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There were robots and rockets and a talking glove, oh my! It wasn’t just super-cool technological crowd-pleasers like these that made Discover Tectoria, the high-tech showcase that packed them into Crystal Garden on Friday, such a blast.

The Saanich Peninsula club of the Canadian Federation of University Women has decided to forgo its annual book sale in favour of a speaker series entitled Totally Inspiring Careers Talks, set to begin April 6 at Oak Bay High School.

Kristy Brugman brings creativity to the elders of our community, and creates bridges between seniors and young people. She is working on the Remembering Our sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ project, part of organizer Trudy Pauluth-Penner’s Embracing Aging Arts Festival.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Feb. 22, 1941. Sometimes we forget we have a thin spot in our form of government. Sometimes in our exaltation we even persuade ourselves that we have permanently mended it.

Five days every week, up to 140 guests turn up at the Rainbow Kitchen at 9 a.m. to grab a coffee and greet old friends. Later, they share a nutritious and tasty hot lunch in a safe, non-judgmental and welcoming place.

New immigrants and refugees who possess a strong entrepreneurial spirit can now learn the basics of starting a business in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ at an Immigrant and Refugee Entrepreneur Training Workshop, hosted by the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society.

The Victoria Foundation is honoured, thanks to a collaboration with Community Foundations of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and the Government of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, to be showcasing projects supported by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s 150th grants, awarded to local organizations marking this momentous mile

Historic documents changed the lives of First Nations forever on Vancouver Island

The British government established its presence on Vancouver Island in 1849 by granting it to the Hudson’s Bay Company to promote colonization. One requirement of colonization was extinguishing any indigenous interest in the land.

The symposium First Nations, Land and James Douglas: Indigenous and Treaty Rights in the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1849-1864, is being held at the Songhees Wellness Centre in Esquimalt.