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Four Victorians received the Medal of Bravery from Gov. Gen. David Johnston at a ceremony in Rideau Hall in Ottawa on May 2. The four were among 36 medals of Bravery and one Star of Courage presented that day.

鈥淭here are two ways to judge a painting. One is based on criteria and theories of art. The second is based on the sensation we get before a picture. I paint the second way.鈥� 鈥� Jean McEwen (1923-1999).

It鈥檚 putting it mildly to note most guests at Wednesday night鈥檚 gala dinner celebrating the opening of Royal sa国际传媒 Museum鈥檚 new exhibition were swept up in gold fever, not least Prof. Jack Lohman. 鈥淚t鈥檚 exhilarating.

Everyone from crew members to contractors on the Crown Princess cruise ship moves briskly. After all, the deadline is tight.

Digging into a shell-and-pebble beach flanked by steep slopes of arbutus and other evergreen trees, the first campers to test the region鈥檚 newest national park search for buried treasure.

This excerpt from the second volume of Jan Peterson鈥檚 trilogy on the history of Nanaimo profiles the multicultural face of the city at the turn of the 20th century.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on May 18, 1940.

In this excerpt from Black Diamond City, author Jan Peterson reveals scenes from the earliest days of coal mining in the area, before the massive influx of foreign labour that was to come, when members of the local Snuneymuxw First Nation worked in p

Three First Nations women embarked on their Miyo-wicehtowin (Cree for 鈥渓iving in harmony together鈥�) walk across sa国际传媒 this week to bring awareness to lateral violence in aboriginal communities.

How the sinking of the Lusitania on May 7, 1915, sparked anti-German violence