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Exploit the bounty of blackberries

Exploit the bounty of blackberries

Lots of tasty ways to use September's berry harvest
Major's Corner: How the Major survived a childhood of masters and bullies

Major's Corner: How the Major survived a childhood of masters and bullies

I have had a few bogeymen in my life, mostly related to family. My father was a tyrant in the best sense of the word. He would gently explain why he was about to flog me to show, I suppose, that he was being reasonable. It stung nevertheless.

The isolated life of West Coast pioneers

San Miguel By T.C. Boyle Viking, 367 pp. $27.95 T.C. Boyle's new novel, San Miguel, is written to the natural rhythms of a distant, isolated place, and to the human rhythms of tormented souls.

Honorary degrees bestowed upon cross-section of society

The University of Victoria's list of honorary-degree holders is a virtual who'swho of national and international achievers, beginning with the first convocation ceremony at the then-new campus in May 1964.
Capital region mayors reflect on their alma mater

Capital region mayors reflect on their alma mater

Sidney Mayor Larry Cross can always say he was in the first-ever graduating class at the University of Victoria. The university opened its doors in 1963, and the first group of graduates received degrees in 1964.
Device that shuts people up among Ig Nobel winners

Device that shuts people up among Ig Nobel winners

For anyone who's ever been tired of listening to someone drone on and on and on, two Japanese researchers have the answer.

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50 Years At The University Of Victoria

The University of Victoria has come a long way from its roots, when Victoria College and the Victoria Provincial Normal School came together to form an autonomous institution in 1963.

Old and new coexist in modern-day Bhutan

Nestled between the high Tibetan plateau and the northeast plains of India, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is thought by many to be somewhere between Shangri-La and Brigadoon.

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