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Uptown shopping centre was swallowed up in a sea of red Saturday as celebrities from the entertainment, sports and political arenas helped to kick off the 127th annual Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign.

It was tea time at Our Place on Tuesday afternoon, but with a difference that prompted smiles and sweet satisfaction in equal measure.

PREVIEW What: Blue Bridge Sings! Where: Blue Bridge at the Roxy, 2657 Quadra St. When: Nov. 30-Dec. 3, 8 p.m. (2 p.m. weekend matin茅es) Tickets: $32-$47 Reservations: 250-382-3370, bluebridgetheatre.

Grant Watson is a talented fabricator of sculptures, both for himself and for others.

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Jonathan Huggett, Johnson Street Bridge project director, answers questions about the new bridge. Why build a bridge that raises? They offer unlimited vertical clearance for marine traffic.

As of March 31, Victorians should be able to drive, walk or cycle across the new Johnson Street Bridge, sa国际传媒鈥檚 largest bridge of its type.

Even if you weren鈥檛 aware going into Parkside Hotel and Spa what the theme of this town鈥檚 ninth annual Gingerbread Showcase was, a quick scan of its Urban Ballroom would have made it clear.

When the white folks arrived, they mistakenly called the place Nootka, and then Friendly Cove. It was actually the village of Yuquot on the far west coast of Vancouver Island.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Dec. 12, 1941. I thought I was through writing articles about women and their woes. I thought women had become people, once and for all; and so could be classified as human beings hereafter.