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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

2016 numbers revert to average levels: study

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.

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.

The Guangzhou Museum of Art, in a city of 13 million people in the south of China, recently hosted a month-long exhibition for Stephen Lowe (1938-1975).

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Jan. 25, 1941. What holds the empire together? I am sure other people are wondering, too, about this.