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Monique Keiran: Fall acorn bounty has menu potential, if you're prepared to do the work

Monique Keiran: Fall acorn bounty has menu potential, if you're prepared to do the work

Nuts need to be boiled and drained multiple times, until they no longer taste bitter
Trevor Hancock: Joe Brewer, cultural evolution and bioregional regeneration

Trevor Hancock: Joe Brewer, cultural evolution and bioregional regeneration

How do we evolve to a culture that is fit for purpose in the 21st century, faced with the realities of ecological limits and social inequity?
Our Community: Wolf sculpture at Cattle Point, Langford Bikefest, Sarah Beckett scholarship

Our Community: Wolf sculpture at Cattle Point, Langford Bikefest, Sarah Beckett scholarship

A sculpture of a wolf that lived for many years on Chatham and Discovery islands has been installed at Cattle Point
Our Community: The Farm at RRU yields bumper crop; art gallery hosts special events

Our Community: The Farm at RRU yields bumper crop; art gallery hosts special events

Trevor Hancock: Thinking globally, acting locally — and bioregionally

Trevor Hancock: Thinking globally, acting locally — and bioregionally

We need to learn how to live well together in this place that we share, not just with humans but with many other species, and how to do so within the ecological and biophysical constraints of this region
David Sovka: Why Lego keeps winning toy of the century, despite the choking/walking hazard

David Sovka: Why Lego keeps winning toy of the century, despite the choking/walking hazard

Following step-by-step instructions to put together a Lego spaceship today better prepares your child for frustration and bitter failure following step-by-step IKEA instructions tomorrow
World of wonders: Victoria astrophysicist pens a guide to cold-water snorkelling

World of wonders: Victoria astrophysicist pens a guide to cold-water snorkelling

Victoria astrophysicist Sara Ellison has written a guidebook to snorkelling around Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
Charla Huber: As COVID becomes the norm, remember that it can be very dangerous

Charla Huber: As COVID becomes the norm, remember that it can be very dangerous

I know people who have suffered from severe symptoms with COVID — it does not always present in a mild way
Geoff Johnson: Giftedness isn't just being good at taking tests

Geoff Johnson: Giftedness isn't just being good at taking tests

Experience teaching Shakespeare’s Macbeth to students shows it’s also about above-average intelligence, creativity and perseverance
Royal Oak Burial Park, resting place for 100,000, marks a century

Royal Oak Burial Park, resting place for 100,000, marks a century

Royal Oak Burial Park will mark 100 years of operation next month
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