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Tasty invaders: What if we could use green crabs for food or fertilizer?

A monumental effort is underway to contain the spiny creatures, the bodies of which are flash frozen and dumped at landfills or churned into compost. But one First Nation is arguing that, given the price of groceries, we should rethink the way we eradicate invasive, but edible, species.

Feb 20, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

Charla Huber: Old-fashioned values getting lost in remote work

When we can do our jobs in isolation, focusing on the tasks we want to and ignoring others, it makes us less dependant on others. As a result, we may start to lose empathy and compassion.

Feb 19, 2023 11:30 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: Human behaviour is affected by factors beyond personal choice

Many of the conditions we live in and the behaviours we adopt are not freely chosen, no matter how much we may wish to think so

Feb 19, 2023 4:29 AM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: When it comes to reading, the kids are all right

Canadian kids led the English-speaking world in PISA reading scores in 2018, behind only China, Singapore, Macao, Hong Kong and Estonia and well ahead of Ireland, New Zealand, the U.S. and Australia.

Feb 19, 2023 4:28 AM Read more >

Our Community: Scout Museum set to open, PNE selling score clock

The new Victoria Scout Museum is set for a grand opening at Scout House; Fashion Splash raises money for Victoria Women鈥檚 Transition House; the PNE looks for buyers for its score clock

Feb 19, 2023 12:50 AM Read more >

Mountain of wool: Fleece piles up as prices tank, mills shut down

With wool selling for only 10 to 70 cents a pound, sheep farmers say it makes more financial sense to burn or compost it rather than pay to clean, bag and transport it to the Lower Mainland, then Alberta or Ontario for processing

Feb 13, 2023 5:45 AM Read more >

Our Community: New name for Sooke dog park, registrations open for Cycle of Life

Carter Navarrete was in Grade 12 at Belmont Secondary and assistant captain with the Sooke Thunderbirds hockey team when he died on Sept. 2, 2016

Feb 12, 2023 10:00 AM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: Test prep essential so anxiety doesn't skew results

A series of 鈥淗ow To Prepare For a Test鈥� short courses beginning at the Grade 4 level could help make students more comfortable with the process

Feb 12, 2023 12:00 AM Read more >

Monique Keiran: Loss of glaciers will have myriad downstream effects

Glaciers cover only about two per cent of sa国际传媒, but they help to moderate stream and river flow in much of the province throughout much of the year.

Feb 12, 2023 12:00 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: Time for a radical re-think of health care

If you had to remake the health system from scratch, what would you do? Turn the system on its head, making the hospital the place of last resort and beginning with what keeps people healthy

Feb 12, 2023 12:00 AM Read more >