Islander

The town named after him has disappeared, his name on the burial records was misread and his grave site was nearly lost as a result. But the memory of Peter Leech and the formation of Leechtown, near Sooke, will be marked today at Ross Bay Cemetery.

A wealthy West Coast madam known from San Francisco to Victoria at the turn of the 20th century, Stella Carroll was strong, beautiful and a force to be reckoned with.

On Monday, a group of long-distance cyclists from as far away as Japan will pedal 1,200 kilometres — from Victoria to Port Hardy and back — in under 90 hours in the VanIsle 1200, a cycling event that tests the limits of physical and mental endurance.

Cowichan Valley Regional District directors voted unanimously to support a petition to be presented in the House of Commons to stop boats from dumping sewage into Saanich Inlet.

Historical images from Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island

A dramatic increase in the number of hip-fracture surgeries done within 48 hours at Royal Jubilee Hospital is decreasing complications, saving money and maybe saving lives.

This column first appeared in the Victoria Daily Times on July 24, 1937. There is a substantial stone house on Ash Road in Gordon Head that looks out across an orchard to the sea.

At the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, I met Hitomi Harama, curator of one of two shows that introduce the traditional Japanese culture of the costume.

Real-photo postcards were an art form of the early part of the 20th century.