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Elementary school children get a leg up in school and their future thanks to the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Victoria and Area’s In School Mentoring Program.

Recently, I was out visiting the Food Distribution Centre in Esquimalt, a key component of the Food Rescue Project, which recovers and redistributes fresh food to insecure communities in our region.

This is part four of a six-part series, exclusive to the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, that examines the role of the provincial government in the uprooting, detention, dispossession and exile of Japanese Canadians, 1941-1949.

Residents of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ can always find something instantly recognizable in the paintings of E.J. Hughes, from totem poles at Stanley Park to arbutus trees at a Crofton beach.

Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin will ring a kettle bell as the Salvation Army launches its annual Christmas Kettle Campaign on Tuesday at the Victoria Conference Centre.

This is the third instalment in a six-part series, exclusive to the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, that examines the role of the provincial government in the uprooting, detention, dispossession and exile of Japanese Canadians, 1941-1949.

There is nothing funny about environmental concerns, so it might seem odd that over the past 40 years, one of our most outspoken advocates for sustainability has been cartoonist Adrian Raeside.

SEATTLE — Patrick DePoe was in high school the last time his Native American tribe in Washington state was allowed to hunt whales. He was on a canoe that greeted the crew towing in the body of a grey whale.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ SPCA’s Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre has just reported another successful season.

SEATTLE — The first thing Chris Caculitan mentions, when asked how the Emerald City has changed in the years since he grew up here, is the tech companies. They’re everywhere now.