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Trevor Hancock: Community safety is a wicked problem with no simple solutions

Trevor Hancock: Community safety is a wicked problem with no simple solutions

Calling for the defunding of the police is an approach that is just as mistaken as calls for more policing
Plan to create vast sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ network of protected ocean opens to public

Plan to create vast sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ network of protected ocean opens to public

The marine protected area network would stretch from Campbell River on Vancouver Island to the Alaskan border. But first, it must pass a public engagement phase.
Monique Keiran: Lizard's demise shines light on bigger picture

Monique Keiran: Lizard's demise shines light on bigger picture

A recent study said invasive reptiles and amphibians cost the global economy more than $17 billion US between 1986 and 2020
Charla Huber: Fall brings pumpkin spice and election announcements

Charla Huber: Fall brings pumpkin spice and election announcements

In the next week or so, we’ll be inundated with announcements and candidates’ names posted throughout the region’s 13 municipalities
A tribute to the Queen in photos: Her visits to Vancouver Island

A tribute to the Queen in photos: Her visits to Vancouver Island

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Our Community: View Royal farm celebrates 100 years, Grandmothers for Africa arrive at Mile Zero

Our Community: View Royal farm celebrates 100 years, Grandmothers for Africa arrive at Mile Zero

The Pollack family, which began farming in View Royal in 1921, has received a Century Farm Award from the province
Trevor Hancock: Community safety is about more than crime

Trevor Hancock: Community safety is about more than crime

From a public-health perspective, unintentional injuries are by far a larger problem
Monique Keiran: Researchers tackle mystery of missing bear toes, floating feet

Monique Keiran: Researchers tackle mystery of missing bear toes, floating feet

Five years after sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ officials solved the decade-long mystery of detached sneaker-clad feet washing up on shore in the region, the cause of another foot mystery has been identified: grizzlies with missing toes
Geoff Johnson: American education failures too close for comfort

Geoff Johnson: American education failures too close for comfort

Developing the ability to think beyond the superficial is now key to education, mainly because of the increasing availability of new communication technologies and virtual-media sources that can be used to mislead and overwhelm
Plans for overnight-camping sites add to growth pressures on Bowen Island

Plans for overnight-camping sites add to growth pressures on Bowen Island

A proposal from Metro Vancouver to purchase almost a square kilometre of forested and waterfront land on Bowen to create a park with 100 walk or bike-in overnight camping spots has raised apprehensions among islanders