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The Rainbow Kitchen in Esquimalt serves 36,000 meals each year to Victorians who badly need help, but after four years in a makeshift space, the kitchen itself badly needed help. The facilities were crumbling and in some cases even unsafe.

Second helpings weren’t an option for Willie Billie during his years at residential school. It’s just one reason the friendly, outgoing diner said he’s a fan of Our Place Society’s annual Thanksgiving meal event.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Oct. 28, 1939.

A long-standing women’s shelter downtown reopens this weekend after a three-month closure for renovations, and it’s the little things that have staff and clients excited.

Gordy Dodd, owner of Dodd’s Furniture, will again host his annual Thanksgiving Dinner event on Monday at Our Place. This is the furniture store’s 18th Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless and less privileged.

It took more than 70 years, but Victoria resident George Wastle finally received his medal for his involvement in the liberation of France in the Second World War.

Royal visit 2016 in pictures

A new book entitled Fronts of Modernity is the fourth volume published by and about the University of Victoria’s libraries.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Oct. 21, 1939. There is a strange fascination in an old manuscript.

Pacifica Housing will hold an open house today for people interested in renting one of the 108 affordable units at its new Wilson’s Walk building. Wilson’s Walk will provide affordable housing for low-to moderate-income singles and families.