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New Victoria fire chief gets official welcome

Victoria emergency services reach out to community

Ella Van Neutegem, 17, gets wet washing a car at Oak Bay High on Saturday, during a charity car wash to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. Van Neutegem is one of the organizing co-chairs for the school’s annual fundraiser.

Oak Bay High taking the lead in cancer fight

Students already rocking fundraising effort for kids battling cancer

Ella Van Neutegem, 17, gets wet washing a car at Oak Bay High on Saturday, during a charity car wash to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock. Van Neutegem is one of the organizing co-chairs for the school’s annual fundraiser.

Walk for ALS brings hope to community

Members of the community will be celebrating life with hope this week, with the Walk for ALS event Sept. 15.

French immersion student numbers up across B.C.

French is the new black as school comes back into session for students across the Island and B.C.

Fred Rohani, Victoria Golf Club president, left, with Catherine Langpap, co-chair of the Victoria Golf Club charity events committee, Tracy Lubick, development director of the Victoria Women’s Transition House and Mitzi Dean, executive director of the Pacific Centre Family Services Association. The golf club raised more than $138,500 for two local charities this year.

The hidden cost of domestic violence

Victoria Golf Club raises funds to support safer family services

Fred Rohani, Victoria Golf Club president, left, with Catherine Langpap, co-chair of the Victoria Golf Club charity events committee, Tracy Lubick, development director of the Victoria Women’s Transition House and Mitzi Dean, executive director of the Pacific Centre Family Services Association. The golf club raised more than $138,500 for two local charities this year.
Happy Coxford, left, owner of the Oak Bay Barber Shoppe on Estevan, clips Brian Stennes’ hair. Stennes is a long-time client and neighbour of Coxford.

Oak Bay hosts the original old boys’ club

Oak Bay barber one of the last in the old-school

Happy Coxford, left, owner of the Oak Bay Barber Shoppe on Estevan, clips Brian Stennes’ hair. Stennes is a long-time client and neighbour of Coxford.

Vancouver Island guide outlines ‘green’ resources

Online resource lists Greater Victoria, up-Island businesses and organizations

Marion Little, PEERS Victoria Resource Society executive director, stands outside the daytime drop-in centre, which has been formally closed since Aug. 16. Along with the centre, the Elements Program, which assisted multi-barriered sex workers, was lost, as well as three staff positions. PEERS is now looking to the community for help.

PEERS loses drop-in centre, social program

The resource loss is due to changes in funding structure and 'tough decisions' by PEERS staff

Marion Little, PEERS Victoria Resource Society executive director, stands outside the daytime drop-in centre, which has been formally closed since Aug. 16. Along with the centre, the Elements Program, which assisted multi-barriered sex workers, was lost, as well as three staff positions. PEERS is now looking to the community for help.
Site preparation is underway at the Oak Bay High project, as seen from the roof of the East Building. The new gym will be constructed first, with the projected finish date of fall 2014, at which time the old gym will be torn down.

Oak Bay students will live through construction

New high school project will affect two years of classes

Site preparation is underway at the Oak Bay High project, as seen from the roof of the East Building. The new gym will be constructed first, with the projected finish date of fall 2014, at which time the old gym will be torn down.

Oak Bay High project trespassing prompts warning

Construction zone remains off-limits to the public during work period

Oak Bay still safe, according to Stats Can report

Oak Bay one of the safer communities on Vancouver Island

Songhees Nation Chief Ron Sam stands in front of new signage at Cattle Point which notifies visitors that Chatham Island and a portion of Discovery Island are protected reserve land. The Songhees started an aggressive educational campaign last year to curb damage caused by trespassers who would illegally camp on the islands.

Songhees Island protection campaign a success

Patrol of Chatham and Discovery Islands off Oak Bay is paying off

Songhees Nation Chief Ron Sam stands in front of new signage at Cattle Point which notifies visitors that Chatham Island and a portion of Discovery Island are protected reserve land. The Songhees started an aggressive educational campaign last year to curb damage caused by trespassers who would illegally camp on the islands.
Meghan Mathias (left), aquatic coordinator for Recreation Oak Bay, learns how to steer a sailboat with the guidance of Alana Marks, a lifelong sailor, instructor and aquatic programmer for the rec centre. Recreation Oak Bay offers month-long sailing lessons for adults and youth, in an effort to prove that everyone can access the sport.

Hooked on sailing

Sailing lessons make the sport available to anyone, no matter your age

Meghan Mathias (left), aquatic coordinator for Recreation Oak Bay, learns how to steer a sailboat with the guidance of Alana Marks, a lifelong sailor, instructor and aquatic programmer for the rec centre. Recreation Oak Bay offers month-long sailing lessons for adults and youth, in an effort to prove that everyone can access the sport.

Oak Bay still safe according to Stats Can

Oak Bay one of the safer communities on the Island

Gas leak in Oak Bay closes down Lansdowne Road

A gas leak in Oak Bay closed off a portion of Lansdowne Road earlier today, when a group of workers tore a residential gas line.

Cathy Haynes knows how hard it is to separate from lifelong possessions and, through her business Downsizing Diva, she's helping adults around Victoria make important choices about what to keep.

The art of downsizing

Downsizing diva urges everyone to start early

Cathy Haynes knows how hard it is to separate from lifelong possessions and, through her business Downsizing Diva, she's helping adults around Victoria make important choices about what to keep.
Nikki Chooi is impressing audiences around the world.

Victoria violinist cinches international competition

Nikki Chooi impresses his roots with more accolades

Nikki Chooi is impressing audiences around the world.
Ken Agate, right, creator of the Oak Bay Collector Car Festival, with Lee Gould and his 1949 Cadillac Club Coupe, a car he purchased from his father in 1969 for $1 and a promise.

Classics set to attract crowd

Oak Bay Collector Car Festival hits the road this Sunday

Ken Agate, right, creator of the Oak Bay Collector Car Festival, with Lee Gould and his 1949 Cadillac Club Coupe, a car he purchased from his father in 1969 for $1 and a promise.
Agnes Amundrud watches local artist Victor Lotto paint at the 2012 Bowker Creek Brush Up.

Brush up with local artists

Bowker Creek Brush Up paints colours of youth support

Agnes Amundrud watches local artist Victor Lotto paint at the 2012 Bowker Creek Brush Up.
Two crows rest on a rock near the Oak Bay Marina. A mysterious paralysis killing corvids (ravens and crows) in northern B.C. has some concerned about West Nile Virus closer to home.

Mysterious crow deaths perplex experts

A strange paralysis could be affecting crows closer to home

Two crows rest on a rock near the Oak Bay Marina. A mysterious paralysis killing corvids (ravens and crows) in northern B.C. has some concerned about West Nile Virus closer to home.