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About 1,750 cyclists are expected to participate in in Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria on Sunday morning. The event comes with three routes tailored to suit all levels of cycling enthusiasts — 140 kilometres, 100 km and 50 km.

You had us at “Willkommen,” Kyle Kushnir.

Same-gender rape, adultery and penises fixed with barbs to better grip a partner are some elements of bird sex, says a wildlife biologist who will talk in Sidney Saturday afternoon.

One of the oldest culinary traditions in the region will be celebrated when North Saanich Farm Market and local First Nations host a pit cook Saturday. Tsawout First Nation members John Bradley Williams and Earl Claxton Jr.

I’d like to complain about something called A Complaint Free World. Essentially, it’s a website that encourages people not to complain. To assist with this, you contact the website to obtain a purple Complaint-Free-World wristband.

Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria operates on the same principle as big-city marathons, says ride director Seamus McGrath.

This house makes a theatrical statement — whether you walk in through the garage, across its highly polished concrete floor and full-length curtains worthy of a stage show, or arrive via a floating walkway and into an entry featuring a two-storey flo

Sip and eat the afternoon away at Feast of Fields in Metchosin The 16th annual Vancouver Island Feast of Fields takes place Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m., at Metchosin Farm, 542 Wootton Rd., in Metchosin.

When two people agree on a deal, it can turn out to be a sweet situation for many. Such was the case with Ruth Wakefield and Andrew Nestlé, whose business arrangement caused countless people they didn’t know to make a lot of dough.

Longtime athlete Adam deLevie doesn’t let his wheelchair prevent him from staying fit. But deLevie is uncomfortable when his wheelchair gets in the way of the workouts of others.