Life

This week in 1895, a reporter with the Daily Colonist accompanied health officials on a visit to D'Arcy Island to expose the hidden world of Canada's first West Coast leper colony.

Inspection reports for restaurants all over the Island are posted at the Vancouver Island Health Authority website. You can search by name, or browse by community.

The mission: Two cheapskates forage for fine food wherever their noses and grumbling bellies take them. The conversation that got things rolling: Phil: Have we ever had lunch together? Dave: No. And let's keep it that way.

When incineration proved expensive and unpopular, the city looked to the water to take care of its waste

Victoria book clerk's stories are dark, concise and reminiscent of Alice Munro

Campaign 2009 -- "Keep B.C. Strong" versus "Take Back Your B.C." -- goes down in the books as an odd one. One candidate quit because there's a picture of him holding a (clothed) woman's breast.

Every year brings fresh opportunities for embarrassment amongst the seniors of Victoria, and this one is sadly no exception. I wish the powers that be would leave us alone to trundle off this pier of life in our own fashion.

Lowering age of majority to 19 led to more celebratory mischief than police, bar owners expected

Tighter times find fine dining hitting the next day's lunch table at home

Maria Race learns all the time. If she doesn't know something, the answer is just a click away on the Internet.