Islander

Adam Olsen can feel every inch of tension and ounce of anticipation that is being shared by the two candidates separated by just nine votes in Courtenay-Comox. He’s been there.

It wasn’t so long ago that book publishers and bookstore owners were quailing about the coming of ebooks, like movie-theatre owners at the dawn of the television age. Now they’re taking things more calmly.

Winchester Galleries in Oak Bay has brought the work of five “emerging” artists to our attention. Carollyne Yardley is already well-known locally for her finely painted Squirrealism, in which glossy-eyed rodents sport all manner of costumes.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on May 23, 1941.

Overseas popularity of Pacific species drives research into sustainable harvest

Since the inaugural Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year event was held in 2004, the University of Victoria’s annual gala has become what Sybil Verch described Tuesday as “the business event of the year” in Victoria.

Tim Barnes, president of Vancouver Island Brewery, has just issued a corporate challenge to other community-minded businesses to pitch in and help clean beaches on Vancouver Island. Last week, his company stopped brewing beer for a day.

Raincoast studies helpeds put nails in the coffin of the Northern Gateway pipeline

Environmental and Alaska native groups are suing to maintain a U.S. ban on oil and gas exploration in most of the Arctic Ocean and select areas of the Atlantic after U.S.

A huge crack in an Antarctic ice shelf now has a new second branch, scientists announced this week. Once the crack completely shears off, it will create one of the largest icebergs ever recorded, one that’s larger than the state of Rhode Island.