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Warming seas threaten existence of sea snails in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s Strait of Georgia

Warming seas threaten existence of sea snails in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s Strait of Georgia

A new study has found a rise in marine temperature could spell doom for the Strait of Georgia's dogwhelk population.
Trevor Hancock: The fossil-fuel industry is the new tobacco

Trevor Hancock: The fossil-fuel industry is the new tobacco

Not only does it disregard the wellbeing of people and the planet in its pursuit of profit, it uses many of the same tactics — even consultants — as the tobacco industry
Geoff Johnson: Move to ditch SATS raises concerns about relying on school transcripts

Geoff Johnson: Move to ditch SATS raises concerns about relying on school transcripts

The question left hanging is whether the transcripts from high school A are equivalent to those from high school B
David Sovka: Physical violence and other birthday traditions

David Sovka: Physical violence and other birthday traditions

In Spain, they tug hard on your ear once for every year you’ve lived. In the 1970s ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, they banged your bum on the ground, once for every year, and fed you cake containing choking hazards
Community: Classic boat vote, tea dance, art lectures

Community: Classic boat vote, tea dance, art lectures

The Maritime Museum of British Columbia is encouraging the public to vote — and tell others to vote — for the SV Dorothy in the 2024 Classic Boat Awards.
Salmon skyline: Fish gondola takes wild coho conservation to new heights

Salmon skyline: Fish gondola takes wild coho conservation to new heights

Each fall, upwards of 25 volunteers join an expedition to a remote section of the Vancouver Island river to trap spawning coho to take back to a hatchery at Comox Lake
Songs may help protect silver-haired bats from wind turbines

Songs may help protect silver-haired bats from wind turbines

The discovery that silver-haired bats sing is allowing bat biologists to record their locations, so they aren’t killed by wind-power development
Monique Keiran: Global climate shifts are redefining winter almost everywhere

Monique Keiran: Global climate shifts are redefining winter almost everywhere

The season is acquiring a looser set of characteristic features, harder to specify, more variable and more unpredictable.
Trevor Hancock: Vaping products should be subject to same marketing ban as tobacco

Trevor Hancock: Vaping products should be subject to same marketing ban as tobacco

ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ should ban all advertising, marketing, promotion and sponsorship involving vaping companies to avoid hooking a new generation of smokers
Geoff Johnson: How to develop the reading brain in a digital world

Geoff Johnson: How to develop the reading brain in a digital world

‘Deep reading,’ the process of reading attentively and carefully as opposed to skimming or scrolling a screen, helps kids develop capacity for critical thinking, empathy and reflection