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Nellie McClung: Women aren’t what they used to be, and never really were
This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on July 30, 1938. I have a great treasure in my possession now, a book just 100 years old, entitled The Women of England, and written by a woman. Her name appears as “Mrs.
Jul 12, 2015 5:14 AM
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The case for letting forests burn
As climate change is fingered as a culprit behind the early rash of forest fires across northern and western Canada, experts say the most prudent approach at this stage is to, whenever possible, let the fires burn. It’s a grim situation.
Jul 12, 2015 5:05 AM
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Around Town: Bollywood comes to town in style
Tourists milling about the Inner Harbour last week got an unexpected bonus — the chance to watch a Bollywood movie being filmed.
Jul 12, 2015 4:48 AM
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Our Community: 100 women make a huge difference
It took just 114 days for 100 local women to raise more than $100,000 to build a home for a single mom.
Jul 5, 2015 6:00 AM
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Our History: A trip back to the Dead in Vancouver
The Afterthought brings back into focus the psychedelic ’60s in all of their purple-haze glory, as seen through the eyes of legendary West Coast music promoter and entrepreneur Jerry Kruz.
Jul 5, 2015 5:30 AM
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Heroes’ work is thankfully done
‘A thousand per cent better.” That’s the upgrade level for the non-profit Citizens Counselling Centre of Greater Victoria thanks to a massive volunteer effort in the last month, said executive director Brenda Wilson.
Jul 5, 2015 5:17 AM
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Nellie McClung: After the Dust Bowl, green grows the prairie grass
This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on July 23, 1938. The prairie blooms again! Its fertility is established; its good name is restored. The people who said the Great American Desert is creeping northward are now routed and silent.
Jul 5, 2015 5:08 AM
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Our History: The wild nature of B.C.'s fisheries
Sylvia Taylor’s lyrical memoir of life as a rookie deckhand captures the thrill and the perils of commercial fishing in a bygone era.
Jun 28, 2015 6:00 AM
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Around Town: Down(town) on the farm
Not even the rainfall that greeted visitors to Esquimalt Farmers Market at its official opening celebration June 18 could dampen the community spirit E-Towners are known for.
Jun 28, 2015 6:00 AM
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Behind bars, books make a difference
Carl Cavanagh saw an immediate problem with the books available to inmates at Wilkinson Road jail on his first visit: About two-thirds of them were Harlequin romance novels.
Jun 28, 2015 6:00 AM
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