The week in photos: Aug. 23 to Aug. 29

 

A collection of some of the most memorable photos from Times Colonist photographers

 
August 29, 2010
 
 
 
Sunday: Batsman Jeremy Cordle hits the ball during a cricket match between Carico and Victoria United at the Beacon Hill Park pitch.
 

Sunday: Batsman Jeremy Cordle hits the ball during a cricket match between Carico and Victoria United at the Beacon Hill Park pitch.

Photograph by: Adrian Lam, Times Colonist

 
Sunday: Batsman Jeremy Cordle hits the ball during a cricket match between Carico and Victoria United at the Beacon Hill Park pitch.
Sunday: Rear Admiral Nigel Greenwood (R) talks to the crowd as the Motorcycle Ride For Dad celebrates the end of its cross-Canada Tour at CFB Esquimalt in Victoria, B.C. August 29, 2010. The Tour has travelled across the country to raise funds and awareness for two causes that affect each and every Canadian - the Military Families Fund and the fight against prostate cancer.
Sunday: Scott Day has a moment with his daughters Kaylee, 10 and Briana, 13 (R), as the Motorcycle Ride For Dad celebrates the end of its cross-Canada Tour at CFB Esquimalt in Victoria, B.C. August 29, 2010.
Saturday: Thousands attended Western Speedway show featuring the Big Rig trucks. Here from Airdrie Alberta, Bobby Fowler produces alot of smoke with his international in the time trials.
Saturday: Construction work continues at the Royal Jubilee Hospital's new Patient Care Centre here in the atritum which is the main entrance and will have retail and sitting areas.
Saturday: Construction continues at the collaboration center on 3 north which will be the new nursing station at Royal Jubilee Hospital's new Patient Care Centre.
Saturday: Victoria Rebels receiver Vincenzo Cannata hangs on to the ball as he hits the turf with Chilliwack Huskers defender Mitch Bessette in second-quarter action at Bear Mountain Stadium.
Saturday: Left Chilliwack Huskers player Jason Dumas goes for the ball against Victoria Rebels player Beau Barthel in 2nd quarter action at Bear Mountain stadium.
Saturday: Steve Fonyo marries Lisa Greenwood on Fonyo Beach, where he completed his run across Canada to raise millions for cancer research in 1985. Here, the couple poses for photos at Mile O.
Saturday: Steve Fonyo marries Lisa Greenwood on Fonyo Beach, where he completed his run across Canada to raise millions for cancer research in 1985.
Saturday: Steve Fonyo marries Lisa Greenwood on Fonyo Beach, where he completed his run across Canada to raise millions for cancer research in 1985. Here, the couple is showered with rice.
Saturday: Yanomi (A Day in the Life of Miss Hiccup) and John Trelfall have a moment during the annual FringeKids Fest in Market Square in Victoria, B.C. August 28, 2010
Saturday: Ava Wood, 4, paints during the annual FringeKids Fest in Market Square in Victoria, B.C. August 28, 2010.
Saturday: Ashley Kazenbroot hoola-hoops during the Lower Johnson Street Festival.
Saturday: Traffic congestion at the corner of Store and Johnson streets during the Lower Johnson Street Festival.
Saturday: Victoria firefighter Murray Chunyk falls into the water of the dunk tank at the Lower Johnson Street Festival.
Friday: Heather Joesbury of Victoria says her sister Andrea Joesbury — a victim of serial murderer Willie Pickton — "would have been alive today, but (the police) didn't care." She was reacting to a damning police report indicating that the killer could have been caught sooner.
Friday: Victoria Eagles pitcher Nicholas Pivetta, left, coach Gautam Srivastava, pitcher Colton Lindsay and infielder Daniel Peakman are shown at Lambrick Park. Pivetta and Peakman have been invited to Baseball Canada's instructional league camp in Florida.
Thursday: Lasha Reid threw a pie at Erik Johson, 22, as fellow bikers left Jordan Landolt, 23, and Edward Vaughan, 23, looked on at the Sidney Market. Money was being raised to help send the men on a bike ride to Louisiana to raise awareness of the oil spill
Thursday: Glenn Viberg is flanked by his sons, Brett, left, and Jason inside their boot factory on Herald Street. Viberg Boot has developed a line for the Asian fashion industry and is also supplying footwear to Europe and the U.S., despite the slow recovery from the recession.
Thursday: Goaltender Matt Ginn came all the way from Ontario for a chance to shine with the Victoria Grizzlies. The payoff could be a U.S. college scholarship.
Thursday: A kite surfer cuts through the water of the Juan de Fuca Strait.
Thursday: Michele Maillet plays fetch with her German shepherd, Rocket, in the wind at Ogden Point.
Wednesday: Mike Wilson, left, helps golfer Lyle Railton at a golf school at the Bear Mountain Golf and Country Club in Victoria, B.C.
Tuesday: Mount Baker looms above Cattle Point in Victoria, B.C. August 24, 2010.
Tuesday: Artist Jeff King with model Sugar the Singer doing some body painting. They were at the Fringe Festival Block party held at Centennial Square.
Tuesday: Saanich firefighter Bart Taylor extinguishes a brush fire at the corner of West Saanich and Ruston Roads in Victoria, B.C. August 24, 2010.
Monday: Ray and Margaret Bryant travelled to Mexico so that Margaret, who has battled multiple sclerosis for 53 years, could get the controversial "liberation" procedure that some — including the Bryants — are touting as an effective treatment. B.C. says it will not commit funding for the procedure until clinical trials conclude.
 
 
 
 
 

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