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Our Community: Grab your bike for Cycle of Life

Our Community: Grab your bike for Cycle of Life

Registration is open for this year鈥檚 Cycle of Life Tour, a popular cycling fundraiser in July for end-of-life care. This is the sixth year of the two-day group-cycling event, presented by Think Communications.
Observatory celebrates 100 years of watching the skies

Observatory celebrates 100 years of watching the skies

This is one of a series of columns by specialists at the Royal sa国际传媒 Museum that explore the human and natural worlds of the province. My research looks at the origins of 鈥渂ig science鈥 in British Columbia.
Young Canadians eschew home ownership in favour of life on the road

Young Canadians eschew home ownership in favour of life on the road

TOFINO 鈥 Jocelyn Lees never set out to live in her van. The 30-year-old Manitoba native has been tree planting every summer in sa国际传媒
Capturing the art of nature and change

Capturing the art of nature and change

Vancouver Island鈥檚 old-growth forests have inspired acclaimed digital artist Kelly Richardson to move to Victoria, to be closer to the inspiration the ancient stands of trees provide.
What we can learn from the Christchurch earthquake

What we can learn from the Christchurch earthquake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand 鈥 Imagine a child鈥檚 jigsaw puzzle, about 20 large pieces. Take five and put them back in the box. Put the puzzle together. Look at it. This is Christchurch from the air today, seven years after the earthquake.
Invasive species making inroads in sa国际传媒

Invasive species making inroads in sa国际传媒

This is one of a series of columns by specialists at the Royal sa国际传媒 Museum that explore the human and natural worlds of the province. Invasive exotic species are a global problem, and the mild climate of southwestern sa国际传媒
Robert Amos: Victoria鈥檚 art-gallery past and present

Robert Amos: Victoria鈥檚 art-gallery past and present

Some are here, more are no more. For 32 years, I鈥檝e been walking the streets of Victoria, peering into art galleries looking for stories to share with you.
Nellie McClung: Don鈥檛 ignore the power of prayer during desperate times

Nellie McClung: Don鈥檛 ignore the power of prayer during desperate times

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Feb. 14, 1942. On your kitchen wall no doubt there is a big calendar, the right kind of a calendar that is easily seen, and there, around the number 鈥20,鈥 I聽want you to put a circle.
Kayakers are disturbing orcas, new study finds

Kayakers are disturbing orcas, new study finds

SEATTLE 鈥 Kayakers are encroaching on orca whales, new research shows, and they are not being ticketed like other boaters.
Golden Globes finally worth attention

Golden Globes finally worth attention

Once seen as poor cousin to the Oscars, tonight's awards take centre stage with MeToo protest