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The Coalition of Neighbourhood Houses, an informal network of community centres that span Greater Victoria, is working together on a Neighbourhood Family Food Security program to serve the region.

The Community Engagement Program of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Canada helps individuals diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes come to terms with their disease with support and knowledge. More than 300,000 Canadians live with Type 1 diabetes.

The day after tomorrow, Nov. 29, is Giving Tuesday all across Canada.

Scientists from around the world are looking to the Saanich Inlet for clues about new ocean “dead zones.

UVic scientist finds remote reef rebounding from damaging effects of El Niño warming

Oceanographer Ken Denman sees evidence of the changing North Pacific Ocean all along Vancouver Island’s coast.

Bear Wear, a beloved holiday tradition that sees dozens of cuddly teddy bears dressed up in costumes, kicks off another season Monday at the Hotel Grand Pacific.

Anesthetists at Victoria’s two main hospitals are relying on new equipment to help them insert breathing tubes into patients with complicated airways after a shortage of the devices proved unbearable.

Details about a 28-kilometre walking and biking trail proposed to connect Tofino and Ucluelet with the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve will be discussed in public forums in coming weeks.

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake in New Zealand that killed two people and triggered a small tsunami and massive rock slides should serve as a wakeup call for Vancouver Islanders, say earthquake experts.