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Comment: We failed to invest in the medical system, and now we pay

Comment: We failed to invest in the medical system, and now we pay

No one called doctors in 2011 lazy, and they only had two-thirds the workload of a doctor in 2021. If universal health care is to be achieved, the system needs more bodies to handle the extra work.
Comment: Remembering Chinese-Canadian students' year-long boycott of Victoria schools

Comment: Remembering Chinese-Canadian students' year-long boycott of Victoria schools

The boycott, which lasted a year, was a protest against plans to expand segregation of Chinese Canadian students in the public school system.
Monique Keiran: 'Worthy' books didn't make summer reading cut, but fall is coming

Monique Keiran: 'Worthy' books didn't make summer reading cut, but fall is coming

This season has been the summer of the mystery, which travel well to the backyard, the beach, the picnic table and the sofa and don’t come with the built-in serving of guilt or sense of shameless frivolity attached to some other genres.
Charla Huber: Ask a kid to pretend their hand is a phone — you might be surprised

Charla Huber: Ask a kid to pretend their hand is a phone — you might be surprised

Why do adults get upset that kids no longer use a fist with an extended pinky and thumb to indicate talking on a phone?
Geoff Johnson: 'Quiet quitting' and the post-COVID world of work

Geoff Johnson: 'Quiet quitting' and the post-COVID world of work

The goal of ‘quiet quitting’ — doing exactly what the job requires, no more and no less — is to draw clearer boundaries between work and life in a society that fetishizes endless hustle.
Trevor Hancock: Don't blame Victoria for other governments' failures

Trevor Hancock: Don't blame Victoria for other governments' failures

Homelessness, mental health and addictions issues, park camping and crime and violence are not problems that were created by the City of Victoria, and it’s unfair to expect the city to fix them.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Dallas Road and dogs

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Dallas Road and dogs

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Letters Sept. 3: No extra training needed for U.S. doctors; roots of the health-care crisis

Letters Sept. 3: No extra training needed for U.S. doctors; roots of the health-care crisis

Comment: This Labour Day, remember the need for fair compensation

Comment: This Labour Day, remember the need for fair compensation

​​​​​​​A commentary by the president of CUPE sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, representing about 104,000 workers.
Comment: In The Great Resignation, employees are telling us what they need

Comment: In The Great Resignation, employees are telling us what they need