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SPOTLIGHT ON RECENT STORIES
- Anti-Indigenous violence at Walbran Camp by forestry workers
  By Leslie Campbell, May 6
- Blockades illustrate madness of BC forest policy
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic, May 6
- Unlikely allies aim to stop catastrophic environmental degradation
  By Judith Lavoie, May 6
- Appeal of injunction granted to Teal Cedar filed by Rainforest Flying Squad
  By David Broadland, May 6
- First Nations face disproportionate burden during pandemic
  By Melissa Renwick, May 6
- Debunking myths around solar power
  By Tom Mommsen, May 6
- More glass equals more bird fatalities
  By Stephen Hume, May 6
- The Church, punctuated.
  By Gene Miller, May 6
- BC forests burned in UK
  By Ben Parfitt, April 12
- Frances Litman's Zeal: Creatively United for the Planet
  By Maleea Acker, April 9
- Lies, guitars and a few facts about the Fairy Creek Rainforest blockades
  By David Broadland, April 9
- Local wolf pack wiped out?
  By Judith Lavoie, March 27
- A paradise lost
  By Moira Walker, March 27
- What really killed Takaya?
  By Cheryl Alexander, March 27
- Artist Statement
  By Gillian Redwood, March 27
- Listen to the trees
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic, March 27
- It's a miracle there are any whales left
  By Stephen Hume, March 23
- On making bad choices
  By Gene Miller, March 18
- Proposal raises issues
  By Russ Francis, March 18
- BC needs to change its sad history of wolf management
  By Dr. John Theberge, March 16
- The changing landscape
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic, March 9
- A new libido-destroying epidemic?
  By Alan Cassels, March 6
- How do you feel about the indiscriminate killing of wolves?
  By Judith Lavoie, March 2
- Maybe it's us who should adapt
  By Stephen Hume, February 23
- Demolishing the past, unbuilding the future
  By Ross Crockford, February 17
- Behind the Seeing Red Map
  By Michelle Connolly, February 17
- UVic takes big step toward fossil fuel divestment
  By James Rowe, February 17
- Development at 902 Foul Bay
  By Development Tracker, February 17
- BC climate report misleading
  By Russ Francis, February 12
- Getting arsenic out of your garden
  By Maleea Acker, February 9

REPORTING
WHO, WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE
- 4
  
  Anti-Indigenous violence at Walbran Camp by forestry workers
  
  By Leslie Campbell
  May 5
- 0
  
  Unlikely allies aim to stop catastrophic environmental degradation
  
  By Judith Lavoie
  May 3
- 0
  
  Vancouver Island First Nations face disproportionate burden during pandemic
  
  By Melissa Renwick
  April 29
- 1
  
  Teal-Jones wins court ban on Fairy Creek old-growth blockades
  
  By Rochelle Baker
  April 3
- 78
  
  Local wolf pack wiped out?
  
  By Judith Lavoie
  March 27
- 7
  
  Townhouse development raises issues around trees, density, affordability
  
  By Russ Francis
  March 17
- 0
  
  “Like going back in time”: W̱SÁNEĆ people regain rightful ownership of abundant remote island
  
  By Cara McKenna
  March 7
FORESTS
THE BATTLE TO PROTECT PRIMARY FORESTS
- 1
  
  Fairy Creek blockades illustrate madness of BC’s forestry policy
  
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic
  May 4
- 1
  
  Rainforest Flying Squad files appeal of injunction granted to Teal Cedar
  
  By David Broadland
  April 29
- 0
  
  Why we stand with Pacheedat Elder Bill Jones
  
  By Rainforest Flying Squad
  April 19
- 0
  
  Pacheedat Elder Bill Jones on protecting old-growth forests
  
  By Mamas Movement
  April 15
- 7
  
  Forest defenders ready for showdown
  
  By Leslie Campbell
  April 12
- 1
  
  Burning our way to a new climate?
  
