Islander

‘I’d rather die than leave my mom.” He was seven years old. And he meant it. Five minutes earlier, the first officer on scene, Lisa, sent out a broadcast — the boy was going for the balcony. Maybe to jump. My partner and I raced across the city.

Boston Terrier Rescue Canada will be one of the participants at Pet-A-Palooza, a two-day festival and fundraiser for the Just Love Animals Society.

It’s the end of another tough week in the Canadian oilpatch, and a handful of energy industry executives need to let off steam and get some rest and relaxation.

Note to readers: I have always stayed away from mentioning my own activities in this column.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Sept. 24, 1938. This is the first of Nellie McClung’s articles about her trip to Europe.

Things aren’t what they used to be. This week, I went for a walk around downtown to visit the galleries and was surprised to find that Winchester Modern, the satellite of the flagship gallery in Oak Bay, had taken down its sign and gone.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on Aug. 27, 1938.

It was Day 7 of the fifth annual Victoria International Buskers Festival, and Basketball Jones was on a roll.

Big-budget production takes advantage of local landmarks for Descendants

The Children’s International Summer Villages hosted an open house on Friday to showcase cultures of children visiting from Ontario, Argentina, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, France, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the U.S.