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Nellie McClung: When democracy is at stake, it’s time to mend the fences

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Feb. 11, 1941. The Rowell-Sirois Report in 1940 recommended significant changes in the financial relationship between the federal and provincial governments.
Makeover at West Bay, in ‘gem of a location’

Makeover at West Bay, in ‘gem of a location’

Residents in the West Bay area of Esquimalt have been waiting a long time for a development to coalesce around the “gem of a location,” and community association president Carole Witter sounds confident it’s on the way.
Robert Amos: A lifetime of visionary totem-pole art

Robert Amos: A lifetime of visionary totem-pole art

Ellen Neel is an important name in the history of First Nations art. Born in 1916 at Alert Bay, Neel was the granddaughter of esteemed Kwakwaka’wakw carver Yakuglas/Charlie James, with whom she trained.
Around Town: Film festival’s opening night

Around Town: Film festival’s opening night

Although the first day of spring is still six weeks away, that didn’t stop cinephiles from prematurely getting into the spirit of the season during Victoria Film Festival’s opening gala Friday night.

Nellie McClung: Families have strange ways, but sometimes it all works out

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Feb. 1, 1941 When S. Jackson Mills found out that his wife had agreed to take a refugee child, without even asking him, his reaction was distinctly unpleasant.
Our History: British sea power helped build the Island

Our History: British sea power helped build the Island

In this classic history of the British naval station at Esquimalt, Barry Gough inventories the remarkable fleet of warships that once frequented our local waters and presents a strong argument for the importance of sea power in the formation of Briti
Our Community: New trees take root in James Bay

Our Community: New trees take root in James Bay

The oldest residential neighbourhood in Victoria just welcomed its newest additions with the planting of three community apple trees near the Ernest Todd Playground in James Bay on Wednesday.
Shark attacks plummet after breaking records

Shark attacks plummet after breaking records

2016 numbers revert to average levels: study
Endangered seal population on the rise, U.S. report finds

Endangered seal population on the rise, U.S. report finds

HONOLULU — The population of Hawaiian monk seals — one of the world’s most critically endangered marine mammals — has been increasing three per cent a year for the past three years, U.S. wildlife officials say.
New beginning for Dockside Green project in Vic West

New beginning for Dockside Green project in Vic West

Stalled for six years and subject to rumour and speculation ever since, Dockside Green got new life and a sense of certainty on Thursday night when Victoria city council voted to approve rezoning for the 15-acre site.