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Pearkes Arena, one of six participating community centres across Western sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, will transform itself into an exhibition for young people, 12 to 18, this Saturday. The festival, TeenFest sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, is an expo for youth.

Geoff Sing was only half-joking when he said the Cridge Centre for the Family was getting into the restaurant business.

Mark your calendars, Victoria. Friday, Nov. 4 is the second annual Random Act of Kindness Day in the region.

If audiences were to rely solely on Hollywood for a comprehensive depiction of Jewish culture, history and religion, they would see and hear a mere fraction of the stories that deserve to be told.

The season is over on the causeway, Victoria’s front window to the world.

As most Royal sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Museum visitors know, a lot has changed since a citizens’ petition inspired its creation in 1886.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Nov. 18, 1939. How real is the war to you? This was the innocent question that broke the stillness of a drowsy afternoon and produced a dramatic moment that I will not soon forget.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ columnist recounts the genesis of his first book of humour and human interest

Aqua Vitae: A History of the Saloons and Hotel Bars of Victoria, 1851-1917 By Glen A. Mofford Touchwood, 269 pp., $19.95 Watering holes have been a vital part of Victoria’s history for more than a century and a half.

Bucolic Salt Spring Island boasts a lot of sheep, artisans, well-aged hippies and world-class waterfront.