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Trip to doctor for 'cold' led to discovery of cancer in lung

Trip to doctor for 'cold' led to discovery of cancer in lung

This is one of a series of stories about the Victoria Hospitals Foundation鈥檚 You Are Vital campaign. In some ways, it鈥檚 fortunate that Pete Kenyon caught that cold back in 2008; it might just have saved his life.
Our Community: Donation aids Cowichan hospital

Our Community: Donation aids Cowichan hospital

Dr. Sylvester Chuang, a retired physician and owner of several businesses on Vancouver Island, donated $58,000 to support a new hospital in Cowichan last week.
Our Community: Heart society donates to hospital fund

Our Community: Heart society donates to hospital fund

The First Open Heart Society has donated $45,000 to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation in support of heart health at Royal Jubilee Hospital. The society has donated more than $776,500 to the Victoria Hospitals Foundation since 1977.
Putting moms and newborns first at Victoria General Hospital

Putting moms and newborns first at Victoria General Hospital

Vital tools help neonatal medical staff diagnose and treat babies with serious conditions
Island surgical team making a difference in Guatemala

Island surgical team making a difference in Guatemala

On a medical-assistance trip to rural Guatemala seven years ago, Victoria anesthesiologist Dr.
When the doctor becomes the patient

When the doctor becomes the patient

Technology at Royal Jubilee Hospital helped pinpoint Dr. Paul Whelan鈥檚 diagnosis
UVic鈥檚 Ideafest an annual roundup of new insights, discoveries and research

UVic鈥檚 Ideafest an annual roundup of new insights, discoveries and research

To reach justice, lawyers should not only know the letter of the law but also its musical notes, its dance steps and its dramatic arcs, says a University of Victoria law professor.
Ideafest: What a warmer climate means to you

Ideafest: What a warmer climate means to you

Presentation examines how climate change will affect the coast
Ideafest: Mural artists seek connections with Latin American society

Ideafest: Mural artists seek connections with Latin American society

Murals, those giant works of art across walls, are a long-standing tradition of Mexico and Latin America.
Writer Edith Iglauer found diamonds in the rough

Writer Edith Iglauer found diamonds in the rough

She interviewed many celebrities, but her gift was in discovering ordinary people鈥檚 stories