Islander

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Dec. 2, 1939. When the recent registration of women for war work was held in Canada, many a woman sat staring at the list of questions, not able to answer any in the affirmative. Little Mrs.

Remembered in Bronze and Stone By Alan Livingstone MacLeod Heritage, 192 pp., $24.

In the decade after the end of the First World War, hundreds of monuments to the dead were erected in communities across Canada, many revealing a high level of artistry.

Kilshaw’s Auctioneers has moved. After 67 years in their location on Fort Street just east of Cook, their building facing imminent demolition, they have moved to striking new premises in the heart of downtown.

The producers of Pup Star 2 must have felt their dreams had come true last Tuesday, judging by the phenomenal turnout for their casting call in Esquimalt.

U.S. environmental groups have proposed a 25-square-kilometre “protection zone” to prevent endangered southern resident killer whales from being disturbed by motorized vessels off Washington state’s San Juan Island in Haro Strait.

For most cities, this might be a decade’s worth of inductees into their Sports Halls of Fame. In Victoria, they call it just another year.

Pearkes Arena, one of six participating community centres across Western Canada, will transform itself into an exhibition for young people, 12 to 18, this Saturday. The festival, TeenFest Canada, is an expo for youth.

Geoff Sing was only half-joking when he said the Cridge Centre for the Family was getting into the restaurant business.

Mark your calendars, Victoria. Friday, Nov. 4 is the second annual Random Act of Kindness Day in the region.