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Victoria designer scores with stamp design honouring black hockey league

Victoria designer scores with stamp design honouring black hockey league

A Fairfield woman has scored a winning goal with her design of a commemorative postage stamp honouring a little-known aspect of Canadian hockey history, the all-black Colored Hockey League of Eastern sa国际传媒.
Our Community: Victoria to plant 5,000 trees this year

Our Community: Victoria to plant 5,000 trees this year

Become a tree champion by joining in a walking tour or taking a workshop on fruit-tree pruning as the City of Victoria joins the Trees in Cities Challenge. Victoria has become the first city in sa国际传媒 to join the global campaign.
Research looks to track spread of norovirus at sea 鈥 before it infects oysters

Research looks to track spread of norovirus at sea 鈥 before it infects oysters

A Vancouver Island University professor is embarking on research to learn about norovirus in the marine environment, where it could batter the multimillion-dollar shellfish industry.
The grapes of warmth: Winemakers consider switching varieties as climate changes

The grapes of warmth: Winemakers consider switching varieties as climate changes

Adopting drought- and heat-tolerant grape varieties could help winemakers grappling with the effects of climate change, says new research from the University of British Columbia.
Vital People: Program brings joy of music to early-childhood development

Vital People: Program brings joy of music to early-childhood development

An out-of-school education program that introduces music to low-income youth promotes overall early childhood development and provides a healthy, supportive environment where children can flourish.
Vital People: Mennonites welcome immigrants to sa国际传媒

Vital People: Mennonites welcome immigrants to sa国际传媒

Newcomers to sa国际传媒 can find their financial footing and an opportunity to develop essential life skills when enrolled in New Foundations, a program now offered by the Mennonite Central Committee in Victoria.
Sandra Richardson: New look in a new year on Victoria Foundation board

Sandra Richardson: New look in a new year on Victoria Foundation board

Maybe everyone has stopped saying 鈥渉appy new year鈥 by this point, but this is my first column of 2020, so I鈥檇 like to say welcome to a new decade on behalf of the Victoria Foundation.
Book excerpt: Ted Hughes a man of unassailable convictions

Book excerpt: Ted Hughes a man of unassailable convictions

In a career spanning six decades, Ted Hughes gained renown as a formidable ethics commissioner and overseer of prominent public inquiries across Western sa国际传媒.
Our Community: Event makes street-level connections

Our Community: Event makes street-level connections

Victoria鈥檚 most vulnerable citizens enjoyed a day of shared conversation, arts, fellowship, food and entertainment at Project sa国际传媒 2020 on Tuesday at Kirk Hall.
Australian wildfires strike home for ex-pat living in Victoria

Australian wildfires strike home for ex-pat living in Victoria

Blazes a 鈥榯otal wake-up call鈥 on climate