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Radio DJ legend recalls an amazing career

Radio DJ legend recalls an amazing career

Pioneering sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ disc jockey Red Robinson gives credit to rock ’n’ roll for the social move toward racial equality.
Around Town: Alice Cooper fans keep the faith

Around Town: Alice Cooper fans keep the faith

Halloween is still a week away, but that didn’t stop Alice Cooper fans from getting into the spooky spirit early at the gleefully macabre metal icon’s concert in Colwood last Tuesday. “He’s amazing.
Robert Amos: Memories of a world fading away

Robert Amos: Memories of a world fading away

The landscape paintings of Dorothy Jarvis were hardly what I was expecting at Alcheringa Gallery.

Nellie McClung: Peace will come to a wartorn world, if we will only listen

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Nov. 10, 1939.
Our Community: Sailors share goodwill on Asian mission

Our Community: Sailors share goodwill on Asian mission

About 225 sailors and officers onboard HMCS Vancouver were in Ho Chi Minh City this past week, part of an operation called WESTPLOY 16. Vancouver’s current deployment is partly a goodwill tour of Pacific countries.
Around Town: Home Expo a very timely affair

Around Town: Home Expo a very timely affair

It isn’t something Darcy Hope could have predicted when he began booking exhibitors four months ago, but as it turns out the 2016 Home Expo at Pearkes Community Centre couldn’t have been better timed.
The challenge of adapting to Island RCMP life

The challenge of adapting to Island RCMP life

In 1989, near the end of a long and varied policing career, Ian Parsons arrived on Vancouver Island to assume the post of second in command of the Courtenay RCMP subdivision.
Robert Amos: Art in Calgary, and closer to home

Robert Amos: Art in Calgary, and closer to home

Calgary took me by surprise. There is public art everywhere in the city. The sidewalk beneath my feet was patterned with concrete etched in patterns of fallen leaves, in smooth and pebbled texture.

Nellie McClung: Books provide comfort from rigours of wartime

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Nov. 4, 1939. A library publication stated recently that when a democracy is at war it ceases to be a democracy, for people cease to use the library.
Our Community: Fundraiser aids Habitat for Humanity

Our Community: Fundraiser aids Habitat for Humanity

It’s not too early to call upon your inner baker and start planning for the annual National Gingerbread Showcase at Victoria’s Laurel Point Inn.