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David Sovka: Good night, sleep tight 鈥� and something about bedbugs ...

The risk of bedbugs goes up dramatically for people who enjoy sleeping, particularly sleeping in a bed

Feb 11, 2024 4:00 AM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: No single right answer in direct instruction versus inquiry-based learning debate

When it comes to learning, both direct instruction and inquiry-based learning play a role

Feb 11, 2024 3:57 AM Read more >

Unforgotten: ID specialist hunts for clues to put names to unidentified bodies

鈥淵ou always want to bring closure to a file, and to the people who knew them,鈥� says Laura Yazedjian, a Victoria-born forensic pathologist

Feb 4, 2024 5:02 AM Read more >

Our Community: Mascot tagged; Indigenous scholarships; art donation

Alto was carrying on a tradition that began when then-mayor Hugh Stephen presented the first Wallace with his dog tag in 1969.

Feb 4, 2024 5:00 AM Read more >

'It was cathartic for them': Coffee with a Cop a chance to build relationships

The initiative was launched in Hawthorne, California, in 2011, because local officers were looking for a way to interact with the people in their community

Feb 4, 2024 4:56 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: Fossil-fuel industry doubling down, pushing for growth

In the U.S., the Biden administration approved nearly 10,000 oil and gas drilling permits on public lands in its first three years, while Donald Trump is moronically pledging to 鈥渄rill baby, drill鈥�

Feb 4, 2024 3:57 AM Read more >

Monique Keiran: Vital kelp forests are more vulnerable to change than ever

Since 1950, 40 to 60 per cent of the world鈥檚 kelp forests have either suffered damage or disappeared

Feb 4, 2024 3:57 AM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: Back-to-basics push about politics and the past, not the future

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce thinks Ontario鈥檚 teaching of reading needs smartening up, even though Ontario ranked second overall in reading internationally and nationally

Feb 4, 2024 12:57 AM Read more >

Our Community: Hand project raising funds, Oak Bay votes for fox's den sculpture

The Victoria Hand Project, which helps create prosthetic arms and hands, is working with local partners to open a new clinic in Kyiv, Ukraine

Jan 28, 2024 10:05 AM Read more >

乌鸦传媒's kelp forests more ancient than once thought, study finds

Kelp fossils found in the Olympic Peninsula suggest the marine 'forests' are more than 32 million years old, double previous estimates.

Jan 28, 2024 5:15 AM Read more >