Islander

You could’t blame auto buffs who lined up on Belleville Street Thursday afternoon for not being able to get the Beach Boys hit Little Deuce Coupe out of their heads.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Aug. 12, 1939. Through the window as I write, I see a field of crested wheat grass, growing in even rows and looking as innocent as a field can look.

Hundreds of spectators last week watched as teams of ex-NHL players, MLAs, city councillors, police, firefighters and members of the public played road hockey at the Fivehole Hockey for Food event.

A 22-foot-long tiny house on wheels is taking shape in Saanich, as two Ryerson University architecture students put their education to work.

Dads and daughters, granddads and granddaughters, uncles and nieces were able to celebrate their special bond at a Butterfly Ball in Victoria and the Comox Valley — and raise a record-breaking $88,000 for the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver

It came as no surprise that Tim Cormode would set an example during Thursday’s charity golf tournament benefiting Power To Be, the outdoor adventure-therapy non-profit.

From a five-minute boat ride out of downtown Victoria to halfway to Port Angeles, record numbers of humpback whales are foraging, leaping and singing to the awe of naturalists and tourists alike.

There is a rich vein in Canadian art that uses our national identity as its theme. Cornelius Krieghoff made much of life in British North America, and the Group of Seven developed our True North imagery.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Aug. 5, 1939. When we left Vancouver on the plane for Ottawa, it was six o’clock on a fine, warm evening.

Elfriede’s real estate In 2004, Elfriede Lippa sold her house on Jedburgh Road in View Royal for $275,000. She bought a 1,000-square-foot condo at 924 Cook St. for $169,000 and put almost $100,000 in the bank. She had no mortgage.