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Plenty of pot, but where’s it from?

Plenty of pot, but where’s it from?

Growth of dispensaries in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ increased demand; where supplies come from unclear
‘Craft cannabis’ growers fight for legal role

‘Craft cannabis’ growers fight for legal role

Advocates say sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ jobs, tourism at stake as pot sales go mainstream
Edible pot products complicate a confusing marketplace

Edible pot products complicate a confusing marketplace

It’s easy to feel like a kid in a candy store at some of Victoria’s marijuana dispensaries. And that’s exactly what worries provincial and regional health authorities.
Around Town: Un dîner en blanc merveilleux

Around Town: Un dîner en blanc merveilleux

They came wearing white kilts, top hats, Nehru jackets, Venetian masks, low-cut minidresses and wedding gowns, ready to party with style at a posh pop-up picnic.
Robert Amos: When dressmaking met metallurgy

Robert Amos: When dressmaking met metallurgy

Abkhazi Garden is an extraordinary combination of plants and landscape at the border of Oak Bay and Fairfield.

Nellie McClung: Gardens are meant to be enjoyed

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on July 15, 1939. I visited a beautiful garden one day this week, and saw beauty face to face. Everything in the garden was tidy, selected, disciplined. Not a loose leaf, not a spent blossom.
Camp Barnard’s dining-hall reno allows year-round use

Camp Barnard’s dining-hall reno allows year-round use

A renovation at Scouts sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s Camp Barnard signals a period of renewal and change for the venerable facility. Camp Barnard, just west of Sooke, is a 101-hectare camp used year-round by Scouts and a variety of youth and adult organizations.

Vital People: Secrets to good ‘granting’

Non-profit and charity organizations get a significant amount of their funding from grants, but how do they learn to write a good grant proposal? What do funders want? Are there secrets to a successful pitch? With these questions in mind, the Greater
Vital People: Program grows organic farms

Vital People: Program grows organic farms

An internship program to teach new farmers how to grow pure food has taken root at Haliburton Community Organic Farm, near Elk Lake.
Our Community: Superbug solution a winner

Our Community: Superbug solution a winner

A Grade 7 Victoria student has won an award at the 2016 Vancouver Island Regional Science Fair for coming up with what could be an effective disinfectant for a dangerous hospital superbug.