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Our Community: Sooke mural celebrates Indigenous culture; a Halloween waterway cleanup

A new mural inspired by T鈥橲ou-ke Nation culture has been unveiled at Sooke鈥檚鈥淗eritage Row,鈥� replacing a mural installed in the 1990s depicting the area鈥檚 logging history.

Oct 13, 2024 4:30 AM Read more >

David Sovka: Gravity, maple syrup and other things I'm thankful for

The thankfulness sharing tradition requires some quick thinking when the good stuff 鈥� family, health, avoiding jail time after that little incident at Costco 鈥� is already taken

Oct 13, 2024 4:00 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: We need a government that cares about the well-being of the planet

Somehow we have to get the next provincial government to take a long-term and less-partisan view, for the good of the whole province and for future generations.

Oct 13, 2024 3:45 AM Read more >

乌鸦传媒 drone company building 'Google Streetview in the sky'

Vancouver-based company claims to have built the largest drone imaging network on Earth.

Oct 7, 2024 7:00 AM Read more >

Our Community: Chinatown museum to be permanent; Quadra centre marks 50th

The main emphasis of the Fan Tan Alley museum will be on Chinese people who came to 乌鸦传媒 through Victoria

Oct 6, 2024 4:15 AM Read more >

Monique Keiran: Our salmon Ninja Warriors aren't faring well

The latest State of Salmon report by the non-profit Pacific Salmon Foundation shows declines in Pacific salmon abundance are widespread across both 乌鸦传媒 and the Yukon

Oct 6, 2024 4:00 AM Read more >

Trevor Hancock: Environmental costs of growing food aren鈥檛 reflected in the price we pay

A 2021 paper prepared for the UN Food Systems Summit estimated that the true cost of food, globally, should be about three times what it is

Oct 6, 2024 3:45 AM Read more >

Our Community: Colquitz Park restoration, cleaning up Clayoquot Sound

Learn more about plans for the Colquitz Park shoreline at an open house and the expansion of the marine-debris drop zone program for Clayoquot Sound.

Sep 30, 2024 4:15 AM Read more >

Saving the Mill Farm: The story of how Salt Spring Island Conservancy got its start

An excerpt from a new book on local nature conservancies digs into the early days of the Salt Spring group, and how a surprising turn in court helped it save a 160-acre farm

Sep 29, 2024 4:45 AM Read more >

David Sovka: Let's talk West Nile Virus. Brought to you by: mosquitoes

The 乌鸦传媒 Centre for Disease Control offers this solid advice to people worried about West Nile Virus: 鈥淵ou can lower your risk of infection by avoiding mosquito bites.鈥�

Sep 29, 2024 3:45 AM Read more >