Bikinis Come Out as Victoria Basks in Record Temperatures
Residents of southern Vancouver Island have been soaking up the sun lately as mercury levels soared to record levels. "We have a very strong high pressure ridge. It's clear almost everywhere in B.C.," meteorologist Mark Madryga told the Vancouver Sun. "More records will fall." According to Environment Canada, Victoria International Airport is expected to hit a sweltering 28 C today. The record is 27.4 C was set just two years. The same weather patterns were holding true throughout the Lower Mainland. White Rock has been a bastion of heat and sunny skies the past two days, ...
Uvic Courses Back in Saanich
The popular UVic on the Saanich Peninsula program offered by the University of Victoria’s Division of Continuing Studies resumes on the peninsula this fall with courses at the Mary Winspear Centre and the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney. Full details will be available at a program open house at the Mary Winspear Centre on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. “We’re very pleased to be able to offer the programs that so many peninsula residents support every year. Our new locations in downtown Sidney make it even easier for some residents to participate in our continuing studies programs,” ...
22nd Annual Moss Street Paint-In July 18th
One of Victoria BC's most charming events -- the annual Moss Street Paint-In -- celebrates its 22nd season from noonish to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 18th. The Paint-In is a festival of art in which more than 100 invited professional and emerging artists from Victoria and surrounding areas display and produce their work on Moss Street between Fort Street and Dallas Road. The Paint-In is a free and fun-filled community-based art awareness and education event that sees 30,000 visitors and receives support from the City of Victoria.
Victoria’s Luminara Festival Lights Up Beacon Hill Park
If anyone doubts that Victoria, BC, is one of the most romantic cities in the world, he or she should visit during the annual Luminara Festival, held each year in Beacon Hill Park and St. Ann's Academy grounds near downtown. This year the festival will be held from 5:00 to 11:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 25th. Luminara Victoria is a lantern festival inspired by the many festivals of light held in countries around the world. This unique and inspired cultural event enhances ...
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Bikinis Come Out as Victoria Basks in Record Temperatures
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Canadian Expert Publishes New Book on Organic Gardening
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Rogers Chocolates Could Become Heritage Site
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Victoria’s unemployment up, still third lowest in Canada
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Judge throws out Victoria city rules for campers on public property
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Victoria’s Luminara Festival Lights Up Beacon Hill Park
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Best of Salt Spring Island Art June 19-21
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Canadian Pacific Ballet Presents “Coppelia”
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World Curling Championships at Save-On Memorial Arena
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Pacific Opera of Victoria Presents Semelle February 12-21
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Martlet: “Canada’s next great Prime Minister could be in your class”
If you think young people don’t have a national voice, one UVic student will change your mind. First-year political science and environmental studies student Emmy Marshall-Hill is competing in the CBC competition Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister, a contest for Canadians ages 18 to 25. The competition started in 1995 as an essay contest but has... [Read more of this blog post]
Public Eye: “Follow the leader?”
Earlier, we reported Infospec Holdings Corp. and New Asia Capital Investment Corp. paid an estimated $5,000 for provincial Liberal caucus chair John Yap to be part of a “delegation of business representatives to promote trade and goodwill” between British Columbia and China. This, despite the fact, Premier Gordon Campbell criticized the... [Read more of this blog post]
Paul Willcocks: “Four months to go, and the Liberals should be worried”
British bookies take bets on election results and post odds years in advance. Perhaps it’s the next bit of gambling expansion the B.C. Liberals will look at, now that people are getting less keen on scratch and lose tickets. But the oddsmakers would be having a tough time right about now. Even a year ago, Gordon Campbell and company would have... [Read more of this blog post]
Jody Paterson: “Watch the spin on your way to the facts”
I wrote in last week’s column about doing my part for the next few months to take the measure of the B.C. government, in the interest of helping us all be better informed come the May election. It’s only just sinking in this week what a complicated task that’s going to be. I’m neck-deep in fascinating statistics already, but no doubt you’re... [Read more of this blog post]
Bill Tieleman: Barack Obama way too conservative for Canada
Imagine where a Canadian politician who held the following positions would fit in our political system: This politician opposes legalizing same-sex marriages. He has no problem with citizens owning handguns - but proposed limiting their purchase - to one per month. This politician wants to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan - and to keep... [Read more of this blog post]
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