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Vital People: Project aims to aid low-income tenants

Vital People: Project aims to aid low-income tenants

Vulnerable, low-income tenants in the capital region can now receive peer-to-peer support, share common tenancy concerns and bring the power of the collective voice, thanks to the newly founded Tenant Action Group, an initiative of the Together Again

Vital People: A day to celebrate fun and the community

Like most people, I鈥檓 occasionally guilty of not taking advantage of the incredible opportunities offered for recreation, learning and more, right here in our own backyard.
Vital People: Oak Bay volunteer charity marking 40 years

Vital People: Oak Bay volunteer charity marking 40 years

Oak Bay Volunteer Services is marking its 40th anniversary this year with a volunteer-engagement program to expand outreach and attract new volunteers.
Our Community: Your blood can help save lives

Our Community: Your blood can help save lives

As the Labour Day long weekend approaches, the Canadian Blood Services is calling for donors in Victoria to fill more than 550 appointments to rebuild a precarious inventory of blood.
Scent of plastic trash makes fish think it鈥檚 food, new study finds

Scent of plastic trash makes fish think it鈥檚 food, new study finds

If you thought 鈥渆mpty calories鈥 are bad for you, consider this: Plastic is ending up in the bellies of fish and other marine life 鈥 and it might not be an accident.
Robert Amos: Scenes from a (R)evolving whorl(D)

Robert Amos: Scenes from a (R)evolving whorl(D)

Of art traditions on this coast, that of the Coast Salish was subject to more colonial overlay than the more remote groups farther north.
Nellie McClung: There is a story in every household in this country

Nellie McClung: There is a story in every household in this country

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Sept. 20, 1941. I have been at another convention of Canadian authors and listened to talks by writers, critics and university professors.
Our Community: Scholarship honours fallen officer

Our Community: Scholarship honours fallen officer

The Capital Regional District Traffic Safety Commission has awarded its inaugural Const. Sarah Beckett Memorial Scholarship to Tanner Stevenson.
Victoria has great options for public viewing of eclipse

Victoria has great options for public viewing of eclipse

Experts will be at several locations around the region Monday for public viewings of the solar eclipse. The weather is forecast to be clear. At the University of Victoria, a 9-to-11:30 a.m.
Eclipse starts 9:08 a.m., maximum 10:20 a.m.; wear protective glasses

Eclipse starts 9:08 a.m., maximum 10:20 a.m.; wear protective glasses

The solar eclipse moving across North America on Monday will be about 90 per cent complete for Victoria viewers 鈥 enough to see聽the sun reduced to a narrow crescent.