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Our Community: Quilts offer a window to the past

Our Community: Quilts offer a window to the past

Admire quilts, some more than 100 years old, as well as聽30 vintage outfits, at sa国际传媒鈥檚 History in Quilts and Fashion, Tuesday at the Salvation Army Citadel.
Brightening clouds eyed as quick fix for global warming

Brightening clouds eyed as quick fix for global warming

Ever-higher temperatures are melting the ice sheets faster than projected. The sea level is rising. International efforts to reduce greenhouse gases are taking longer than expected.
Around Town: Serving the sanctuary at Swan Lake

Around Town: Serving the sanctuary at Swan Lake

If anyone doubted Kathleen Burton鈥檚 devotion to preserving Swan Lake Christmas Hill Sanctuary, a visit to Saanich鈥檚 urban refuge last Sunday would have set them straight.
Our Community: Great fashions, adorable dogs

Our Community: Great fashions, adorable dogs

Women will, for the first time, walk alongside men and dogs at the Man and His Dog Fashion Show, a fundraiser for the Victoria Humane Society, Thursday at the Atrium.
Nellie McClung: Learning the value of remembrance and citizenship

Nellie McClung: Learning the value of remembrance and citizenship

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Nov. 29, 1941. Hope dies hard on a bright autumn afternoon when you are only 12 years old. Mary Bell Andrews watched the door of the schoolroom with her heart beating in her throat.
HeroWork team gives new look to Victoria's Anawim House

HeroWork team gives new look to Victoria's Anawim House

Three weekends and 325 volunteers gave Anawim House, 973 Caledonia Ave., a new look, as HeroWork crews completed another renovation project.
Around Town: Victoria gets down to business

Around Town: Victoria gets down to business

The rays of sunshine slicing through Wednesday morning鈥檚 cloud cover outside City Hall wasn鈥檛 just a sign that Victoria wasn鈥檛 quite ready to surrender to the region鈥檚 inevitable autumn downpours.
Our Community: Jazz show to benefit Indigenous grads

Our Community: Jazz show to benefit Indigenous grads

Sno鈥檜yutth means 鈥渟preading good energy鈥 in the Lekwungen language spoken by the First Nations peoples of southern Vancouver Island.
Nellie McClung: From 1941 鈥 a buoyant view of resourceful Russia

Nellie McClung: From 1941 鈥 a buoyant view of resourceful Russia

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Nov. 22, 1941. The big surprise of the war has been the Russians and their staying power; 180聽million of them, all patriots, all brave, all determined and not a Quisling among them.
Vital People: Opera brings hope from loss

Vital People: Opera brings hope from loss

A new opera looks to explore the intersection of classical music and Indigenous culture, and advances the role of art in national dialogue and reconciliation Pacific Opera Victoria has collaborated with City Opera Vancouver to create and produce Miss