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Micro-credentials — from single-day to multi-week courses — teach a specific skill within a short time to help students keep up with the evolution of work

Columnist Trevor Hancock looks back at how health care has evolved since he came into the profession

The assignment was simple: Tell readers about your most memorable story this year. The results are as varied as the reporters who work at the Times Colonist.

There is no one right way to spend the day, and if your day looks different than other people’s, that’s OK

Townline Homes CEO Rick Ilich was in Victoria this week to personally deliver early Christmas presents to two community organizations.

Their platter-like concave hooves act as small snowshoes, they can smell lichen through the snow and their eyes change colours with the seasons

On Christmas Eve, the Germans placed candles on their trenches then continued the celebration by singing Christmas carols. The British responded by singing carols of their own.

Scrooge’s awakening to humanitarian instincts and conversion to a spirit of generosity needs to be replicated at scale

A Saanich Grade 4 student’s snow-globe drawing was selected from more than 70 entries to adorn Christmas cards being sent out by the municipality

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