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Our Community: Donation opens doors for disabled

Our Community: Donation opens doors for disabled

The Pacific Blue Cross Health Foundation recently donated $10,000 to Move Adapted Fitness — a specialized fitness centre designed to maximize the health of people with physical disabilities.
Seeking answers after a violent death

Seeking answers after a violent death

Port Hardy family questions lack of transparency in investigations, including withholding of names
Our Community: Bowling for dollars — and fun

Our Community: Bowling for dollars — and fun

With summer settled in, it’s time again to enjoy those long, Lawn Summer Nights by lawn-bowling to raise money to battle cystic fibrosis.
HeroWork volunteers’ labours help to feed Mustard Seed

HeroWork volunteers’ labours help to feed Mustard Seed

HeroWork lives up to its name.
Vital People: Garden program growing on Tsartlip First Nation

Vital People: Garden program growing on Tsartlip First Nation

A food-security program started almost 20 years ago is bearing fruit for generations of participants. Access to food that is healthy, nourishing and culturally appropriate is the premise behind the Family Garden and Teaching Garden programs.
Vital People: A boost for restorative justice

Vital People: A boost for restorative justice

Restorative Justice Victoria will be able to provide more training and hire a new specialized case worker, thanks to funding from the Victoria Foundation. The goal of restorative justice is to repair the harm caused by crime and violence.
Vital People: Taking the Pulse of our region

Vital People: Taking the Pulse of our region

As you’re reading this column, copies of Pulse magazine are hitting the shelves around Greater Victoria, inviting you to take a read and discover what’s happening in our local non-profit community.
Our Community: Dragon Boat Festival needs volunteers

Our Community: Dragon Boat Festival needs volunteers

Dynamic, community-minded people are needed to help out with this year’s Victoria International Dragon Boat Festival. The event, which takes place Aug. 10 to 12 this year, is organized by the Fairway Gorge Paddling Club.
Our Community: Film, panel examine need for bees

Our Community: Film, panel examine need for bees

Celebrate Pollinator Week with an exclusive expert panel and film screening of The Guardians, a feature-length independent documentary, Tuesday at Cinecenta.
Joseph Trutch, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s first lieutenant-governor, left trail of controversy

Joseph Trutch, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s first lieutenant-governor, left trail of controversy

With calls to remove statues of controversial figures such as Sir John A. Macdonald, the University of Victoria is putting on a series of lectures about the historical characters in the news.