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Southern resident killer whales face extinction within 100 years: study
More must be done to protect their habitat and prey to stop the orcas' decline, researchers say.
Apr 29, 2024 4:45 AM
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Our Community: Group that met cruise ships holds reunion; artists paint doors for Habitat
Formed in 1983, the Victoria A.M. Association was made up of downtown businesspeople who would get up in the wee hours to attend their weekly early-morning networking meetings.
Apr 28, 2024 8:00 AM
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Trevor Hancock: Governments need to limit plastic production to protect health, environment
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest plastic additive chemicals are present in the bodies of nearly all Americans
Apr 28, 2024 5:30 AM
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Catching a killer: Environmental sleuths solve mystery of dead coho in a Courtenay creek
Before the fish started dying, the region was in a period of drought. Then, immediately after significant rainfall, the smolts turned up dead. All the evidence pointed to a chemical found in tire rubber.
Apr 28, 2024 5:00 AM
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Monique Keiran: Fend off ticks by smelling like an ant
Researchers at SFU who discovered ticks avoid surfaces where ants have been hope to get a patent to make an ant-pheromone topical repellent to protect hikers and campers.
Apr 28, 2024 3:45 AM
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David Sovka: A few things you can do for your favourite planet on its special day
In honour of Earth Day, plant a flower or a shrub. The government of Canada now allows you to plant up to five of these for personal use
Apr 22, 2024 4:00 AM
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Our Community: Camosun students get hands-on; hospital campaign gets a boost
During the dig, instructors and students from the college’s Indigenous Studies program helped honour the life and death of the bear through song.
Apr 21, 2024 10:00 AM
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Home away from everything: A beach house on a remote island becomes a 10-year retreat
Twenty years ago, kayaker John Dowd stumbled upon an empty beach house on Vargas Island in Clayoquot Sound, part of an off-grid, 10-acre stretch in a provincial park reserve
Apr 21, 2024 5:00 AM
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Trevor Hancock: Our addiction to plastics will come back to haunt us
Plastics contain some very toxic chemicals and break down into nano-particles that end up in our bodies.
Apr 21, 2024 4:00 AM
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Geoff Johnson: Legislation alone can't tackle online harms to kids
Parents need to play a role in ensuring children and teens aren’t exploited online — and that includes not running your child’s Instagram account where they can be preyed on by pedophiles
Apr 21, 2024 3:45 AM
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