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Travels with Pamela Anderson's aunt

The box delivered to Vie Zapshala's Saanich townhome a few weeks ago was "big enough for a fridge" but held something smaller and more precious. Inside was a custom-made hat sent by Royal milliner Philip Treacy to the 85-year-old.

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Food, glorious food

Let's toast the saintly souls dedicated to bringing food industry secrets to the fore, from Consumer Reports magazine -- which tested a sampling of packaged salads for its March issue, only to find in some "rather high levels" of fecal contamination -- to a pair of horror films disguised as food documentaries that were feted last week with well-deserved Oscar nominations.

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Defendor best feature film at Victoria Film Festival

A Canadian-made drama starring Woody Harrelson as a delusional construction worker who moonlights as a self-appointed superhero took top honours Sunday night as the closing credits rolled on the 2010 Victoria Film Festival.


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That's a wrap: A feast of film and fun

With the End of Festival bash at Fiamo just hours away, here's a quick review of notes and quotes from the 2010 edition.


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Food, glorious food

Let's toast the saintly souls dedicated to bringing food industry secrets to the fore, from Consumer Reports magazine -- which tested a sampling of packaged salads for its March issue, only to find in some "rather high levels" of fecal contamination -- to a pair of horror films disguised as food documentari

 

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Juno wants a Victoria welcome

A team bent on bringing the Juno Awards to Victoria believes the annual awards show and celebration could be on local soil -- for the first time -- as early as 2013.

 
 
 

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Everything you were afraid to read about Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day approaches. And already, you're thinking, "Hey, what sort of new, romantic-type book can I get my special Valentine?"

 
 
 
 
 
 
Victoria Arts Featured Columnists
 

Robert Amos

Robert Amos writes about visual arts. A full-time professional artist, Amos was born in Belleville, Ont., and is a graduate of York University in Toronto.

 
 
 
 

Kevin Bazzana

Kevin Bazzana holds a PhD in music history from the University of California at Berkeley and a master's degree in musicology and performance practice from Stanford University. He has taught and written about classical music for 20 years and is an international expert on Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.

 
 
 
 

Adrian Chamberlain

Adrian Chamberlain writes about arts, entertainment and books. He has won three B.C. Newspaper Awards for arts writing and plays keyboards for a band In his spare time.

 
 
 
 

Mike Devlin

Mike Devlin writes about music and popular culture. He previously worked in radio after graduating from Camosun College's Applied Communication Program in broadcasting.

 
 
 
 

Michael D. Reid

Michael D. Reid writes about film and the entertainment industry. Raised in Montreal, Reid has written for a variety of publications over the years and early on was active in musical theatre.

 

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Go! Events

Convention celebrates gaming

Computer gaming enthusiasts from all over Vancouver Island will be able to see what's new, meet game developers and match wits with other gamers at the GottaCom 2010 gaming convention held this weekend. Once doors open tomorrow, gamers can spend up to 50 hours playing non-stop on a variety of action games o

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Dilbert

Office humour that hits a little too close to home.

 
 

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Solitaire

Our very own online version of an all-time favourite card game.