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Vital People: Let your kind act brighten the day

This Friday, Greater Victoria will be basking in good vibes thanks to one of my favourite events of the year: Random Act of Kindness Day.
Green MLA proposes protection of Indigenous sacred sites

Green MLA proposes protection of Indigenous sacred sites

A Green Party MLA has introduced a private member’s bill aimed at protecting Indigenous sacred sites such as burial grounds and heritage objects.
From coast to coast to coast, a voyage of joy and pain

From coast to coast to coast, a voyage of joy and pain

The vessel reached Victoria on Saturday. Full story here: Ice breaker reaches Victoria, ends coast-to-coast-to-coast voyage around sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Tours of the ship are being offered only on Sunday, Oct. 29, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. There are no tours on Saturday.
Around Town: A day fit for a zombie

Around Town: A day fit for a zombie

It was like an out-take from The Walking Dead on a recent October afternoon downtown, the kind of ghoulish spectacle that in one fell swoop could make Pandora Avenue seem like Elm Street of horror movie fame.
Our Community: Rotarians shed light on polio fight

Our Community: Rotarians shed light on polio fight

Take a moment to mark World Polio Day in Victoria at an End Polio Now awareness event on Tuesday. In 1979, Rotarians in the Philippines took it upon themselves to rid their country of polio.
Robert Amos: Awash in creativity

Robert Amos: Awash in creativity

Heather Midori Yamada dances with paper, colour and brush strokes in an abstract world

Nellie McClung: Lessons from the heart in a fragile civilization

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Nov. 15, 1941. Much has been written about the emotions that rise in the heart of man, when he comes home after travelling in a foreign country.
An artful tribute to Tony Hunt Jr.

An artful tribute to Tony Hunt Jr.

The work of KwaGulth artist and dancer Tony Hunt Jr. attracted collectors from around the globe. His art treasures were part of the exhibition Chiefly Feasts that was shown at the Royal sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Museum and the Burke museum in Seattle.
Challenge for libraries — adapting to the digital age

Challenge for libraries — adapting to the digital age

Unlike the works of William Shakespeare or the mathematical proofs of Albert Einstein, the newest works in literature and science are now usually written and stored on a computer.

Electronic records a new world for archivists

Online access to digitally recorded material is releasing archivists and librarians around the world from their dusty chambers of stored papers. The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½