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The summer festival community lost a valuable member when organizers of the annual VIC Fest announced its demise in February.

A $6-million bequest from a Courtenay woman took members of the Comox Valley Community Foundation by surprise. 鈥淚t was one of those jaw-dropping, heart-stopping moments,鈥� said Norman Carruthers, the foundation鈥檚 president, on Friday.

The Butterfly Ball, Victoria鈥檚 only father-and-daughter ball, recently raised $44,000 in support of Children鈥檚 Health Foundation of Vancouver Island.

A sold-out crowd of 640 admirers burst into laughter Thursday night when David Foster deadpanned: 鈥淚 feel like I鈥檝e just been to my own funeral.

Judy McLaren is a painter in the classical, realist tradition. Her education at the Ontario College of Art and subsequent training at the Royal Ontario Museum set her on this path.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on June 22, 1940. Last week, I wrote something about the graduation exercises which are taking place all over sa国际传媒, with pomp and circumstance, colour and music, oratory and roses.

New ownership group glad to trade the boardroom for bleachers

The Saanich Fire Fighters Charitable Foundation is hoping to raise $15,000 for local families from people attending its Rock & Roll for Little Souls, the largest invitational car show on Vancouver Island, May聽29 to 31.

March 22, 2006, was the undisputed worst day in sa国际传媒 Ferries history: That was the day Queen of the North ran aground 70 nautical miles south of Prince Rupert and sank. Two of the 101 passengers were never found and have been presumed drowned.

New Perspectives on the Gold Rush Edited by Kathryn Bridge Royal British Columbia Museum, 190 pp., $24.