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Nellie McClung: Women aren鈥檛 what they used to be, and never really were

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on July 30, 1938. I have a great treasure in my possession now, a book just 100聽years old, entitled The Women of England, and written by a woman. Her name appears as 鈥淢rs.
The case for letting forests burn

The case for letting forests burn

As climate change is fingered as a culprit behind the early rash of forest fires across northern and western sa国际传媒, experts say the most prudent approach at this stage is to, whenever possible, let the fires burn. It鈥檚 a grim situation.
Around Town: Bollywood comes to town in style

Around Town: Bollywood comes to town in style

Tourists milling about聽the Inner Harbour last week got an聽unexpected bonus 鈥 the chance to watch a Bollywood movie being filmed.
Our Community: 100 women make a huge difference

Our Community: 100 women make a huge difference

It took just 114 days for 100聽local women to raise more than $100,000 to build a home for a single mom.
Our History: A trip back to the Dead in Vancouver

Our History: A trip back to the Dead in Vancouver

The Afterthought brings back into focus the psychedelic 鈥60s in all of their purple-haze glory, as seen through the eyes of legendary West Coast music promoter and entrepreneur Jerry Kruz.
Heroes鈥 work is thankfully done

Heroes鈥 work is thankfully done

鈥楢 thousand per cent better.鈥 That鈥檚 the upgrade level for the non-profit Citizens Counselling Centre of Greater Victoria thanks to a massive volunteer effort in the last month, said executive director Brenda Wilson.

Nellie McClung: After the Dust Bowl, green grows the prairie grass

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on July 23, 1938. The prairie blooms again! Its fertility is established; its good name is restored. The people who said the Great American Desert is creeping northward are now routed and silent.
Our History: The wild nature of sa国际传媒's fisheries

Our History: The wild nature of sa国际传媒's fisheries

Sylvia Taylor鈥檚 lyrical memoir of life as a rookie deckhand captures the thrill and the perils of commercial fishing in a bygone era.
Around Town: Down(town) on the farm

Around Town: Down(town) on the farm

Not even the rainfall that greeted visitors to Esquimalt Farmers Market at its official opening celebration June聽18 could dampen the community spirit E-Towners are known for.
Behind bars, books make a difference

Behind bars, books make a difference

Carl Cavanagh saw an immediate problem with the books available to inmates at Wilkinson Road jail on his first visit: About two-thirds of them were Harlequin romance novels.