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Vital People: Take stock in your own community

Vital People: Take stock in your own community

This being an election year, have you been taking stock of the state of things in your municipality? It鈥檚 common to reflect when there鈥檚 a potential changeover in local leadership and ask ourselves: Are things getting better or worse? Am I happy with
Vital People: Network backs local farmers

Vital People: Network backs local farmers

There are significant challenges to food production in the capital region, including the fact that most local farmers are 65 or over, says Linda Geggie of the Good Food Network. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e going to be retiring,鈥 Geggie said.
Our Community: Run for the Cure today at UVic

Our Community: Run for the Cure today at UVic

Lace up your sneakers or get out your walking shoes for the Canadian Cancer Society CIBC Run for the Cure, the largest, single-day, volunteer-led event dedicated to raising funds for breast-cancer research, today at the University of Victoria.
Unravelling the mysteries of the Salish Sea

Unravelling the mysteries of the Salish Sea

FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington 鈥 By now, the millions of people around the world who followed the saga of a mother orca carrying her dead calf know the endangered southern-resident orca whales exclusively eat chinook salmon.
Our Community: United Way drive begins this week

Our Community: United Way drive begins this week

Organization, which funds a network of programs and services in the region, looks to raise at least $5 million
Researchers tag great white shark in Atlantic sa国际传媒 for the first time

Researchers tag great white shark in Atlantic sa国际传媒 for the first time

HALIFAX 鈥 For the first time in Atlantic Canadian waters, scientists have tagged a great white shark in an effort to better understand the predator鈥檚 movements off sa国际传媒.
Victoria Royals: Perennial playoff contender now a team in transition

Victoria Royals: Perennial playoff contender now a team in transition

If there is a symbolic card game played on the Victoria Royals team bus on road trips, it鈥檚 certainly not Crazy Eights.
Our Community: First responders take on youngsters

Our Community: First responders take on youngsters

Oak Bay firefighters, paramedics and police officers will strap on skates and pick up hockey sticks to take on local youngsters. The Second Annual Cops for Cancer McLean Hockey Game on Thursday, Sept.
Goats airlifted out of Washington's Olympic National Park into other forests

Goats airlifted out of Washington's Olympic National Park into other forests

SEATTLE 鈥 Helicopters and trucks are moving hundreds of mountain goats from Olympic National Park in an effort officials said will protect natural resources, reduce visitor safety issues and boost native goat populations elsewhere in Washington state
Our Community: Artist creating sculpture for Saanich 150

Our Community: Artist creating sculpture for Saanich 150

Earth Drums, a piece by award-winning artist Carey Newman, whose First Nations heritage inspires his work, has been selected as the winner of Saanich鈥檚 150 public art competition.