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Seafood shortage: It鈥檚 more complex than just overfishing, insiders say

Seafood shortage: It鈥檚 more complex than just overfishing, insiders say

If you have been following the headlines this past year, you might think there is a dire shortage of sa国际传媒 seafood, mostly due to reckless overfishing, and that if we want to save what is left, we should eat less of it.
Lawrie McFarlane: Tories must remake their party if they want to win power

Lawrie McFarlane: Tories must remake their party if they want to win power

Now that the federal Conservatives have lost two back-to-back elections they should have won, the time has come for some honest soul-searching. And it starts at the top.
Charla Huber: The growth of Orange Shirt Day is refreshing

Charla Huber: The growth of Orange Shirt Day is refreshing

This past Thursday was the Inaugural National Day of Truth of Reconciliation. I started writing these columns back in 2017, and each year, I make sure to honour Orange Shirt Day and raise awareness through my columns.
Geoff Johnson: Intellectual narcissism is a danger to public discourse

Geoff Johnson: Intellectual narcissism is a danger to public discourse

It is hard to say which is currently more destructive: the worldwide spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus or the 颅accompanying outbreak of irrational assertions that 颅trigger the 鈥渄ebate鈥 about vaccines, wearing masks, the role of science and the 颅imp
Trevor Hancock: How do we make peace with nature?

Trevor Hancock: How do we make peace with nature?

I find myself increasingly drawn to the United Nations鈥 framing of our current 颅situation as being at war with nature, as UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres put it in a landmark speech at Columbia University in December 2020.
Trevor Hancock: Measures to tackle climate change bring health benefits, too

Trevor Hancock: Measures to tackle climate change bring health benefits, too

Something extraordinary happened in mid-September: 231 medical journals around the world all published the same editorial, titled 鈥淐all for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect health.
Monique Keiran: Buried creeks, like Bowker, are seeing the light of day

Monique Keiran: Buried creeks, like Bowker, are seeing the light of day

It took 100 years for Bowker Creek to be transformed into a series of concrete ditches and underground pipes to move stormwater to the sea. It will likely take the next 100聽years for the creek to be restored.
Deep storage: UVic leads plan to pump carbon into rock under sea floor off Island

Deep storage: UVic leads plan to pump carbon into rock under sea floor off Island

Scientists warn that human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are driving the Earth toward a point of no return when it comes to the dire consequences of climate change.
Charla Huber: Working together isn鈥檛 always easy, but it鈥檚 crucial

Charla Huber: Working together isn鈥檛 always easy, but it鈥檚 crucial

There has been tension in our community and communities across this continent when it comes to policing. Regardless of your position on these issues, everyone has the right to go to work and be safe.
Our Community: Celebrate World Rivers Day at Bowker Creek; toss your boss for charity

Our Community: Celebrate World Rivers Day at Bowker Creek; toss your boss for charity

Celebrate World Rivers Day today on the banks of Bowker Creek. The Friends of Bowker Creek Society is staging a free event from 2-4 p.m.