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Spring opening set for Langford facility

In 1851, reports of gold discoveries in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) sparked a flurry of excitement among British and American traders in the area.

It didn’t take long for me and Times Colonist photographer Bruce Stotesbury to realize why we were the only men in the room during a fashion frenzy at Westside Village Shopping Centre Thursday night.

Recently, I received an email from potter and gardener Robin Hopper of Metchosin, where he and his wife Judi Dyelle have made their ’Chosin Pottery an international destination.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Dec. 10, 1938. The Dicksons are respectable and intelligent people. John is a sales manager of a coal company in a Canadian city, and Kate, his wife, is a good housekeeper and a good manager.

Do you have a gently used bicycle gathering dust at home? Turn it into a smile on the face of a child this Christmas by donating it to Bikes 4 Kids, an initiative of Russ Hay’s the Bicycle Shop.

Times Colonist photographers Darren Stone and Bruce Stotesbury shoot more sporting events in Greater Victoria than anyone else. Today, they present their favourite photos.

A five-year-old’s wish for Christmas isn’t for more gifts under the tree. Instead, he is on a mission to give out 51 sleeping bags to the homeless on Christmas Eve. Why 51? Because that’s how much Tate Parker has in his piggy bank.

Sitting in a Cook Street Village coffee shop, Duncan Stewart found himself in a sentimental mood sparked by flashbacks to a time and place where he planted the seeds for his successful showbiz career in New York.

If you live here, you know that few things capture the magic of Christmas like the seasonal spectacle of the same name at Butchart Gardens.