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Inventors of water cremation machine say ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ laws could push them out

Inventors of water cremation machine say ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ laws could push them out

The 'Aqualyser' offers eco-friendly water cremation as an alternative to flames. However, the use of such a machine on human bodies has not been authorized in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½
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Our Community: Chef cook-off fundraiser kicks off, 1,000 burpees for charity

Our Community: Chef cook-off fundraiser kicks off, 1,000 burpees for charity

An upcoming cook-off fundraiser for Our Place’s first long-term women’s addiction recovery community on Vancouver Island launches with chefs picking their protein
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Trevor Hancock: Physician group fighting for health and planet marks 30 years

Trevor Hancock: Physician group fighting for health and planet marks 30 years

Those of us who founded the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment in 1994 were ‘a bunch of environmentalists who just happened to be physicians’
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David Sovka: FIFA’s cold, hard statistics on warm, soft bums

David Sovka: FIFA’s cold, hard statistics on warm, soft bums

Only 27% of adults 18 years and older in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ participate in sport, but 77% watch professional sports
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Festival summer: Your guide to what's happening on Vancouver Island

Festival summer: Your guide to what's happening on Vancouver Island

More than 100 arts and culture events are packed into the next few months, ranging from the TD Victoria International Jazz Festival to Rifflandia.
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Our Community: Seniors in West Shore wellness-check program meet the people who run it

Our Community: Seniors in West Shore wellness-check program meet the people who run it

Run through the West Shore RCMP Community Policing Unit, the Keep in Touch program sees volunteers checking on seniors who don’t have other supports
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Trevor Hancock: We are deeply connected to and kin with all of life

Trevor Hancock: We are deeply connected to and kin with all of life

We need a reverence for the Earth and all it contains, an awareness of a connection to nature that is, at its heart, spiritual
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Monique Keiran: Why monitoring faraway mountain reservoirs is important

Monique Keiran: Why monitoring faraway mountain reservoirs is important

Freshwater storehouses refresh rivers with cool, plentiful water in months when air temperatures are high and water levels tend to be at their lowest
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CRD park rangers, police to patrol regional trails on bikes this summer

CRD park rangers, police to patrol regional trails on bikes this summer

Basic trail etiquette includes keeping to the right except to pass, controlling speed (especially on e-bikes), yielding to pedestrians, horse riders and farm equipment, and alerting other users when passing.
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Patricia Coppard: Not prepared to share the trail? Feel free to take your chances on the road

Patricia Coppard: Not prepared to share the trail? Feel free to take your chances on the road

Virtually every reader who wrote in agreed something needs to be done about the Wild West that’s developed as fast-moving powered vehicles have proliferated on regional trails.
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