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Merry Maids and their customers have cleaned up nearly 1,000 jars of peanut butter to help the Mustard Seed food bank feed hungry families.

Artist Arthur Vickers recently created a suite of two chairs and a box for use in the convocation ceremonies at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo, a project commissioned by Coast Capital Savings.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on July 16, 1938. It is hard to keep from learning in the country. Knowledge drops from the sky, travels on the breeze and even lurks in fence corners, ready to spring upon us.

Harley Davidson motorcycles, 40 scientists and the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Cancer Agency have combined in Victoria for some of the world’s most advanced medical research. The scientists are medical researchers at the Trev and Joyce Deeley Research Centre at the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

For Chris Currie, this year’s golf-a-thon to raise money for ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, hits very close to home. Currie’s father, Leonard, died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis last June at 72.

While many events of the First World War are celebrated, others are recalled with discomfort.

Orange Is the New Black isn’t just a hot Netflix series, as Fort Tectoria newcomers discovered during Geek: Into the Pixel.

A divided Nanaimo council is in the midst of a will-they-or-won’t-they decision on whether to give a developer from China extra time to build a $50-million downtown hotel. A negative decision could kill the already delayed project.

In the realm of King Kong-sized boxed sets, it isn’t the biggest in history — that honour belongs to behemoths such as the 142-disc collection feting classical pianist Arthur Rubinstein.

Last month’s World Partnership Walk attracted about 1,500 participants and supporters, raising more than $120,000 for programs supported by the Aga Khan Foundation sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.