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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

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鈥檚 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 sa国际传媒 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.