Natalie North

Family owners/operators of EY Properties came out to break ground on Saanich’s first purpose-built rental housing project in  25 years

Work begins on first rental units in Saanich in 25 years

Three generations of family break ground on site at Tillicum, Burnside

Family owners/operators of EY Properties came out to break ground on Saanich’s first purpose-built rental housing project in  25 years

$400K in losses during Cadboro Bay blaze

A well-known Saanich artist was treated for smoke inhalation following a house fire that left hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage

Cadboro Bay resident John Oberg

Neighborhood tree lives to fight another day

Saanich's patience coming to and end; Cadboro Bay residents threaten legal injunction against cutting down a Douglas fir

Cadboro Bay resident John Oberg
Reynolds secondary Grade 10 student Laurel Chweles right

Reynolds raises $101K for Tour de Rock

Students and staff at Reynolds secondary have once again outdone themselves in their Cops for Cancer campaign, this year raising $101,066

Reynolds secondary Grade 10 student Laurel Chweles right

Middle ground for Cedar Hill golf food services

The Cedar Hill golf course’s money-losing restaurant will remain closed, and will be replaced with the light snack service

Region draws record number of foreign students

Camosun, Uvic, RRU see spike in international numbers

Taryn Richdale was among the first to participate in the Victoria marathon in a regular wheelchair after Lifetime Networks

Saanich charity team breaks down barriers

One of the marathon’s first regular wheelchair participant returns to race

Taryn Richdale was among the first to participate in the Victoria marathon in a regular wheelchair after Lifetime Networks
Charlie Nishi board chair of Baptist Housing

Residential care building breaks ground in Saanich

Greater Victoria is one step closer to achieving a health care goal as construction officially began Tuesday at the Heights at Mt. View

Charlie Nishi board chair of Baptist Housing
Dennis Ohalloran shows off produce he grew at Seven Oaks Tertiary Mental Health Facility on Blenkinsop Road. Ohalloran is one of 14 people who grew vegetables as a part of Feeding Ourselves and Others

Health and healing in the garden

Every Tuesday and Thursday since May, Dennis Ohalloran has gotten his hands dirty, tending to a veggie patch in the Blenkinsop Valley.

Dennis Ohalloran shows off produce he grew at Seven Oaks Tertiary Mental Health Facility on Blenkinsop Road. Ohalloran is one of 14 people who grew vegetables as a part of Feeding Ourselves and Others
Reynolds students (clockwise from bottom) Cassidy Stadel

Girls surrender hair for Tour de Rock

Reynolds students continue long legacy of fundraising for Cops for Cancer

Reynolds students (clockwise from bottom) Cassidy Stadel
Bob Gillespie last November.

With death of Bob Gillespie, community loses long-time leader

Long-time Saanich councillor, advocate for farming dies at 82.

Bob Gillespie last November.
Bottom middle clockwise- Reynolds students fifteen-year-old Cassidy Stadel

Students unite in annual fight against cancer

Reynolds students, cancer survivors, continue legacy of Tour de Rock fundraising

Bottom middle clockwise- Reynolds students fifteen-year-old Cassidy Stadel

Breastfeeding moms to descend on library Saturday

The Greater Victoria Public Library’s regular patrons will have extra company this Saturday – a whole lot of breastfeeding moms.

UVic 50th celebrations this weekend

Rooftop concert Friday; campus, faculty tours Saturday

Olympic rower Dave Calder

Running hard for their dinner

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

Olympic rower Dave Calder

‘No nukes’ activists re-emerge at One Wave

Pacific Peoples group trades demonstrations for cultural exchanges

Saanich Legacy Foundation president Paul McKivett

Memorial garden underway for honouring pregnancy loss

Royal Oak Burial Park opens nation’s first memorial site for parents grieving from miscarriage

Saanich Legacy Foundation president Paul McKivett
Derek Shaw has been training for the last year to transition from running in shoes to becoming a barefoot runner. He started his training on the Cedar Hill Golf Course trail.

Part 2 on Running: Going back to school

One athlete’s quest to return to the essence of running – going barefoot

Derek Shaw has been training for the last year to transition from running in shoes to becoming a barefoot runner. He started his training on the Cedar Hill Golf Course trail.
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