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Vital People: Pender Island programs support sustainability

Vital People: Pender Island programs support sustainability

Residents of Pender Island learned how to be sustainable and self-sufficient — and met each other — thanks to community education classes held last year.
Our Community: Tour company donates to synagogue

Our Community: Tour company donates to synagogue

A company that offers culinary walking tours will be donating a portion of ticket sales from its Chocolate and Churches Tour to the Emanu-El Synagogue in response to the recent attack on the Jewish community in Pittsburgh.
Photo gallery: 100 years after the guns fell silent

Photo gallery: 100 years after the guns fell silent

Our Community: TP the Town helps families in need

Our Community: TP the Town helps families in need

Volunteers collected 122,880 rolls of toilet paper during the Prodigy Group’s TP the Town event, Oct. 13.
Remembering a Victoria soldier, and the family he left behind

Remembering a Victoria soldier, and the family he left behind

As we mark the centennial of the end of the First World War this weekend, we should think of people like Robert Parker, a Victoria man who died serving his country.
From the diary of a ‘deserter’ who never was

From the diary of a ‘deserter’ who never was

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.
Book excerpt: From Rinks to Regiments: Hockey-Hall-of-Famers and the Great War

Book excerpt: From Rinks to Regiments: Hockey-Hall-of-Famers and the Great War

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.
Our Community: Project gives food bank a new look

Our Community: Project gives food bank a new look

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.
‘What was it like for you when there was a war?’

‘What was it like for you when there was a war?’

As Remembrance Day approaches, Victoria resident Shirley McBride recalls life during the Second World War
Highlights from a debate: Proportional Representation vs. First Past the Post

Highlights from a debate: Proportional Representation vs. First Past the Post

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