risk

Island Voices: Climate change puts the elderly at health risk

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.
Monique Keiran: Need to beat the heat? Plant a tree

Monique Keiran: Need to beat the heat? Plant a tree

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.