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DANIELLE POPE: The battle of trying ‘new’

Studies tell us trying new things is good for the brain...

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SIMON NATTRASS: Police harass harm-reduction help

Monday Magazine - Wednesday June 12, 2013

Victoria Police harass service providers.

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DANIELLE POPE: Why we walk — to build strength

Victoria is a walking city. Only moments after I was first in the area, I stepped into my first walk for insert-your-issue-here.

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Throttle Therapy looks at roundabouts: It's enough to make you dizzy.

Sooke News Mirror - Wednesday June 12, 2013

Navigating roundabouts sounds easy in theory but get more complicated in practice. Throttle therapy takes a spin from a biker's perspective.

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SIMON NATTRASS: Mount Doug no more: reclaiming PKOLS

Over 160 years ago, a 14-year-old boy was travelling through the Camosun area to deliver news of James Douglas’ arrival...

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DANIELLE POPE: What’s in a name: power

I once got into an argument with a teacher in kindergarten about the correct spelling of my name.

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Editorial Cartoon - May 30

Blobfarm by Joseph Williams

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City’s noise weapons target our youth

It’s difficult to describe the sound emitted by mosquito machines.

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The last Catholic pope

In 1595, Benedictine monk Arnold Wion published the freshly discovered prophecies of Saint Malachy...

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Film challenges street life assumptions

Kim Freeman is an active drug user. She's also the only harm reduction service provider able to reach some members of the street community.

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Clark’s dithering threatens refinery

Ms. Dithers is at it again.

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Editorial Cartoon - March. 14

Blobfarm by Joseph Williams

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Working poor need more council support

A few years ago, I sat through a meeting where Victoria City Council declared the lack of affordable rental housing a state of emergency.

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Clark’s denials are tough to swallow

This week, Christy Clark is desperately attempting to construct a Chinese wall between her premiership and senior staffers in her West Wing.

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Clark’s denials are tough to swallow

This week, Christy Clark is desperately attempting to construct a Chinese wall between her premiership and senior staffers in her West Wing.

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The new lost generation

My stepfather is dying. It happens to all of us at some point in this crazy journey, but the way we leave this mortal coil needs more grace.

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Monday nets five awards

It may not have the glitz of the Oscars, but the annual announcement for the Community Newspaper Awards is always an exciting time.

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Permit needed for fun, laughter, clapping

Politics has always been the art of saying one thing and doing another, and last week was no exception.

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Prediction: Libs will win one Island seat

Catching election fever would be no fun if we were not able to make predictions we may later hope the reader forgets.

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With neighbours like these . . .

Five years after someone first set about sweeping away the all-too-visible signs of poverty in the area around Pandora Green...

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