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Festival a celebration of aboriginal culture

Festival a celebration of aboriginal culture

If a picture is worth a thousand words, there’s a good bet that three days of colourful cultural overload may have gone a long way to initiating dialogue and building bridges between B.C.’s First Nation communities and the rest of the province.
‘I married a sociopathic fraud’

‘I married a sociopathic fraud’

New book explores former CHEK-TV host's life with an unstable con man
Around Town: Getting fired up for Ska Fest

Around Town: Getting fired up for Ska Fest

When the lead singer for Mexico City’s Out of Control Army punctuated the band’s brassy intro with “Are you ready to ska?” at Ship Point Wednesday afternoon, it was a question he really didn’t have to ask.
Robert Amos: Museum artist brings the past to life

Robert Amos: Museum artist brings the past to life

Jean Jacques André came to Victoria from Marseilles, France, where he had trained at the museum of natural history, and worked as a taxidermist.

Nellie McClung: Why can’t we learn to make the truth fight for us?

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on July 19, 1941. It is a pity that good white paper should be blotted with ugly words.
Reef rescuers fight to outrace climate change

Reef rescuers fight to outrace climate change

Using techniques pioneered in the Pacific, researchers aim to regrow dying coral
Wreck to remain in century-old watery grave

Wreck to remain in century-old watery grave

U.S. coast guard cutter McCulloch was recently discovered, 100 years after passenger-ship collision that sank it
Our Community: Olympic cyclist says we need to talk about depression

Our Community: Olympic cyclist says we need to talk about depression

Victoria’s Gillian Carleton, Olympic bronze-medal cyclist, was diagnosed with depression after medalling in the London Olympics in 2012, but believes it has been with her for years.
Children's Health Foundation invests $3.2 million in 55 projects

Children's Health Foundation invests $3.2 million in 55 projects

The Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island has as strong a commitment as ever to young people with disabilities or health issues. In April, foundation officials announced the largest annual investment in its 90-year history — $3.

Together we can stand with Island kids

I remember the first time that I held Jonah in my arms. I looked down at this small and beautiful boy and thought about what a precious gift I’d been given.