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Island Voices: Chr茅tien set a fiscal policy worth keeping

Island Voices: Chr茅tien set a fiscal policy worth keeping

As the fall federal election approaches, political commentators will bombard Canadians with sometimes misleading rhetoric. But Canadians need facts, not fiction, to make well-informed decisions.
D-Day, 75 years later: We remember

D-Day, 75 years later: We remember

Vancouver Islanders remembered. Canadians remembered. Around the world, people remembered the courage and sacrifice of war veterans, most now in their 90s.
Our Community: Rosalie's Village residents log on

Our Community: Rosalie's Village residents log on

Residents of Rosalie鈥檚 Village will have an opportunity to develop their technology and digital skills, thanks to a donation of computers by Saanich South MLA Lana Popham and a local non-profit organization.
Obituary: Roger Aubin, pillar of yacht club, taught young to sail

Obituary: Roger Aubin, pillar of yacht club, taught young to sail

The Victoria sailing community is mourning the death of a longtime member of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, who spent years teaching people the art of sailing on his boat, Annie.
12-year project complete: Online聽newspaper archive covers Victoria鈥檚 history

12-year project complete: Online聽newspaper archive covers Victoria鈥檚 history

After spending 12 years getting the first 122 years of this newspaper digitized and online, the University of Victoria Libraries threw a party on June 4 to celebrate completion of the project. The BritishColonist.
Our Community: Event powers outdoor-adventure program

Our Community: Event powers outdoor-adventure program

The 10th annual Power To Play Victoria, a corporate team-building adventure race with philanthropic goals, raised $237,000 last Sunday.
Islanders on D-Day: 鈥業t was just a sea of dead and dying. You never forget it.鈥

Islanders on D-Day: 鈥業t was just a sea of dead and dying. You never forget it.鈥

Earl Clark still flashed back to D-Day. 鈥淓very once in a while, you wake up in the night and, boom, you鈥檙e right there,鈥 the 97-year-old said, gripping the arms of his wheelchair.
New coach Todd Haney has Victoria HarbourCats ready to pounce

New coach Todd Haney has Victoria HarbourCats ready to pounce

From outposts in Venezuela and South Korea to Victoria, baseball has become a truly global game. It is 鈥 and rightfully so, according to many 鈥 retaking its place in the Olympic Games next year in Tokyo.
Around Town: Saluting a visionary entrepreneur

Around Town: Saluting a visionary entrepreneur

They have toasted high-tech visionaries, old-school industrial warriors and everything in between over the course of 16聽years, and last week, the University of Victoria feted the new head of the country鈥檚 Digital Technology Supercluster.
Vital People: Initiative highlights threats faced by endangered orcas

Vital People: Initiative highlights threats faced by endangered orcas

British Columbia is joining Washington state and Oregon for Orca Awareness Month, an initiative to educate, inform and protect the marine environment, in June.