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Four local cyclists have started a fundraising drive with a goal of raising $30,000 for Wounded Warriors Canada, a charity that supports rehabilitation programs for Canadians wounded in combat. The four, Matt Barlee, Dr.

Langford may have a young demographic, but the welcome mat is out for seniors who choose to retire there, said Mayor Stew Young. Diversity is key, he said.

This column originally appeared in the Victoria Times on April 9, 1938.

Barry Till, curator of Asian art at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria since 1980, is coming up to retirement and seems determined to show us as much as possible of the fabulous collection for which he is responsible.

How do you know how well your community is doing? Do you look out your car window as you drive home? Do you talk to your neighbours? Read the newspaper and watch the local news? The notion of measuring the well-being of a community is not a new conce

Women who have survived violence with a plan for a future without fear now have access to the SAFE (Self-sufficiency and Assets through Financial Education) program, an educational program provided by the Victoria Women’s Transition House that aims t

Gardeners in Victoria can help alleviate hunger and promote healthy eating in the community simply by planting an extra row (or two) of veggies this spring and sharing the harvest in the fall with those in need.

Everybody is a winner at the upcoming Fort Street Cycle Beginner Tri for MS, a non-competitive and fun version of a triathlon. This is the second year of the event, which takes place next Sunday.

Victoria was deeply embroiled in one of the most controversial development debates in its history when Steve Barber arrived from Winnipeg to take on the job as the city’s first full-time heritage planner just over 27 years ago.

Douglas Street, c. 1925 — Bill Bouchard Every year my grandmother, Rosabel Annie Latham, took the ferry from her home in Vancouver for a week in Victoria because it reminded her of her old home in England.