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About 70 classic wind and power-driven pleasure craft from all over the Pacific Northwest will take over the Inner Harbour this weekend.

Esi Edugyan, whose kids鈥� book Garden of Lost Socks comes out Tuesday, says it鈥檚 been hard to find time to write because as chair of the Man Booker Prize, she has read 163 books in the past eight months

A statement noted Drake was "ready and excited to perform."

Drake spotting is the sport of the week in Vancouver

By Frazier Moore The Associated Press Bob Barker, the enduring, dapper game show host who became a household name over a half century of hosting 鈥淭ruth or Consequences鈥� and 鈥淭he Price Is Right,鈥� has died. He was 99.

Singer-songwriter among the top acts as the sa国际传媒 Smoke Shop Harbour Blues 鈥榥 Roots Festival returns this weekend with an eclectic mix blues, bluegrass, folk, country 鈥� and even full-on rock.

Our Arts reporter鈥檚 favourite upcoming events in the Greater Victoria area, including Nurse Blake on Tuesday at the Royal Theatre.

A roundup of upcoming events in the Greater Victoria area, including the Vancouver Island Dragon Boat Festival, Japanese Cultural Fair, and CRD Parks programs on butterflies and reptiles.

Kim Blank, a professor at the University of Victoria, has just published a novel, The Watcher鈥檚 Club. The sa国际传媒 asked Blank to tell us about how the work came to be.

String ensemble based at UVic set for final performances this weekend. They formed as a quartet in 1986.