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Wood Duck Reflections by Meaghan Stouck is one of the pieces currently on display at the Rollin Art Centre.

Still Moving at the Rollin

A new exhibit, Patsy Cline and more on the Alberni arts scene.

Wood Duck Reflections by Meaghan Stouck is one of the pieces currently on display at the Rollin Art Centre.
Multifaceted entertainer Laura Jayne Earnshaw takes audiences on a SENSEational Canadian journey in the Oak Bay Beach Hotel’s David Foster Foundation Theatre this summer.

Singing for your supper

Oak Bay Beach Hotel hosts multifaceted performer Laura Earnshaw for summer performances

Multifaceted entertainer Laura Jayne Earnshaw takes audiences on a SENSEational Canadian journey in the Oak Bay Beach Hotel’s David Foster Foundation Theatre this summer.

Oak Bay gives Clive apartment redevelopment green light

Current eight-unit, two storey building replaced with a 17-unit, three storey rental building

Oak Bay library branch up for renewal

Municipality prepares to replace aging structure

Bill Dancer, centre, looks for birds with members of the Tuesday Morning Birding group on Willows Beach. The group meets weekly, moving to different spots in Victoria counting species of birds before calling it a day and having lunch.

Birds of a feather walk together

Chatty eccentrics welcome to join

Bill Dancer, centre, looks for birds with members of the Tuesday Morning Birding group on Willows Beach. The group meets weekly, moving to different spots in Victoria counting species of birds before calling it a day and having lunch.

Oak Bay High girls knocked out of competition

After ban reversal team lands in ninth place

Camosun women’s Chargers miss bronze medal

Quest University Kermodes won gold

UPDATE: Oak Bay High girls basketball team lose out due to paperwork mistake

Game on for Oak Bay junior girls

Oak Bay hires new chief constable

Second consecutive RCMP police officer takes the helm at Oak Bay.

Four-year-old boxer Kinnon sneaks a taste of a cupcake held by BC SPCA Victoria branch manager Annie Prittie Bell, as the organization gears up for National Cupcake Day.

SPCA sweet on cupcake fundraiser

You can bake a difference in the lives of animals in need

Four-year-old boxer Kinnon sneaks a taste of a cupcake held by BC SPCA Victoria branch manager Annie Prittie Bell, as the organization gears up for National Cupcake Day.
Mohinder Doman, who is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her heart surgery, hugs the heart-shaped pillow she was given after her surgery. Heart patients are given the pillow to hold against their chest when they have to cough in order to minimize movement of the chest area following surgery.

Heart talk focuses on women’s health

Commonly misdiagnosed, heart disease remains the No. 1 killer of women

Mohinder Doman, who is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her heart surgery, hugs the heart-shaped pillow she was given after her surgery. Heart patients are given the pillow to hold against their chest when they have to cough in order to minimize movement of the chest area following surgery.
Hanna Gimbel and Egon, her husband of 56 years, share a loving moment in their home in Vic West. Egon, 79, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease two years ago.

NEWS FEATURE: Love stays strong as memory fades

Victoria couple shares their experience of dealing with Alzheimer’s disease

Hanna Gimbel and Egon, her husband of 56 years, share a loving moment in their home in Vic West. Egon, 79, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease two years ago.
Anna Mollenhauer, left, and Hannah Charlesworth are ready to hit the road to play hockey at the B.C. Winter Games in Mission.

Girls steeped in hockey earn spots on Games roster

Oak Bay pair hit the ice in Mission as part of the female ice hockey program at the B.C. Winter Games

Anna Mollenhauer, left, and Hannah Charlesworth are ready to hit the road to play hockey at the B.C. Winter Games in Mission.

Oak Bay senior struck second time in same crosswalk

Police plan safety review of intersection at Cadboro Bay at Thompson Avenue

A care aid for 21 years, Mary Ann Desjardins is part of a health care team in the neuroscience department at Victoria General Hospital, and says employees in her position are more than capable of working in acute care wards.

NURSING SERIES Part 3: Lightening nurses’ workload on Vancouver Island

Care aids already a part of hospitals’ health-care teams

A care aid for 21 years, Mary Ann Desjardins is part of a health care team in the neuroscience department at Victoria General Hospital, and says employees in her position are more than capable of working in acute care wards.
Lily Cave, 9, belts out a tune in Pioneer Park. The budding star sang both the Canadian and American national anthems at a Vancouver Canucks game in November and hopes to sing at more games next year.

Oak Bay girl is a little star on the rise

Talented kid sings for smiles

Lily Cave, 9, belts out a tune in Pioneer Park. The budding star sang both the Canadian and American national anthems at a Vancouver Canucks game in November and hopes to sing at more games next year.
Jessica Celeste, a nurse at Royal Jubilee Hospital, waves her flag outside of Victoria General Hospital during a November protest against Island Health bringing in care aide workers to take over some of the duties nurses currently perform for acute care patients.

NURSING SERIES: Part 1 – New Vancouver Island model will hurt patient care, BCNU says

Initial rollout of new care protocol in Victoria and Nanaimo has been a challenge for staff, Island Health admits

Jessica Celeste, a nurse at Royal Jubilee Hospital, waves her flag outside of Victoria General Hospital during a November protest against Island Health bringing in care aide workers to take over some of the duties nurses currently perform for acute care patients.
Nick Hopkins, left, owner and chef of The Oaks Restaurant and Tea Room, stands with Ken Agate, former owner of the Blethering Place, which used to occupy the same space on Oak Bay Avenue. Agate is mentoring Hopkins on running an Oak Bay eating establishment.

A return to the Blethering Place

New owners bring in Ken Agate to help restaurant survive in a tough market

Nick Hopkins, left, owner and chef of The Oaks Restaurant and Tea Room, stands with Ken Agate, former owner of the Blethering Place, which used to occupy the same space on Oak Bay Avenue. Agate is mentoring Hopkins on running an Oak Bay eating establishment.
Symptoms of influenza are typically a fever with sudden onset, along with acute cough, headache, aches, pains, fatigue and weakness.

Island Health reports first cases of flu

Eight confirmed cases this week, seven requiring hospitalization.

Symptoms of influenza are typically a fever with sudden onset, along with acute cough, headache, aches, pains, fatigue and weakness.

Oak Bay police chief stepping down for new RCMP job in Nanaimo

Oak Bay police chief Mark Fisher leaving to become Nanaimo RCMP's new detachment commander in early 2014.