  By Ben Parfitt
  April 11
- 7
  
  John Horgan's surprising plan to save the Spotted Owl
  
  By David Broadland
  April 9
- 12
  
  Lies, guitars and a few facts about the Fairy Creek Rainforest blockades
  
  By David Broadland
  April 6
- 0
  
  Teal Cedar delivers injunction to blockaders near Fairy Creek Rainforest
  
  By Saul Arbess
  April 6
- 14
  
  Justice Verhoeven's flawed decision on Fairy Creek blockades
  
  By David Broadland
  April 2
- 0
  
  BC is flunking on old-growth forests
  
  By Rochelle Baker
  March 12
- 0
  
  Fairy Creek blockade to save old-growth watershed gets 3-week reprieve
  
  By Rochelle Baker
  March 8
- 19
  
  Behind the Seeing Red Map
  
  By Michelle Connolly
  February 16
- 1
  
  Intact forests, safe communities
  
  By Jens Wieting
  February 1
- 2
  
  An Open Letter to Premier John Horgan and Minister of Forests Katrine Conroy
  
  By Kathy Code
  January 18
- 5
  
  How to protect forest-dependant communities
  
  By Anthony Britneff
  January 7
- 2
  
  Biodiversity at high risk in Prince George TSA, Forest Practices Board reports
  
  By Michelle Connolly
  January 5
- 0
  
  Two new old-growth blockades
  
  By Saul Arbess
  December 16, 2020
- 18
  
  Mapping of old-growth deferral areas confirms forests ministry deception
  
  By David Broadland
  December 8, 2020
- 1
  
  Red light on old-growth logging
  
  By Rhia Ironside
  December 3, 2020
INVESTIGATIONS
JOURNALISM THAT DIGS DEEP
- 1
  
  The historical moments when European colonization of this region began
  
  By Stephen Hume
  July 6, 2020
- 2
  
  The forest-industrial complex's Molotov clearcuts
  
  By David Broadland
  May 8, 2020
- 0
  
  Defusing BC’s big, bad carbon bomb
  
  By David Broadland
  May 8, 2020
- 0
  
  The warm-up to waterworld
  
  By Stephen Hume
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  Replacing Saanich’s EDPA bylaw proves challenging
  
  By Briony Penn
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  A magnet for trouble
  
  By Ross Crockford
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  Density on trial
  
  By Ross Crockford
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  An insurance policy against the failure of local climate action plans
  
  By David Broadland
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  The vanishing ancient forests of Vancouver Island
  
  By Stephen Hume
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  Let the herring live
  
  By Briony Penn
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  Jonathan Huggett's Greatest Hits
  
  By David Broadland
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  Is there any demand for Alberta bitumen in Asia?
  
  By Briony Penn
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  The Cowichan River: loving and logging it to death
  
  By Stephen Hume
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  An airport in our midst
  
  By Leslie Campbell
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  Did the mayors obstruct the Elsner investigation?
  
  By David Broadland
  May 7, 2020
- 0
  
  Not your grandpa's wildfires
  
  By Stephen Hume
  May 7, 2020

ANALYSIS
OUR TAKE ON THE CRITICAL ISSUES OF THE DAY
- 17
  
  A new libido-destroying epidemic?
  
  By Alan Cassels
  March 4
- 3
  
  CleanBC report: Intensely misleading
  
  By Russ Francis
  February 11
- 25
  
  The slippery slope of Site C
  
  By Harry Swain
  January 29
- 1
  
  No such thing as a small oil spill
  
  By Stephen Hume
  January 20
- 4
  
  LNG Canada project stressed
  
  By Russ Francis
  December 30, 2020
- 1
  
  Energy rebate schemes
  
  By Russ Francis
  December 4, 2020
- 5
  
  Crises? What crises?
  
  By Stephen Hume
  October 27, 2020
- 10
  
  With the COVID-19 test, positivity doesn’t mean infectious
  
  By Alan Cassels
  October 21, 2020
- 0
  
  BC government pensions still depend on industrial carbon emissions
  
  By Russ Francis
  October 19, 2020
- 8
  
  Mask or no mask? It depends...
  
  By Alan Cassels
  September 28, 2020
OP-ED
IDEAS & OPINIONS FROM PEOPLE IN THE KNOW
- 2
  
  Debunking myths around solar power
  
  By Tom Mommsen
  April 28
- 1
  
  Pandemic walks
  
  By Moira Walker
  April 22
- 0
  
  Opportunity or blight on Belleville?
  
  By Burton Voorhees
  April 20
- 2
  
  Why would Horgan expect young people to listen to him?!
  
  By Margaret Steele
  April 1
- 0
  
  The pandemic should reset Canada’s priorities to reap the benefits of demilitarization
  
  By Jim Cooperman
  March 29
- 25
  
  What really killed Takaya?
  
  By Cheryl Alexander
  March 25
- 1
  
  A paradise lost
  
  By Moira Walker
  March 23
- 0
  
  A year into the pandemic, nurses exhausted—and angry
  
  By Linda Silas
  March 19
- 12
  
  BC needs to change its sad history of wolf management
  
  By Dr. John Theberge
  March 16
- 0
  
  Aiming to keep rural Saanich rural
  
  By Pam Harrison
  February 25
- 1
  
  Reforming ailing social structures starts with conversation
  
  By Gordon Bailey
  February 25
- 0
  
  UVic takes big step towards fossil fuel divestment
  
  By James Rowe
  February 15
- 8
  
  Victoria’s “ACAB” controversy—the copyright twist
  
  By Hugh Stephens
  December 24, 2020
- 0
  
  Kwakwaka’wakw hereditary chiefs & Sierra Club BC stand in solidarity with Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations
  
  By Mark Worthing
  November 5, 2020
DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT & ARCHITECTURE IN VICTORIA
- 1
  
  The Church, punctuated.
  
