Greater Victoria Photos: Feb. 6-12, 2012

 

The past week as seen by Times Colonist photographers

 
February 12, 2012
 
 
 
Sunday: Alert Bay drummer Joani Glendale performs during Victoria’s fourth annual Stolen Sisters memorial march for missing and murdered indigenous women.
 

Sunday: Alert Bay drummer Joani Glendale performs during Victoria’s fourth annual Stolen Sisters memorial march for missing and murdered indigenous women.

Photograph by: Adrian Lam, timescolonist.com

 
Sunday: Alert Bay drummer Joani Glendale performs during Victoria’s fourth annual Stolen Sisters memorial march for missing and murdered indigenous women.
Sunday: The fourth annual Stolen Sisters memorial march for missing and murdered indigenous women unfolds in downtown Victoria.
Sunday: Amanda Joseph takes part in Victoria’s fourth annual Stolen Sisters memorial march for missing and murdered indigenous women.
Sunday: Cindy Simpson, left, mother of Ariana Simpson, and Sinead Charbonneau reflect during a ceremony at the corner of Quadra Street and Pandora Avenue. Ariana, 20, was killed on Feb. 12, 2009, when she was pushed under a bus nearby. The ceremony was held as part of the fourth annual Stolen Sisters memorial march for missing and murdered indigenous women.
Saturday: Kristen Hager, Emillie Ullerup, Shawn Roberts, director Casey Walker, Kritsopher Turner and Crystal Lowe pose on their way into the world premiere of A Little Bit Zombie at the Odeon theatre. (Feb. 2012)
Saturday: Manager Bruno Rocca opens glass doors at the University of Victoria Welcome Centre, which has already helped 2,400 people. (Feb. 2012)
Saturday: Lead singer Jacob Hoggard of the band Hedley performs at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. (Feb. 2012)
Saturday: Lead singer Jacob Hoggard of the band Hedley performs at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. (Feb. 2012)
Saturday: The Monaco building at 1401 Government St. is one of several downtown heritage buildings that have included rooftop additions. (Feb. 2012)
Saturday: Dancer Amanda Gray prepares backstage for Canadian Pacific Ballet's rehearsal of Harlequin's Piano at the McPherson Playhouse. (Feb. 2012)
Saturday: Camosun Chargers' Hilary Graham, left, spikes the ball toward Fraser Valley Cascades' Kayla Bruce during their PACWEST women's volleyball game.
Saturday: The finger-less hands and well worn wheel of Zak Madell's chair in action during the Canadian wheelchair rugby's Red-Black intrasquad game at Camosun Interurban campus.
Saturday: Zak Madell, right, tries to fend off Trevor Hirchfield during Canadian wheelchair rugby's Red-Black intrasquad game.
Saturday: Camosun Chargers' Kelsey Johnson celebrates a point against the Fraser Valley Cascades during their PACWEST women's volleyball game.
Saturday: Tim Choate was so impressed by the graffiti the spotted on Douglas Street Saturday that he just had to get a photo. (Feb. 2012)
Friday: Actor and animal rights activits Linda Blair visited the B.C. SPCA's Victoria shelter Friday before greeting fans at the Victoria Film Festival's screening of the The Exorcist. The shelter's three-legged mascot, Elmer, a 10-month-old bull mastiff, couldn't help drooling over the film star.
Friday: Animal activist Linda Blair at the SPCA in Victoria.
Friday: 4Refuel territory manager Jeff Lumley prepares to fill buses at Wilson's Transportation in Saanich.
Friday: Greg Parish uses a robotic machine to assemble specialized pedals for the bike industry in the company's Sidney shop.
Friday: Tessa Charlesworth, 17, of Esquimalt High School, is one of only 30 recipients of the Loran Award, Canada's top scholarship for high school students.
Friday: Cmdr. Scott Van Will, commanding officer of HMCS Ottawa, on board the vessel.
Friday: Lochside Elementary School kindergarten students, from left: Abbie Mellings, Robyn Graham, Kinan Colgate and Devin Virk with valentines they made for their Valentine Friendship Mailboxes. (Feb. 2012)
Friday: Artist Steve Milroy with his mural, Victoria, on Gordon Street. The mural, commissioned by the Downtown Victoria Business Association, is the first of several to be unveiled as part of Victoria's 150th anniversary celebrations.
Friday: Members of new Victoria dance company Broken Rhythms rehearse their first piece, "Spark," which debuted Saturday as part of the YOU Show at Intrepid Theatre. Creator Dyana Sonik-Henderson calls the style "rhythmical contemporary."
Thursday: When your bass guitar just has to go outside, take it for a walk downdouglas Street in Victoria as this man did. (Feb. 2012)
Thursday: Karen Hoshal's great-grandfather was an early black pioneer who came to Victoria in the 1850s. The photo shows her great-grandparents Charles and Nancy Alexander on their 60th anniversary in 1909.
Thursday: U.S. Coast Guard Wahoo crew members, posing as RCMP officers, line up against patrol craft training vessel Renard, which was posing as a smuggling ship during a training drill.
Thursday: Former cook Beric Ofori, who says he left the Wharfside Seafood Grille in December with $3,000 in wages owed to him, has organized an "occupation" with other former staff for Feb. 13. "The government should take action," he said.
Thursday: The crew of HMCS Saskatoon takes part in a 12-day training exercise, Pacific Guardian, five nautical miles off the Saanich Peninsula.
Thursday: Former resident Bonnie Frederick cleans the living area of a room at Queens Manor, undergoing a $1.5-million renovation project.
Wednesday: A beautiful rainbow hovers over Victoria on a gorgeous afternoon. (Feb. 2012)
Wednesday: Seaspan cranes remove logs from the cargo ship Dry Beam, moored at Ogden Point after losing part of its load of logs when hit by high waves. (Feb. 2012)
Wednesday: Shaw Communications CEO Brad Shaw addresses a Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
Wednesday: Tania Bonfield shops at the Market on Millstream.
Wednesday: Demonstrators gather near the B.C. legislature Wednesday to protest against China's subjugation of the country.
Tuesday: Stefano Tricanico takes a break on the outer wall of Ogden Point. (Feb. 2012)
Tuesday: Kai McLatchie, one, and mom Tanna take in the nice weather with a walk along Ogden Point. (Feb. 2012)
Tuesday: A pilot boat passes a man walking along the Ogden Point breakwater.
Tuesday: A scene during Western Hockey league action between the Victoria Royals and Everett Silvertips at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The Royals' Zane Jones (right) puts a wrap-around shot on Silvertips goalie Kent Simpson as Everett's Ryan Murray arrives to help out Simpson.
Tuesday: Sunlight shines through the trees in Beacon Hill Park. (Feb. 2012)
 
 
 
 
 

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