Islander

For the past 25 years, the door at Anawim House has always been open to those who don’t have a roof over their heads.

Shelby Assenheimer is a member of the Gage Gallery, a collective of 19 artists with their own gallery at 2031 Oak Bay Ave. I interviewed her there amid her big, bold canvases. Gage Gallery began two years ago.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Feb. 4, 1939. Talking about people behind their back is reprehensible, I know, but I am glad January has gone. It has its good qualities, I know, but I am thinking of the flowers.

Last Thursday’s grand opening of a new retail outlet in Langford was what you might call a WIN-win situation.

Victoria High School has embarked on an ambitious $6.5-million fundraising drive to renovate and upgrade the school’s stadium and track, which have suffered from six and a half decades of wear and tear, as well as the weather.

Before Don Burgess became a hall-of-fame rugby player, he was a Victoria High School track star and set a B.C. provincial high school record for one mile on the first B.C. high school track at Vic High in 1951.

It takes Saturna Island harbour commissioner Larry Peck five hours by B.C. Ferries to get to Salt Spring Island by way of Swartz Bay to visit his daughter.

A grateful France recently recognized the gallantry and sacrifice of a group of military personnel who helped liberate the country more than 70 years ago.

Mitch Villa is a young artist — just 28 years old — who has a precocious talent. It’s too soon to know what tales his talent will tell, but you can catch his vivid urban landscapes at Habit Coffee.