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The Island Sexual Health Society is a non-profit agency that has served the Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands communities since 1969. ISHS was formerly a part of Planned Parenthood and became an independent society in 1986.

Victoria's birthday party

Community gathers to celebrate her 150 milestone

Strips of zucchini look like pasta

If your garden is overrun by zucchini, here's a quick way to use the abundant crop. Turn the summer squash into no-cook "pasta noodles." Simply use a vegetable peeler to make strips. Makes: 4 servings.

Monitor: Island's medal count tops Norway's, but who's counting?

In Britain's near pitchperfect execution to the halfway point of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, the background soundtrack has been provided by the Chariots of Fire theme that accompanies the medal presentations. Stirring stuff.

How to cook corn on your barbecue

Dear Eric: Could you tell me how to cook corn on the barbecue? I'm curious to try it. Jan Dear Jan: Corn on the cob is a treat in summer, especially when purchased from a local farm that harvested it that day.

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Detailed Island history a rewarding look at our past

Vancouver Island in the Empire By J.F. Bosher Llumina, 543 pages, $37.95 A couple of years ago, one of the most comprehensive books ever written about the early years of Vancouver Island arrived with a thud. At 839 pages, J.F.

Single mom's gift of life sets off chain reaction

Kidney donor helps change lives for strangers hundreds of miles away

Things to do

Ex-sa国际传媒 Forest Service Vessel Squadron Rendezvous, daily to Monday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Ship Point, Inner Harbour, with 11 vessels attending from various home ports in sa国际传媒 andWashington state. bcfs100.ca/bscripts/index.

More U.S. women opt for IUDs: study

A growing number of U.S. women appear to be opting for intrauterine devices (IUDs) as their birth control method, with the number more than doubling in just two years in one study.