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Clearnup in Aisle Eww: Helping hoarders

If there’s one thing Claude Bartholomew has learned after years of providing cleanup services for hoarders, it’s the importance of discretion.
Away from the raging hoard(ers)

Away from the raging hoard(ers)

A new project aims to help those who can't help themselves when it comes to collecting possessions
Our Community: Endowment honours TLC volunteer

Our Community: Endowment honours TLC volunteer

The Land Conservancy of British Columbia has created a $100,000 endowment fund in honour of a longtime volunteer.
Robert Amos: Reawakening First Nation memories

Robert Amos: Reawakening First Nation memories

Contemporary art by First Nations artists is the most important subject area in Canadian art. The three artists included in this show at Open Space — lessLIE, Sonny Assu and Marianne Nicolson — are young, talented and highly regarded nationally.

Nellie McClung: Refusing to promote alcohol just a matter of backbone

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on April 5, 1941.
Around Town: Maestra was feeling the love at glitzy gala

Around Town: Maestra was feeling the love at glitzy gala

Tania Miller feted at fundraiser for Pacific Opera Victoria and Victoria Symphony
Around Town: Blue Bridge Theatre celebrates 9th season, and survival

Around Town: Blue Bridge Theatre celebrates 9th season, and survival

When springtime arrives in Victoria, thoughts of sunshine, cherry blossoms and the tweeting of birds instead of Twitter addicts often spring to mind.
Where have all the treasures gone?

Where have all the treasures gone?

European settlers raided the cultural riches of First Nations for decades. Students in a University of Victoria course are trying to find them.
Our Community: A souper event for Victoria’s youth

Our Community: A souper event for Victoria’s youth

Get a bowl of soup with a healthy slice of compassion at Souper Bowls of Hope, an annual lunchtime fundraising event with soup and entertainment for the Victoria Youth Empowerment Society, April 6 at the Victoria Conference Centre.
Vital People: How does being Canadian feel?

Vital People: How does being Canadian feel?

The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria has embarked on the I’ve Not Always Been Canadian project, a series of community storytelling forums to discover what it took for immigrants to feel as if they belonged — to be Canadian.