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Our Community: Indigenous 'trauma-informed' daycare officially opens in Colwood

Our Community: Indigenous 'trauma-informed' daycare officially opens in Colwood

The Hulitan Early Childhood Years Centre, which has been operating since last month, offers free childcare to Indigenous children on the south Island.
Helter shelter: ‘Transitional housing’ is better than homelessness for those who need it, but it’s no easy path

Helter shelter: ‘Transitional housing’ is better than homelessness for those who need it, but it’s no easy path

It’s hard to dig yourself out of homelessness when you’re living in a shelter, even without substance-use or mental-health problems.
Monique Keiran: Study finds LNG's greenhouse-gas footprint worse than coal

Monique Keiran: Study finds LNG's greenhouse-gas footprint worse than coal

LNG has a greenhouse-gas footprint that is 33 per cent worse than coal when processing and shipping are considered, the study found
Trevor Hancock: You can celebrate CO2 and ignore climate change, but it won't stop the hurricanes

Trevor Hancock: You can celebrate CO2 and ignore climate change, but it won't stop the hurricanes

The United Conservative Party in Alberta is falsely claiming that CO2 is ‘near the lowest level in over 1,000 years’ — an example of both ignorance and ignore-ance
Our Community: Camosun hosts first post-COVID open house; lunch sessions for seniors

Our Community: Camosun hosts first post-COVID open house; lunch sessions for seniors

Prospective students can talk with faculty, students and alumni.
Trevor Hancock: Loss of nature has huge impact, but doesn't get attention it deserves

Trevor Hancock: Loss of nature has huge impact, but doesn't get attention it deserves

Aside from the food we eat, water we drink and plant materials we use for fuel, building materials and medicines, other vital ecosystem services include carbon storage, oxygen generation and pollination
Pushback: How a Victoria doctor saved his city from 1918 flu despite overwhelming pressure

Pushback: How a Victoria doctor saved his city from 1918 flu despite overwhelming pressure

Dr. Arthur G. Price faced pressure from both the religious and business communities to reverse his ban on public gathering, but his measures resulted in Victoria having less than half the mortality rate of Vancouver
David Sovka: Working in the office is for extroverts who can ignore the Call of Duty

David Sovka: Working in the office is for extroverts who can ignore the Call of Duty

All the extroverts go into work every day where they can socialize and create in-person support networks. We introverts will stay at home, playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare with the cats
California connection: Victoria's Chinatown a refuge for those fleeing racism in San Francisco

California connection: Victoria's Chinatown a refuge for those fleeing racism in San Francisco

Starting in 1858, Chinese merchants in San Francisco began to acquire lots in what would eventually become Victoria’s Chinatown, amid growing anti-Chinese sentiment in the U.S.
Our Community: Victorians head to bridge championships; setting record straight on bats

Our Community: Victorians head to bridge championships; setting record straight on bats

Five Islanders are heading to the World Bridge Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which bring together more than 1,000 duplicate bridge players from around the globe.