Islander

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on May 27, 1939.

Kevin Davie was a soft-spoken musician, a voracious reader — and bad news for rats

Home movies shot by Mathew Ko, a prominent businessman and member of the Victoria Chinese community, offer a fresh insight into history, a local artist says.

It wasn’t all fun and games at the Victoria Conference Centre last Wednesday, although it often seemed that way.

Abstracta Delecta: The Quebec Painters at Winchester Galleries ( winchestergalleriesltd.com , 2260 Oak Bay Ave., until May 28).

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on May 20, 1939. The dreamy air of summer, with the drowsy hum of bees. That sounds like the beginning of a poem.

A local aid organization is throwing its doors open to donations and volunteers on Monday as it puts together an aid package for residents of Fort McMurray, Alta.

SEATTLE — The killer whales that spend time in the inland waters of Washington state already are tagged and tracked, photographed and measured. Researchers follow them by drone and by sea, analyzing their waste and their exhaled breath.

We’re in the midst of Artists Studio Tour season. This weekend, the venerable Fairfield Artists Studio tour offers 23 artists, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For details, go to fairfieldartistsstudiotour.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on May 12, 1939. A man and woman outside a greengrocery looked at the window display — cauliflower, lettuce, carrots — arranged to catch the eye.