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Our Community: Broadmead Care recognized; Herowork announces fall project

Our Community: Broadmead Care recognized; Herowork announces fall project

Broadmead Care鈥檚 services for veterans recognized with award The Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans 颅Association awarded its Outstanding Service Award to the Broadmead Care Veterans Memorial Lodge and Veterans Health Centre on Monday, National Peacekeepe
Policy allowing traditional names on passports criticized for not going far enough

Policy allowing traditional names on passports criticized for not going far enough

A change in federal policy allowing traditional Indigenous names on passports and other travel documents is a step in the right direction, but doesn鈥檛 go far enough, says the vice-president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.
Geoff Johnson: Stepping into uncertainty as kids go back to class

Geoff Johnson: Stepping into uncertainty as kids go back to class

At this time of year, school trustees and district administrators are normally 颅putting the finishing touches on plans for 颅reopening schools 鈥 student headcounts, staff 颅assignments, classroom readiness and the budgetary implications that flow out o
Cultural burning: Could more fires be the solution to sa国际传媒's wildfire problem?

Cultural burning: Could more fires be the solution to sa国际传媒's wildfire problem?

Ron Ignace was almost too young to remember the 鈥渃ool fires.
Geoff Johnson: Why learning to share in kindergarten might set you up for success in life

Geoff Johnson: Why learning to share in kindergarten might set you up for success in life

This week鈥檚 column was (again) to be about the inadequacy of letter grades as measures of successful learning or, for that matter, predictions about anything relating to a child鈥檚 progress in school or in later life.
Our Community: 1947 Chrysler Royal turned into 'memory car,' Bowker Creek art show

Our Community: 1947 Chrysler Royal turned into 'memory car,' Bowker Creek art show

It鈥檚 not your usual garden feature, but the two-door 1947 Chrysler Royal installed in the 鈥淢emory Garden鈥 at Saanich Peninsula Hospital last week means a lot to some long-term care residents suffering from memory loss.
Monique Keiran: Tech time is a lot more precise 鈥 maybe too precise

Monique Keiran: Tech time is a lot more precise 鈥 maybe too precise

He gasped: 鈥19:43. You?鈥 I checked my phone. 鈥18:01. It felt slow, too.鈥 Nature Boy and I have taken to climbing Churchill Drive to the top of Mount Douglas for exercise. I have done this jaunt often over the years.
Lawrie McFarlane: 鈥楥onsultation鈥 on high-cost drugs an exercise in building pre-election support

Lawrie McFarlane: 鈥楥onsultation鈥 on high-cost drugs an exercise in building pre-election support

Health sa国际传媒 has released a paper called Building A National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases. It is allegedly based on 鈥渨hat we heard from Canadians.鈥 It is, in fact, nothing of the kind.
Trevor Hancock: Denying net zero is 'simply not on'

Trevor Hancock: Denying net zero is 'simply not on'

Readers of this paper were recently treated to a classic piece of 鈥渓ight your hair on fire鈥 misinformation inspired by the 颅fossil-fuel industry.
Charla Huber: Turnout for Penelakut Tribe march evidence of Islanders' compassion

Charla Huber: Turnout for Penelakut Tribe march evidence of Islanders' compassion

A few weeks ago, Penelakut Tribe announced 160 undocumented and unmarked graves were found on the former Kuper Island Industrial School grounds on its territory on Penelakut Island. On sa国际传媒