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Cool Aid’s Casual Labour Pool helps job seekers clear hurdles

Cool Aid’s Casual Labour Pool helps job seekers clear hurdles

Blaine Sparvie likes to think of himself as a casual labour contractor.
Hundreds battle sewage sludge-site ‘bullying’ in Esquimalt

Hundreds battle sewage sludge-site ‘bullying’ in Esquimalt

Esquimalt and Vic West residents called for an end to the Capital Regional District’s sewage “bullying” on Saturday, protesting a potential biosolids processing plant on Viewfield Road.

CALENDAR, March 24 and 25: The Secret Garden; Spark Festival

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 The Secret Garden, presented by Ballet Victoria, 2 p.m. at the McPherson Playhouse, 2 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121. Ruddigore, presented by Victoria Gilbert and Sullivan Society, 2 p.m.
Good Neighbours: Metchosin firefighters training crews in Peru

Good Neighbours: Metchosin firefighters training crews in Peru

Three Metchosin firefighters will spend their spring break training firefighters in Peru as part of a project by Firefighters Without Borders Canada. The local contingent, which consists of Metchosin Fire Chief Stephanie Dunlop, Capt.
Pamela Anderson’s great-aunt and Victoria maven ‘Auntie Vie’ dies

Pamela Anderson’s great-aunt and Victoria maven ‘Auntie Vie’ dies

Saanich resident Eoleia Zapshala — Pamela Anderson’s flamboyant Auntie Vie — died Saturday at 88, three days after she was admitted to Victoria General Hospital.

Man stabbed with kitchen knife in Saanich house brawl

Two men were taken into police custody and two others were seriously injured after a fight broke out Saturday morning at a house party in Saanich. Police responded to reports of a stabbing at a residence in the 3900 block of St.

University of Victoria looking at waste wood as possible green heat option

The University of Victoria will investigate a new way to heat its buildings to see if it could reduce its environmental footprint and cut costs each year.
Duncan woman, 27, faces deportation after clerical error

Duncan woman, 27, faces deportation after clerical error

Janilee Cadongonan does not look like a threat to Canada. The 27-year-old doesn’t look like a threat to hurt a fly.
Politicians unite against proposed Esquimalt sludge plant

Politicians unite against proposed Esquimalt sludge plant

Politicians of all stripes have united in opposition to a Capital Regional District proposal to build a sewage sludge plant near houses, schools and small businesses in Esquimalt.
Group angry over old-growth clearcut in Walbran Valley

Group angry over old-growth clearcut in Walbran Valley

As Torrance Coste stood beside giant stumps in a clearcut in the Upper Walbran Valley, he wondered why anyone would cut down 900-year-old trees.