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Lawrie McFarlane: Comfort foods for a fraught time

Lawrie McFarlane: Comfort foods for a fraught time

Since apparently the COVID-19 shut-in has led to unprecedented amounts of home cooking, I thought I might set aside my usual Jeremiads and offer a couple of ethnic recipes.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: Pandemic restrictions are easing

Adrian Raeside cartoon: Pandemic restrictions are easing

More help for non-profit groups serving most vulnerable

More help for non-profit groups serving most vulnerable

Charities and not-for-profits serving Victoria’s most vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic can now apply for more than $1.6-million in federal funding through the Emergency Community Support Fund.
Builders rehiring as industry adapts to pandemic protocols

Builders rehiring as industry adapts to pandemic protocols

Greater Victoria construction projects are continuing, despite some hiccups when new anti-virus protocols came into effect.
Transport van to help Cool Aid Society’s health outreach team

Transport van to help Cool Aid Society’s health outreach team

A retrofitted van to transport doctors and nurses to key spots around the city — and get care to vulnerable people — is one of many benefits the Rapid Relief Fund is bringing to the Victoria Cool Aid Society with its most recent round of grants.
For real estate, reopening ‘won’t be a flood but a large trickle of business’

For real estate, reopening ‘won’t be a flood but a large trickle of business’

The second phase of the province’s economic restart will look and feel a lot like the first for the real estate market according to the experts.
Adrian Raeside cartoon: wearing masks

Adrian Raeside cartoon: wearing masks

They’re ready when border is open, ferry operators say

They’re ready when border is open, ferry operators say

When it’s open we’ll be ready. That was the message from transportation companies Tuesday, following the federal government’s decision to extend the ban until June 21 on non-essential travel between sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and the U.S.
Self-serve buffets no longer on the menu in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Self-serve buffets no longer on the menu in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Don’t go looking for a self-serve buffet as restaurants open because it won’t be on the menu. New provincial rules required restaurants to remove buffets and other self-serve amenities. The restriction is on a long list of rules on Worksafe sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Stores, salons, cafés cautiously reopen as sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ restrictions ease

Stores, salons, cafés cautiously reopen as sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ restrictions ease

Greater Victoria businesses are cracking open their doors and consumers are out shopping again, as virus-related restrictions eased around the province on Tuesday. On Day 1 of Phase 2 of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½