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August Frederick Pedy was born in Altona, Manitoba, on Feb. 23, 1895. He moved to Keremeos with his father in 1908, and this is the hometown he refers to in this account.

Winnipeg-born Frank Fredrickson was an all-star hockey player, Olympic gold medallist, gifted violinist and valued airman with the 223rd Battalion/Royal Flying Corps/RAF, in which he served from 1916 to 1919.

HeroWork Society has created the Mustard Seed Market — a redefined food bank that looks and feels like a grocery store. Construction ends today with a grand opening on Nov. 10. HeroWork is a charity that renovates other charities.

As Remembrance Day approaches, Victoria resident Shirley McBride recalls life during the Second World War

The Vancouver Sun and Province invited leaders on both sides of the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ referendum on electoral reform to debate the future of our democratic system. Maria Dobrinskaya of the Vote PR sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Pity the ordinary British Columbian trying to understand sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s debate on proportional representation as ballots arrive in the mail.

Rob Martin didn’t have much time to celebrate his win as Colwood mayor last weekend. After shaking hands with Carol Hamilton, the person he defeated for the job, Martin rushed to Victoria General Hospital to be at his father-in-law’s side. At 7 p.m.

They grew up together in the same Calgary neighbourhood. Geoff Orr and Bob Hunter lived three doors apart. Stuart O’Connor was a couple of blocks away. There was a basketball hoop, a ball, hours spent together on the makeshift court.

Cliff McNeil-Smith became mayor of Sidney in a similar fashion to the way he came to own Tanner’s Books. It started with love, progressed to expertise and then he took charge.

In the wake of last week’s civic election, Nanaimo and five Greater Victoria communities have new mayors. We talked to the winning candidates to discuss their plans for the next four years.