Don’t you toss that cigarette butt

by Tia Low | Jan 31, 2013 | Business | Tech

Collect cigarette butts, and you could be rewarded with a bit of cash while cleaning up the environment. TerraCycle, a global company with its Canadian headquarters in Toronto, accepts used cigarettes by mail for recycling and gives the sender money based on the...

High-intensity strength training helps in stroke recovery

by Tia Low | Jan 24, 2013 | Sports | Lifestyle

Stroke patients affected by decreased strength on one side of their body can improve walking ability through high-intensity strength training on their unaffected side, according to new findings by UVic researchers. The cross-education effect — the idea that...

Winning the boss over

by Tia Low | Jan 24, 2013 | News

Co-op employers in B.C. should be able to get tax credits for hiring students, says the executive director of UVic’s co-op program, Norah McRae. Ontario and Quebec have tax credit programs in place for co-op employers; but in B.C., a training tax credit is only...

How much should your beer cost?

by Tia Low | Jan 17, 2013 | News

Setting a minimum price for alcoholic beverages based on the amount of alcohol a drink contains will reduce harm to health and boost provincial and federal tax revenues, suggest alcohol policy researchers. Tim Stockwell, director of the Centre for Addictions Research...

A farewell footnote

by Tia Low | Jan 17, 2013 | Culture

Cadboro Bay Book Company owner Patricia Jutras will retire for the second time when she closes the community staple on Jan. 27. While some personal reasons sparked her decision, the decline of book sales also had an effect. Jutras is the store’s fifth owner since it...