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New airway scopes a lifesaver at Victoria hospitals

New airway scopes a lifesaver at Victoria hospitals

Anesthetists at Victoria鈥檚 two main hospitals are relying on new equipment to help them insert breathing tubes into patients with complicated airways after a shortage of the devices proved unbearable.
$17.7 million park trail would connect Ucluelet and Tofino

$17.7 million park trail would connect Ucluelet and Tofino

Details about a 28-kilometre walking and biking trail proposed to connect Tofino and Ucluelet with the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve will be discussed in public forums in coming weeks.
New Zealand quake a warning to Islanders

New Zealand quake a warning to Islanders

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake in New Zealand that killed two people and triggered a small tsunami and massive rock slides should serve as a wakeup call for Vancouver Islanders, say earthquake experts.
HMCS Vancouver in right place at right time to help victims

HMCS Vancouver in right place at right time to help victims

One of the surprises for evacuees following New Zealand鈥檚 earthquake might have been the Canadian accents and the uniforms of sailors helping out.
Around Town: Philanthropy is its own reward

Around Town: Philanthropy is its own reward

sa国际传媒 columnist Jack Knox has earned his share of accolades, but being called a newspaper executive鈥檚 鈥渕an candy鈥 has to be a first.
Robert Amos: Artist鈥檚 journey from China to the Island

Robert Amos: Artist鈥檚 journey from China to the Island

Recently, I interviewed Brian Travers-Smith, a legendary watercolour painter in the 1960s and 1970s, who abruptly stopped painting in 1983.

Nellie McClung: It鈥檚 fun to belong to something even bigger than yourself

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Dec. 9, 1939. Are you having any fun? This is the question the radio is asking all its listeners today.
Our Community: Free trade and a global vision

Our Community: Free trade and a global vision

Learn more about how a former University of Victoria student鈥檚 trip to Peru more than 10 years ago has changed both her life and the lives of a whole community of indigenous Quechua at a fundraising gala Friday at the Empress Hotel.
Cook a climate-change pioneer

Cook a climate-change pioneer

18th-century explorer鈥檚 meticulous records prove Arctic sea ice is in serious retreat
Famed Malahat resort returns in glorious style

Famed Malahat resort returns in glorious style

When the Aerie Resort was shuttered in the winter of 2009, a sa国际传媒 editorial lamented the loss of the fabled mountaintop resort, saying that it had helped put Vancouver Island on the world tourism map.