  By Gene Miller
  April 22
- 4
  
  On making bad choices
  
  By Gene Miller
  March 18
- 4
  
  Big History in Little Victoria
  
  By Gene Miller
  February 4
- 4
  
  Steeple-less church raises question
  
  By Gene Miller
  January 10
- 2
  
  Zorth hovers, sees opportunity, colonizes
  
  By Gene Miller
  December 21, 2020
- 4
  
  Cognitive dissonance
  
  By Gene Miller
  November 12, 2020
- 0
  
  Building design reflects cultural health
  
  By Gene Miller
  June 30, 2020
- 0
  
  Northern Junk proposal lacks vision
  
  By Pam Madoff
  June 16, 2020
PALETTE
ARTISTS OF THE WEST COAST
- 0
  
  Artist Statement: Transitions
  
  By Ira Hoffecker
  April 13
- 0
  
  Tanya Bub’s driftwood world
  
  By Sandy Ibrahim
  April 2
- 0
  
  Artist Statement: Ravel—Explorations in Fibre
  
  By Laura Feeleus
  March 23
- 0
  
  Artist Statement: Triumph of Light
  
  By Gillian Redwood
  March 19
- 0
  
  Artist Statement: Iterations—Hands, Feet, Faces
  
  By Dorothy Field
  March 9
- 0
  
  Artist Statement: The Indelible Mark—Legacy of a German Upbringing
  
  By Gabriela Hirt
  March 6
- 0
  
  Bridge Studio Crawl, COVID-style
  
  By Leslie Campbell
  November 21, 2020
- 0
  
  A city-wide poem
  
  By Leslie Campbell
  September 9, 2020
C-19 UPDATES

EVENTS
Upcoming Events
- May 01
  
  Ira Hoffecker presents Transitions at Fortune Gallery
  May 01, 2021 08:00 PM
  Until
  May 24, 2021 12:00 AM
- May 09
  
  The Avenue Gallery – Feature Artist – Maria Josenhans
  May 09, 2021
  Until
  May 16, 2021
- May 10
  
  RRU Virtual Open House. A life-changing education awaits.
  May 10, 2021 02:00 PM
  Until
  May 14, 2021 12:00 AM
- May 10
  
  RRU Virtual Open House. A life-changing education awaits.
  May 10, 2021 02:00 PM
  Until
  May 14, 2021 12:45 AM
- May 10
  
  RRU Virtual Open House. A life-changing education awaits.
  May 10, 2021 02:00 PM
  Until
  May 14, 2021 12:45 AM
- May 10
  
  RRU Virtual Open House. A life-changing education awaits.
  May 10, 2021 02:00 PM
  Until
  May 14, 2021 12:45 AM
- May 11
  
  OCEAN - Leslie Bell
  May 11, 2021 07:00 AM
  Until
  May 30, 2021 07:00 AM
- May 12
  
  What the Land Holds
  May 12, 2021 11:30 PM
  Until
  May 13, 2021 05:00 AM
- May 13
  
  Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival
  May 13, 2021
COMMENTARY
IDEAS AND OPINIONS FROM FOCUS WRITERS
- 0
  
  Listen to the trees
  
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic
  March 23
- 1
  
  The changing landscape, literally and figuratively
  
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic
  March 9
- 1
  
  COVID-caused loneliness is a challenge we can meet
  
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic
  January 15
- 1
  
  We can make it work this Christmas (and Hanukkah, Winter Solstice)
  
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic
  December 19, 2020
- 2
  
  He did it for nature
  
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic
  November 25, 2020
EARTHRISE
LOCAL STORIES OF EARTH STEWARDSHIP
- 0
  
  More glass equals more bird fatalities
  
  By Stephen Hume
  April 28
- 0
  
  Frances Litman’s Zeal: Creatively United for the Planet
  
  By Maleea Acker
  April 3
- 0
  
  It's a miracle there are any whales left
  
  By Stephen Hume
  March 22
- 2
  
  Urban wildlife: Maybe it’s us who should adapt
  
  By Stephen Hume
  February 22
- 1
  
  Getting arsenic out of your garden
  
  By Maleea Acker
  February 9
- 3
  
  Dreaming of salmon at Bowker Creek
  
  By Maleea Acker
  January 25
- 2
  
  Bob McMinn’s legacy: Saving the Highlands
  
  By Maleea Acker
  December 3, 2020
- 0
  
  A rare opportunity to save a forested watershed
  
  By Leslie Campbell
  December 1, 2020
CONTROVERSIAL DEVELOPMENTS
Developments that have people talking
- 3
  
