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Vital People: Team that has left drug lifestyle offers to help

Vital People: Team that has left drug lifestyle offers to help

People with substance-use issues who are either experiencing or at risk of homelessness will soon get support from peers who have moved out of the drug lifestyle, thanks to funding for the Peer Navigation and Support Project.
Vital People: Charity is an all-year challenge

Vital People: Charity is an all-year challenge

The start of the year is a time of contradictions. On the one hand, it鈥檚 traditionally time to take a breath following the busyness and stress of December.
Vital People: Indigenous dance troupe brings First Nation art, history to life

Vital People: Indigenous dance troupe brings First Nation art, history to life

An Indigenous dance company has, through art, become part of the dialogue over collective reconciliation with a dark chapter of sa国际传媒鈥檚 history.
Our Community: Fairyslipper Forest a first for Thetis

Our Community: Fairyslipper Forest a first for Thetis

Thetis Island鈥檚 first publicly accessible nature reserve is a reality, thanks to work by the Islands Trust Fund, the Thetis Island Nature Conservancy and the Cowichan Community Land Trust.
508-million-year-old fossil found at Burgess Shale site in sa国际传媒

508-million-year-old fossil found at Burgess Shale site in sa国际传媒

A new species of bristle worm has been found at the 508-million-year-old Marble Canyon site in sa国际传媒鈥檚 Kootenay National Park.
Our Community: Grab your bike for Cycle of Life

Our Community: Grab your bike for Cycle of Life

Registration is open for this year鈥檚 Cycle of Life Tour, a popular cycling fundraiser in July for end-of-life care. This is the sixth year of the two-day group-cycling event, presented by Think Communications.
Observatory celebrates 100 years of watching the skies

Observatory celebrates 100 years of watching the skies

This is one of a series of columns by specialists at the Royal sa国际传媒 Museum that explore the human and natural worlds of the province. My research looks at the origins of 鈥渂ig science鈥 in British Columbia.
Young Canadians eschew home ownership in favour of life on the road

Young Canadians eschew home ownership in favour of life on the road

TOFINO 鈥 Jocelyn Lees never set out to live in her van. The 30-year-old Manitoba native has been tree planting every summer in sa国际传媒
Capturing the art of nature and change

Capturing the art of nature and change

Vancouver Island鈥檚 old-growth forests have inspired acclaimed digital artist Kelly Richardson to move to Victoria, to be closer to the inspiration the ancient stands of trees provide.
What we can learn from the Christchurch earthquake

What we can learn from the Christchurch earthquake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand 鈥 Imagine a child鈥檚 jigsaw puzzle, about 20 large pieces. Take five and put them back in the box. Put the puzzle together. Look at it. This is Christchurch from the air today, seven years after the earthquake.