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How a coast guard ship gets made

How a coast guard ship gets made

Vessels under construction in North Vancouver will do trials off Victoria
Around Town: A floral sense of design

Around Town: A floral sense of design

Fleurs de Villes co-founders Tina Barkley and Karen Marshall didn’t have to think twice when deciding where to launch this year’s expanded edition of their unique fashion-design and fresh-florals event.
Robert Amos: Two artists, two visions, one collaboration

Robert Amos: Two artists, two visions, one collaboration

Over the past few years, Mary-ellen Threadkell and Nancy Slaght have been meeting on Monday afternoons, and now present their first show together.

Nellie McClung: Food today might win the war tomorrow

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on March 15, 1941.
Our Community: Socks make a difference for street people

Our Community: Socks make a difference for street people

For the third year in a row, local elementary schools will engage in mock sock battles as a way to win the real war of keeping the region’s street-entrenched and impoverished community warm and healthy. Fairfield United Church minister Rev.
Around Town: Celebrating creativity in B.C.

Around Town: Celebrating creativity in B.C.

After hearing Peter Fassbender sing a few bars from Roy Orbison’s Oh, Pretty Woman at Creative B.C.’s private Union Club function last Monday night, one diplomat suggested maybe he shouldn’t give up his day job.
Tsunami pod can save lives — at a price

Tsunami pod can save lives — at a price

OCEAN PARK, Washington — When Jeanne Johnson lived in New Orleans, she figured out how to weather hurricanes. When the family moved to Kansas City, she taught her kids to take cover from tornadoes.

Ideafest 2017 schedule

Monday, March 6 T’Sou-ke solar: Indigenous leadership in building a more sustainable future Exhibit/presentation Clearihue Building (CLE) 302 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Ideafest: Uncovering archives in your own attic

Ideafest: Uncovering archives in your own attic

When Victoria descendants of the Sylvester family looked through family mementoes and pictures, there was always a sense they were too important to just toss away.
Ideafest: Analyzing disruption in the political world

Ideafest: Analyzing disruption in the political world

U.S. President Donald Trump is neither a fascist nor Adolf Hitler, but the United States has conditions that are similar to 1930s Germany, say University of Victoria historians.