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Robert Amos: A full palette of Canadiana

Robert Amos: A full palette of Canadiana

Historic Canadian Art at Madrona Gallery, 606 View St., 250-380-4660, madronagallery.com , until March 28. Probably the most expensive painting ever shown at Victoria’s Madrona Gallery is a 1966 canvas by the late E.J. Hughes of Duncan.

Nellie McClung: World-menders and the war of the Little Houses

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on March 22, 1941. A namesake of mine wrote me a letter that has just come, and I am going to quote one paragraph from it.
Coast guard ships under construction

Coast guard ships under construction

An inside look at the building of three new coast guard vessels destined for fisheries research
How a coast guard ship gets made

How a coast guard ship gets made

Vessels under construction in North Vancouver will do trials off Victoria
Around Town: A floral sense of design

Around Town: A floral sense of design

Fleurs de Villes co-founders Tina Barkley and Karen Marshall didn’t have to think twice when deciding where to launch this year’s expanded edition of their unique fashion-design and fresh-florals event.
Robert Amos: Two artists, two visions, one collaboration

Robert Amos: Two artists, two visions, one collaboration

Over the past few years, Mary-ellen Threadkell and Nancy Slaght have been meeting on Monday afternoons, and now present their first show together.

Nellie McClung: Food today might win the war tomorrow

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on March 15, 1941.
Our Community: Socks make a difference for street people

Our Community: Socks make a difference for street people

For the third year in a row, local elementary schools will engage in mock sock battles as a way to win the real war of keeping the region’s street-entrenched and impoverished community warm and healthy. Fairfield United Church minister Rev.
Around Town: Celebrating creativity in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Around Town: Celebrating creativity in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

After hearing Peter Fassbender sing a few bars from Roy Orbison’s Oh, Pretty Woman at Creative sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s private Union Club function last Monday night, one diplomat suggested maybe he shouldn’t give up his day job.
Tsunami pod can save lives — at a price

Tsunami pod can save lives — at a price

OCEAN PARK, Washington — When Jeanne Johnson lived in New Orleans, she figured out how to weather hurricanes. When the family moved to Kansas City, she taught her kids to take cover from tornadoes.