Natalie North

Tilly

Cat show coming soon to Winspear

Cat shows are a place where judges are often seen chatting with curious spectators and cat lovers of all stripes are welcomed

Tilly
Mike Hanus

Real estate agent Jackhammers into film

Director’s debut features Pam Anderson, Jamie Kennedy and male stripping

Mike Hanus
An Esquimalt resident and bus rider for 30 years

Riders brace for transit strike

People plan to drive, carpool and cycle as buses stop rolling

An Esquimalt resident and bus rider for 30 years
Murray Leslie

Tracking tsunami debris in the hands of citizens

Masses of debris from Japan expected to hit West Coast over Christmas

Murray Leslie
Island Sexual Health Clinic executive director Bobbi Turner

Need advice on sexual health? Look to Saanich

Popular Fort Street sexual health clinic relocating to High Quadra

Island Sexual Health Clinic executive director Bobbi Turner
Vancouver Island Health Authority chief medical health officer Dr. Richard Stanwick sits in the hearing booth while Albert Guite

Canada’s most comprehensive health survey underway at UVic

Vancouver Island’s chief medical health officer sits inside a soundproof hearing booth with a smile on his face.

Vancouver Island Health Authority chief medical health officer Dr. Richard Stanwick sits in the hearing booth while Albert Guite
Darrell Wick

Mount Doug park still holds a few mysteries

District of Saanich celebrates 20 years overseeing the park

Darrell Wick
Shelley Eaves

Swab Mob events target optimal stem cell donors

Last February, Shelley Eaves got the kind of news no one ever wants to hear: her cancer had returned.

Shelley Eaves

Column: Old challenges in a new era

On my desk is a photo of Gwen Cash, Canada’s first female general reporter.

With bus drivers refusing overtime work

Cancellation of bus runs balloon across city

Strike or no strike, some transit riders accustomed to spotty service

With bus drivers refusing overtime work

Province reaches out young entrepreneurs via smartphone app

Government launches Boss Yourself app for small business startups

Teachers’ union offers anti-Enbridge lesson plans

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation last week began offering resources to teachers on Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline

Susan Baird gives Merna Lackhoff a flu shot at the Les Passmore Centre in Saanich.

Flu season, vaccination clinics begin in Greater Victoria

Some years, the influenza virus kills up to 8,000 Canadians, but it doesn’t have to.

Susan Baird gives Merna Lackhoff a flu shot at the Les Passmore Centre in Saanich.
Olympic rower Dave Calder

Running hard for their dinner

Olympians, chefs team up for obstacle course fundraiser to support farming

Olympic rower Dave Calder
Tour de Rock riders give a smile and a wave during a training ride near Nanaimo last month. The team will have a send off Saturday morning at Thrifty Foods at Admirals Walk in View Royal before heading to Port Alice to begin this year’s tour.

Tour de Rock takes on the Island

Police, guest riders set off on emotional 1,000 km journey against cancer

Tour de Rock riders give a smile and a wave during a training ride near Nanaimo last month. The team will have a send off Saturday morning at Thrifty Foods at Admirals Walk in View Royal before heading to Port Alice to begin this year’s tour.

Big sugary drinks: next CRD ban?

Medical Health officer weighs-in on newly-minted New York regulations in fight against obesity

University of Victoria climate researcher Andrew MacDougall conducts fieldwork in Kluane National Park

Thawing permafrost to accelerate global warming, says UVic study

The vast Arctic “compost” is thawing, dumping billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

University of Victoria climate researcher Andrew MacDougall conducts fieldwork in Kluane National Park
University of Victoria theatre grad Emily Piggford stars in Frost as Naya

Spotlight on Victoria talent at TIFF

Filmmaker, actress debut at prestigious Toronto International Film Festival

University of Victoria theatre grad Emily Piggford stars in Frost as Naya
Chris Vickers takes one in the tuches for Rifflandia TV.

Manifestation of a dream

Rifflandia V brings big names, personal triumphs and Grimace tattoos

Chris Vickers takes one in the tuches for Rifflandia TV.
Emergency medical dispatcher Bill Hadden takes a call at the EMD dispatch centre in the Vancouver Island Tech Park.

Staying calm, confident and clear

B.C. Ambulance Service guide callers through every emergency

Emergency medical dispatcher Bill Hadden takes a call at the EMD dispatch centre in the Vancouver Island Tech Park.