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Helen Rogak speaks confidently and with patience. The things she says might seem simple and self-evident, but I found after spending an hour talking with her, I took away much that will stay with me.

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If the Scots in the Hotel Grand Pacific ballroom felt threatened having their legendary whiskies upstaged on the world stage last year by a Canadian competitor, they weren鈥檛 showing it.

Local volunteers, including Langford Fire Chief Bob Beckett, are appealing for donations for their upcoming trip to help an orphanage in Haiti.

It can be lonely and dangerous living on the streets. It comes as no surprise that some of the city鈥檚 homeless find comfort and companionship with a pet.

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Maybe it鈥檚 because the Commons, the airy, industrial-chic new venue that arose from Pescatore鈥檚 massive makeover last year, is a more spacious Victoria Film Festival launch party venue than Oyster once was.

When history professor Barry Gough retired to his native Victoria, he ended up surrounded by watery echoes of the Royal Navy鈥檚 first attempt at globalization.