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Monique Keiran: If you're gardening this spring, you're an optimist

Monique Keiran: If you're gardening this spring, you're an optimist

"Gardening is an exercise in ­optimism. Sometimes, it is a triumph of hope over experience." That was certainly the case this spring in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Geoff Johnson: Colleges increasingly waiving standardized tests for admission

Geoff Johnson: Colleges increasingly waiving standardized tests for admission

Nearly 2,000 colleges and universities across the U.S. have publicly announced that they will not require the SAT or American College Testing for admission in fall 2022.
Lawrie McFarlane: Court verdict on extreme intoxication fails common-sense test

Lawrie McFarlane: Court verdict on extreme intoxication fails common-sense test

If an intoxicated man can summon the will and physical ­self-mastery to break into a woman's bedroom, overpower and rape her, can we really say he doesn't know what he's doing?
Climate change is expanding the range of these tick pathogens — is sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ next?

Climate change is expanding the range of these tick pathogens — is sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ next?

As reported cases of Lyme disease surge across sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ experts are tracking how climate change could make things worse, and hope the public — empowered with a new 'Instagram for ticks' — will help.
Decision on future of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ salmon farms to come within 'weeks,' says DFO

Decision on future of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ salmon farms to come within 'weeks,' says DFO

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ politicians were targeted in sea lice office 'outbreak' as the federal government says its within weeks of making a decision on the province's salmon farm industry — a move meant to protect wild Pacific salmon from disease.
Salt-marsh superpower: Blue marshlands store as much carbon as green forests

Salt-marsh superpower: Blue marshlands store as much carbon as green forests

The battle to save a mother lode of carbon in Cowichan-Koksilah Estuary
Charla Huber: It was my turn to get COVID

Charla Huber: It was my turn to get COVID

I didn’t experience any judgment and only received support.
Lawrie McFarlane: No study needed — just match sentence to repeat offender's record

Lawrie McFarlane: No study needed — just match sentence to repeat offender's record

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ attorney general is ducking responsibility
Geoff Johnson: India looks to Finland's education model

Geoff Johnson: India looks to Finland's education model

Our Community: Lantzville school takes a stand on environment

Our Community: Lantzville school takes a stand on environment

Plus: Wildfire preparedness in Sooke; Sarah Beckett Memorial Scholarship