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'Enemy No. 1': Invasive cordgrass threatens salt marshes on Island and Lower Mainland

Conservationists in sa国际传媒 are now using a mapping app to eradicate spartina, an invasive grass species that if left unchecked could transform local salt marsh ecosystems and threaten flooding of nearby coastal communities.

Jul 27, 2023 9:00 PM Read more >

Deep-sea octopus nursery discovered off Vancouver Island

鈥淸They] sit on their eggs, don鈥檛 move, don鈥檛 eat and just defend the eggs for a minimum of four and a half years.鈥�

Jul 23, 2023 5:05 PM Read more >

Monique Keiran: 'Singing' fish drowned out by human-made ocean noise

Just as all the noise humans make is making it harder for whales to hear each other and their own sonar under the waves, fish are struggling to hear over our racket

Jul 23, 2023 8:15 AM Read more >

Charla Huber: Child-care and family benefits were a game-changer

Without the child-care subsidy, I wouldn鈥檛 have the career I have today

Jul 23, 2023 5:25 AM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: What to do about and with AI?

As business rapidly gears up to meet the challenge of AI rather than sitting back to see what happens next, educators should do the same.

Jul 23, 2023 5:05 AM Read more >

Our Community: Youth win Island Health award for harm-reduction efforts; Alzheimer Society seeks volunteers

Three students from Belmont Secondary School were recognized with the 2023 Youth Harm Reduction Award

Jul 23, 2023 4:55 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: We need to start listening to the 鈥榙oomsayers鈥�

The real doomsayers are those who, if we follow what they say, will lead us to our doom, not those issuing prudent warnings of real danger

Jul 23, 2023 4:50 AM Read more >

Last stop: Bike-lane project turns up remnants of Victoria's old streetcar tracks

Workers digging near the intersection of Fort and Richmond Road found a section of streetcar line 75 years after Victoria鈥檚 last streetcar took its final journey

Jul 16, 2023 5:30 PM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: sa国际传媒 report shows youth where to find careers

Nearly 80 per cent of job openings over the next 10 years will require some form of further post-secondary education or training

Jul 16, 2023 4:30 AM Read more >

Charla Huber: Take a break this summer, and let others do the same

Knowing that the expectations on all of us are loosened a bit can ease work pressure 鈥� but why just in summer?

Jul 16, 2023 4:25 AM Read more >