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Our Community: Support the Scouts; GVPL looking for authors; Christ Church offers Lessons and Carols

A good-news roundup from around Vancouver Island.

Dec 11, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >

Roadblock warriors: Dozens of police officers hit the streets to kick off the holiday CounterAttack campaign

Officers issued immediate roadside prohibitions to those who didn鈥檛 pass a breathalyzer test 鈥� nine were handed out last Saturday in the capital region, ranging from 24-hour suspensions to 90-day driving prohibitions.

Dec 10, 2023 5:55 AM Read more >

Charla Huber: Kids who think they have N-word passes need a better understanding of history

Young teens who think they have a 鈥減ass鈥� to say a racial slur do not fully understand the hate, segregation and struggle people have had to endure

Dec 10, 2023 3:45 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: We need smaller, more fuel-efficient cars, not more trucks and SUVs

Large SUVs and light trucks are vastly over-designed for the suburban market and very energy inefficient

Dec 10, 2023 3:30 AM Read more >

Our Community: Homemade baking, Arbutus Singers, Gingerbread Showcase

The Second Chance Caf茅, which celebrated its official grand opening Dec. 1, is a social enterprise operated by survivors of brain injuries.

Dec 3, 2023 9:30 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: We carry from birth a body-burden of toxic chemicals that we add to along the way

Decades of lax assessment coupled with the assumption that chemicals are innocent until proven guilty have left us and the ecosystem with a burden of toxins

Dec 3, 2023 8:30 AM Read more >

Geoff Johnson: Apprenticeship a solid post-secondary option

So far this year, 15,075 people in British Columbia have registered for apprenticeships, up 20% from last year

Dec 3, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

Lost and found: Negatives that went down with SS Pacific document attempts to find new route to goldfields

The CPR鈥檚 invaluable and delicate glass negatives were recovered a couple of weeks after the sinking of the SS Pacific, according to reports in the Daily Colonist at the time

Dec 3, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

Charla Huber: Story of generosity offers a glimpse of the humans behind the badge

With the relationship between police and Indigenous people sometimes fraught, it鈥檚 good to hear of how an officer helped a woman who was moving into her first home, but had nothing to move.

Dec 3, 2023 4:45 AM Read more >

David Sovka: A prairie boy's love letter to 乌鸦传媒 Ferries

I love the weird metallic clunking noises you hear when boarding, the random strange smells in whatever hallways are called on a boat, and even the long lines and crazy expense for mediocre food.

Dec 3, 2023 4:00 AM Read more >