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Charla Huber: If you call someone a racist, they won't listen to anything you say

I have experienced racism and discrimination and I have witnessed others experience it as well.
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Hooked on halibut: For many commercial fishers, it's a family affair

Hooked on halibut: For many commercial fishers, it's a family affair

Tiare Boyes and Cheri Hansen weigh in on what it鈥檚 like to work on the water during the halibut fishing season.
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Our Community: S.S. Beaver medals, North Park Repair Cafe, neighbourhood grants

Our Community: S.S. Beaver medals, North Park Repair Cafe, neighbourhood grants

As the honorary patron of the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin presented S.S. Beaver medals to nine sa国际传媒 residents and two organizations at a ceremony at Government House on Thursday.
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Trevor Hancock: Freedom from regulation helps sharks at the expense of minnows

Trevor Hancock: Freedom from regulation helps sharks at the expense of minnows

The freedom to harm others for profit is the sort of freedom espoused by 颅libertarians and neoliberals, writes Trevor Hancock.
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Charla Huber: You don't need to be the fastest to make it count

Charla Huber: You don't need to be the fastest to make it count

In my 30s and now 40s, I have revisited my love of swimming and regularly swim laps at local pools, writes Charla Huber. I am not the fastest, but that is no longer my goal.
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Geoff Johnson: Giftedness isn't just about IQ

Geoff Johnson: Giftedness isn't just about IQ

Most researchers looking at how to most effectively teach 鈥済ifted鈥� kids also suggest that these kids need 颅something beyond variations of the standard 颅classroom experience, writes Geoff Johnson.
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Lawrie McFarlane: Could a vaccine prevent type 1 diabetes?

Lawrie McFarlane: Could a vaccine prevent type 1 diabetes?

Researchers in Norway and Finland believe a vaccine that could prevent type 1 diabetes could be developed, 颅possibly within a few years, writes Lawrie McFarlane, but this is still a work in progress.
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Monique Keiran: As restrictions lift, so does the gloom of winter

Monique Keiran: As restrictions lift, so does the gloom of winter

It must be spring: Temperatures are warming up, and the daffodils and plum blossoms are showing their colours.
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Poop: The incredible journey. It starts with a flush and ends with a fuel

Poop: The incredible journey. It starts with a flush and ends with a fuel

$775 million later 鈥� how and where our sewage flows. Total time from your toilet to the treatment plant, if you live near the University of Victoria, for example, is just under three hours.
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Treating Greater Victoria's sewage: Cleaner ocean, but 'kinks' remain

Treating Greater Victoria's sewage: Cleaner ocean, but 'kinks' remain

After stops and starts and years of infighting among municipalities about where to locate the plant, sewage treatment is finally happening in Greater Victoria. One year in, we check in on how it's going.
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