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Geoff Johnson: Online posts can return to haunt youths seeking jobs, college placement

Geoff Johnson: Online posts can return to haunt youths seeking jobs, college placement

The message from universities to students caught posting racist or violent sentiments online has been uncompromising: You are no longer welcome
Our Community: Run and walk raises cash for those struggling with infertility, loss

Our Community: Run and walk raises cash for those struggling with infertility, loss

Tree appreciation; garage sale; Young Builders Network; Culture Days
Raptor love: Getting up close and personal with birds of prey

Raptor love: Getting up close and personal with birds of prey

The Raptors, an educational and tourism facility on an 11-acre spread north of Duncan, is marking its 20th year in operation
Charla Huber: Young Indigenous entrepreneurs are on the rise

Charla Huber: Young Indigenous entrepreneurs are on the rise

Jumping into entrepreneurship can be scary and there is uncertainty. It also builds confidence, skills, strength and courage
Trevor Hancock: If we want energy for all, we need to stop wasting it

Trevor Hancock: If we want energy for all, we need to stop wasting it

A 2018 study found global energy demand by 2050 could be 40 per cent lower than now if all known energy efficiencies were implemented
Trevor Hancock: We need to change the way we farm — and eat

Trevor Hancock: We need to change the way we farm — and eat

A more plant-based, low-meat diet has many health and ecological benefits, including requiring less land per person, so it can be farmed more sustainably.
Community: Feel Free opens art world to wider audience

Community: Feel Free opens art world to wider audience

Fuel Good Day; United Way; Chinese banquet
Heritage Acres showcases industrial and farm equipment saved from scrap heap

Heritage Acres showcases industrial and farm equipment saved from scrap heap

The 30-acre site, which is marking its 50th year of operation, is packed with more than 30,000 artifacts in a collection of buildings next to the Pat Bay Highway
Geoff Johnson: A pivotal moment in Australia's relationship with its Indigenous Peoples

Geoff Johnson: A pivotal moment in Australia's relationship with its Indigenous Peoples

Australians will go to the polls on Oct. 14 to vote in a referendum on the inclusion of a formal Aboriginal voice in the nation’s constitution
David Sovka: Airlines are looking for your help (and lots of your money)

David Sovka: Airlines are looking for your help (and lots of your money)

The combined effects of an ongoing pilot shortage and the pandemic have resulted in fewer flight choices, more cramped conditions on planes, and one of the biggest industry-wide fare hikes in history
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