  647 Goldstream and Fairway, Langford
  
  By Development Tracker
  February 19
- 0
  
  4734-4754 Elk Lake Drive, Saanich
  
  By Development Tracker
  March 27
- 0
  
  520 Normandy Road, Saanich
  
  By Development Tracker
  March 27
- 1
  
  900 and 1000 blocks of Yates Street
  
  By Development Tracker
  February 4
- 4
  
  902 Foul Bay Road
  
  By Development Tracker
  February 4
- 1
  
  Clover Point
  
  By Development Tracker
  March 4
- 1
  
  Northern Junk, Wharf Street
  
  By Development Tracker
  February 4
- 0
  
  820 Dunsmuir Street, Esquimalt
  
  By Development Tracker
  February 18
- 0
  
  611 Chatham Street / 610 Herald Street
  
  By Development Tracker
  February 4
BOOKS
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
- 1
  
  Watermelon Snow: Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear
  
  By Susan Yates
  January 28
- 0
  
  Spirits of the Coast: Orcas in Science, Art and History
  
  By Amy Reiswig
  June 27, 2020
- 1
  
  One of Us
  
  By Stephen Hume
  June 27, 2020
- 0
  
  A History of Canada In Ten Maps
  
  By Marilyn McCrimmon
  June 27, 2020
- 0
  
  Women Talking
  
  By Leslie Campbell
  June 27, 2020
- 0
  
  Resistance Women
  
  By Leslie Campbell
  June 27, 2020
DONATE

DISPATCHES FROM THE PANDEMIC
- Earlier Victorians met the 1918 pandemic with courage and creativity.
  By David Broadland, April 15, 2020
- Where's the public testing?
  By Ross Crockford, April 15, 2020
- This virus is another evolutionary opportunist.
  By Stephen Hume, April 15, 2020
- Tents have sprung up along Pandora Avenue as a result of COVID-19 related limitations at Our Place
  By Judith Lavoie, April 15, 2020
- How Victoria businesses and non-profits are weathering the pandemic.
  By Leslie Campbell, April 15, 2020
- There will never be a better time to support local food producers.
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic, April 15, 2020
- Virus infects BC LNG projects
  By Russ Francis, April 15, 2020
- Boulevard gardening is legal and may help to feed us.
  By Maleea Acker, April 15, 2020
- Could resource sector camps spread COVID-19?
  By Briony Penn, April 15, 2020
- How's that whole flattening-of-the-curve thing going?
  By COVID 19, April 15, 2020
- Portraits of Victoria women raise funds for Our Place.
  By Mollie Kaye, April 15, 2020
- Munro's Books girds for the new world of bookselling
  By Marilyn McCrimmon, April 15, 2020
- John Gould's new book explores death and mortality.jpg
  By Amy Reiswig, April 15, 2020
- Why has Canada's data collection during the pandemic been so bad?
  By Michael Wolfson, April 17, 2020
- Before and after at Bean Around the World
  By Marilyn McCrimmon, April 17, 2020
- Province of BC COVID-19 Data Portal
  By COVID 19, April 18, 2020
- Past pandemics are visible in BC's archaeological record
  By Stephen Hume, April 18, 2020
- Crisis lays bare the importance of universal medicare
  By admin, April 21, 2020
- Pagliacci's: No live music, but...
  By Marilyn McCrimmon, April 21, 2020
- Unsung heroes: Care home care aides
  By admin, April 22, 2020
- Substance use advocates urge quick implementations of new pandemic measures
  By Judith Lavoie, April 25, 2020
- Iyengar Yoga Centre moves online
  By Leslie Campbell, April 27, 2020
- Evidence of pandemic found by Captain Vancouver in 1792
  By Stephen Hume, April 27, 2020
- Shoe business running for its life
  By Marilyn McCrimmon, May 5, 2020
- Victorians challenge crisis with creativity
  By Kate Cino, May 5, 2020
- Pandemic good time to protect nature
  By Maleea Acker, May 5, 2020
- Don't let this happen to you!
  By Scott Lear, May 5, 2020
- Burnside-Gorge neighbourhood to get another hotel for homeless people
  By Judith Lavoie, May 5, 2020
- Who should we really be testing for COVID-19?
  By Michael Wolfson, May 5, 2020
- Hair care business challenges
  By admin, May 5, 2020
- Seeds are life giving
  By Trudy Duivenvoorden Mitic, May 5, 2020
- Some frontline workers not getting adequate protection
  By Irving Gold, May 5, 2020
- Pepper's Food Manager Cory Davits on how the store is dealing withe the pandemic
  By Marilyn McCrimmon, May 19, 2020
- A digital vaccination scar for the 21st Century?
  By Kumanan Wilson, May 19, 2020
- No going back to "normal"
  By Shelagh Day, June 28, 2020

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