Islander

One of the surprises for evacuees following New Zealand’s earthquake might have been the Canadian accents and the uniforms of sailors helping out.

Times Colonist columnist Jack Knox has earned his share of accolades, but being called a newspaper executive’s “man candy” has to be a first.

Recently, I interviewed Brian Travers-Smith, a legendary watercolour painter in the 1960s and 1970s, who abruptly stopped painting in 1983.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Dec. 9, 1939. Are you having any fun? This is the question the radio is asking all its listeners today.

Learn more about how a former University of Victoria student’s trip to Peru more than 10 years ago has changed both her life and the lives of a whole community of indigenous Quechua at a fundraising gala Friday at the Empress Hotel.

18th-century explorer’s meticulous records prove Arctic sea ice is in serious retreat

When the Aerie Resort was shuttered in the winter of 2009, a Times Colonist editorial lamented the loss of the fabled mountaintop resort, saying that it had helped put Vancouver Island on the world tourism map.

Moments before the Queen of the North struck ground in a marine disaster that would claim two lives, Colin Henthorne woke up to banging on his cabin door.

What a difference seven years makes. That was a hot topic Wednesday night at CHEK Media Group’s Kings Road headquarters once conversations sparked by residual shock over Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential victory subsided.

Jill Fitz Hirschbold is a photographer who likes to depict simple subjects (the prow of a boat; rust on a metal surface) in an abstract way, emphasizing the formality of bold geometric compositions.