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Trevor Hancock: You can celebrate CO2 and ignore climate change, but it won't stop the hurricanes

Trevor Hancock: You can celebrate CO2 and ignore climate change, but it won't stop the hurricanes

The United Conservative Party in Alberta is falsely claiming that CO2 is 鈥榥ear the lowest level in over 1,000 years鈥� 鈥� an example of both ignorance and ignore-ance
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Our Community: Camosun hosts first post-COVID open house; lunch sessions for seniors

Our Community: Camosun hosts first post-COVID open house; lunch sessions for seniors

Prospective students can talk with faculty, students and alumni.
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Trevor Hancock: Loss of nature has huge impact, but doesn't get attention it deserves

Trevor Hancock: Loss of nature has huge impact, but doesn't get attention it deserves

Aside from the food we eat, water we drink and plant materials we use for fuel, building materials and medicines, other vital ecosystem services include carbon storage, oxygen generation and pollination
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Pushback: How a Victoria doctor saved his city from 1918 flu despite overwhelming pressure

Pushback: How a Victoria doctor saved his city from 1918 flu despite overwhelming pressure

Dr. Arthur G. Price faced pressure from both the religious and business communities to reverse his ban on public gathering, but his measures resulted in Victoria having less than half the mortality rate of Vancouver
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David Sovka: Working in the office is for extroverts who can ignore the Call of Duty

David Sovka: Working in the office is for extroverts who can ignore the Call of Duty

All the extroverts go into work every day where they can socialize and create in-person support networks. We introverts will stay at home, playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with the cats
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California connection: Victoria's Chinatown a refuge for those fleeing racism in San Francisco

California connection: Victoria's Chinatown a refuge for those fleeing racism in San Francisco

Starting in 1858, Chinese merchants in San Francisco began to acquire lots in what would eventually become Victoria鈥檚 Chinatown, amid growing anti-Chinese sentiment in the U.S.
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Our Community: Victorians head to bridge championships; setting record straight on bats

Our Community: Victorians head to bridge championships; setting record straight on bats

Five Islanders are heading to the World Bridge Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which bring together more than 1,000 duplicate bridge players from around the globe.
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Trevor Hancock: Later is too late to restore nature

Trevor Hancock: Later is too late to restore nature

The Worldwide Fund for Nature says what happens in the next five years will 鈥渄etermine the future of life on Earth.鈥�
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Space invaders: These plants are bad news for your garden 鈥� and for the environment

Space invaders: These plants are bad news for your garden 鈥� and for the environment

There are many invasive plant species on Vancouver Island, but a few stand out as the worst culprits when it comes to affecting local plants and habitats.
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Our Community: Sooke mural celebrates Indigenous culture; a Halloween waterway cleanup

Our Community: Sooke mural celebrates Indigenous culture; a Halloween waterway cleanup

A new mural inspired by T鈥橲ou-ke Nation culture has been unveiled at Sooke鈥檚 鈥淗eritage Row,鈥� replacing a mural installed in the 1990s depicting the area鈥檚 logging history.
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