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50 Years At The University Of Victoria

The University of Victoria has come a long way from its roots, when Victoria College and the Victoria Provincial Normal School came together to form an autonomous institution in 1963.

Old and new coexist in modern-day Bhutan

Nestled between the high Tibetan plateau and the northeast plains of India, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is thought by many to be somewhere between Shangri-La and Brigadoon.

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Jim Hume > C8
Coming year to celebrate UVic's first 50

Coming year to celebrate UVic's first 50

University of Victoria history will repeat itself from on high Friday. It happens from 2 to 4 p.m. with a concert on the roof of the Student Union Building, one of the first events of the UVic 50th Anniversary Festival.

Sleep training won't harm babies, study finds

Nearly every parent knows that gripping, awful feeling of a baby screeching when put to bed - and the ensuing anxiety over whether to pick up the baby or tough it out and let the baby cry.

Pacifiers worse for boys

Soothers may stunt emotional growth: study

THINGS TO DO

Oak Bay Bike Festival, today at Willows Beach Park: Six-kilometre community ride with Gillian Carleton, 10-11: 30 a.m.; safety checks and displays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; bike rodeo with Oak Bay Police, 11: 30-2 p.m. See recreation.oakbaybc.

Adapting to school-yard play takes time

Last week, we had a question about a sixyear-old boy who has difficulty playing in groups on the playground.

ARTS

Wes Borg and his extremely classy show >D5

Skincancer type common

Dear Dr. Donohue: I have just been diagnosed with a second basal cell cancer on my forehead. I haven't seen this discussed in your column. I wonder if you will tell me about basal cell cancers.