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Vital People: Watching out for our seniors

Vital People: Watching out for our seniors

A new program seeks to enable older adults to live in their homes for as long as possible by addressing seniors’ isolation and food security.
The winter that was: Temperature, precipitation and wind in Victoria

The winter that was: Temperature, precipitation and wind in Victoria

A look at the daily temperatures, precipitation and wind of the 90 days of winter 2017-18. Click here to see the graphic. Note that meteorological winter begins on Dec. 1 and ends the last day of February.
2018 Victoria cruise ship schedule

2018 Victoria cruise ship schedule

The 2018 cruise ship season starts April 11 at Ogden Point with Westerdam. It ends on Oct. 25 with a visit by Grand Princess. Check the attached document for this year's complete cruise ship schedule.
Sewage pipeline takes over James Bay street

Sewage pipeline takes over James Bay street

Residents adjust as wastewater conduit assembled on Niagara Street prior to installation
All about the sewage pipe that will run under Victoria Harbour

All about the sewage pipe that will run under Victoria Harbour

The wastewater pipe being assembled on Victoria’s Niagara Street is destined for undersea duty, entering a tunnel at Ogden Point, going under Victoria Harbour, and resurfacing on the other side at McLoughlin Point in Esquimalt, where a sewage treatme
Our Community: Michael Dunahee/Child Find sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ walk runs next week

Our Community: Michael Dunahee/Child Find sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ walk runs next week

It’s time again to lace up your shoes to take part in the 27th annual Michael Dunahee/Child Find sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Keep the Hope Alive Drive, a five-kilometre run/walk on March 25 from the Esquimalt Recreation Centre.
Lessons from Japan: How a big quake could rock our world

Lessons from Japan: How a big quake could rock our world

To travel through the Japanese prefecture of Iwate is to have a window on coastal British Columbia’s possible future. Seven years ago today, Iwate was rocked by the kind of violent earthquake and tsunami that are one day expected to hit coastal sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
Our Community: Spay/neuter effort gets a windfall

Our Community: Spay/neuter effort gets a windfall

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ SPCA has announced more than $100,000 in funding for a spay/neuter grant program that helps communities across the province address cat overpopulation. “This year’s funding is the largest amount that has been available through the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Archives hold rulings that shaped our history

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Archives hold rulings that shaped our history

This is one of a series of columns by specialists at the Royal sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Museum that explore the human and natural worlds of the province. sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s courts and judicial system date back to the early 1850s (i.e.
UVic's Ideafest an eclectic feast for the inquiring mind

UVic's Ideafest an eclectic feast for the inquiring mind

Ideafest, anticipated every year by University of Victoria faculty and students and by the community, has established itself as a festival of learning unlike anything in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, organizers say.