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An aerial view over Victoria looking over the Bay Street bridge, Selkirk Trestle, Esquimalt , the Gorge waterway and Gorge Vale Golf course.

Flying high above Victoria

Photographer discovers Greater Victoria from the air

An aerial view over Victoria looking over the Bay Street bridge, Selkirk Trestle, Esquimalt , the Gorge waterway and Gorge Vale Golf course.
Glasgow Rangers #26 Marius Zaliukas gets his head on the ball over Victoria Highlanders #17 Jordie Hughes during a friendly match between the two teams at UVic's Centennial Stadium.

Glasgow Rangers best Victoria Highlanders in soccer friendly

Glasgow Rangers win friendly soccer match with the Victoria Highlanders football club 2-1 at UVic's centennial Stadium.

Glasgow Rangers #26 Marius Zaliukas gets his head on the ball over Victoria Highlanders #17 Jordie Hughes during a friendly match between the two teams at UVic's Centennial Stadium.
Linda Modeste, right, and daughter-in-law Marilyn Olsen perform a ceremony with cedar boughs to bless the Ogden Point breakwater and the third phase of murals that have been placed on the sides of the breakwater.

Unity Wall murals receive a First Nation’s blessing

Ogden Point breakwater site of First Nation blessings and traditions

Linda Modeste, right, and daughter-in-law Marilyn Olsen perform a ceremony with cedar boughs to bless the Ogden Point breakwater and the third phase of murals that have been placed on the sides of the breakwater.
Victoria-based Chief Superintendent Ray Bernoties, Commander of the RCMP's Island District, lays the last of three roses in front of portraits of the three Mounties killed in Moncton during a memorial service for the slain officers at the BC Police and Peace Officers Memorial on the Legislature grounds.

Victoria memorial for slain Moncton RCMP officers

Police from greater Victoria attend a memorial service on the Legislature grounds for the three RCMP officers slain in Moncton

Victoria-based Chief Superintendent Ray Bernoties, Commander of the RCMP's Island District, lays the last of three roses in front of portraits of the three Mounties killed in Moncton during a memorial service for the slain officers at the BC Police and Peace Officers Memorial on the Legislature grounds.
Photographer Ted Grant, a Saanich resident, holds up a photograph of himself taken during a talk he gave at the Leica Gallery in New York in April. The photo captures Grant with a photo he took of Dr. Jim Dutton at Royal Jubilee Hospital. The photo Grant is holding was taken by Chris Saganich, a member of the Leica User Group of New York. Grant made the print himself.

85-year-old photojournalist Grant shows no signs of slowing down

Saanich resident and photographer extraordinaire Ted Grant remains as busy as ever, despite being well past the age when most people retire

Photographer Ted Grant, a Saanich resident, holds up a photograph of himself taken during a talk he gave at the Leica Gallery in New York in April. The photo captures Grant with a photo he took of Dr. Jim Dutton at Royal Jubilee Hospital. The photo Grant is holding was taken by Chris Saganich, a member of the Leica User Group of New York. Grant made the print himself.
Members of the Klamath Union High School marching band, from Klamath Falls, Oregon, take part in the annual Island Farms Victoria Day Parade.

Crowds line Victoria streets for annual Victoria Day Parade

Large crowds turned out for the annual Island Farms Victoria Day Parade

Members of the Klamath Union High School marching band, from Klamath Falls, Oregon, take part in the annual Island Farms Victoria Day Parade.
Fire burns on balcony of a View Towers apartment

View Towers Fire Closes Downtown Streets

Early morning fire at the View Tower apartments causes problems for motorists

Fire burns on balcony of a View Towers apartment
Remember Oak Bay Avenue will be closed in the Village tonight for filming of the TV series Gracepoint. Tim Jonsson, with Starlight, was setting up his lighting crane that boasts 72000 watts of light late this afternoon . Jonsson was preparing to help light up Oak Bay Avenue for the production.

TV series Gracepoint films on Oak Bay Avenue Friday night

Scenes for the new television series Gracepoint will be shot on Oak bay Avenue tonight which will mean the street will be closed to traffic.

Remember Oak Bay Avenue will be closed in the Village tonight for filming of the TV series Gracepoint. Tim Jonsson, with Starlight, was setting up his lighting crane that boasts 72000 watts of light late this afternoon . Jonsson was preparing to help light up Oak Bay Avenue for the production.
The TV series Gracepoint began filming on Oak Bay Avenue this morning.

TV series Gracepoint begins filming in Oak Bay

The TV series Gracepoint, a remake of the British series Broadchurch, featuring actors David Tennant and Nick Nolte began filmng in Oak Bay

The TV series Gracepoint began filming on Oak Bay Avenue this morning.
Royal Canadian Mint President Ian Bennett, at left, and Dr. David Gray, a Research Associate at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa,unveil a model of one of two new quarters at the Nellie McClung branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library on Cedar Hill Road. The quarters celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the first official Canadian Arctic expedition and life in the Canadian North. The expedition departed from Esquimalt harbour. Dr. David Gray, a Research Associate at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, is an expert on the Arctic expedition and a native of Esquimalt.

New coins celebrate Victoria’s role in Arctic expedition

Two new quarter coins were unveiled by the Royal Canadian Mint to celebrate the first official Canadian Arctic expedition.

Royal Canadian Mint President Ian Bennett, at left, and Dr. David Gray, a Research Associate at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa,unveil a model of one of two new quarters at the Nellie McClung branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library on Cedar Hill Road. The quarters celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the first official Canadian Arctic expedition and life in the Canadian North. The expedition departed from Esquimalt harbour. Dr. David Gray, a Research Associate at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, is an expert on the Arctic expedition and a native of Esquimalt.
Inn at Laurel Point employees, from left, Brooke Harris and Avril Matthews react after Jeremy Pott takes a pie in the face during the hotel's annual United Way fund raising Pie-in-the-Face event.

Employees get creamed for Victoria United Way

Inn at Laurel Point employees get a pie in the face during annual fund raising event for the United Way.

Inn at Laurel Point employees, from left, Brooke Harris and Avril Matthews react after Jeremy Pott takes a pie in the face during the hotel's annual United Way fund raising Pie-in-the-Face event.
Pedestrians make their way across the University of Victoria campus near the Student Union Building (SUB) on a foggy October morning.

Another foggy morning for Greater Victoria

Residents woke to more foggy weather in the greater Victoria area

Pedestrians make their way across the University of Victoria campus near the Student Union Building (SUB) on a foggy October morning.
A line of 1932 Fords leaves the Black Ball Ferry Terminal on Belleville Street after arriving on the Coho ferry from Port Angeles. The cars are arriving for the Northwest Deuce Days event in Victoria this weekend.

Early arrivals for Northwest Deuce Days roll in to Victoria

Car owners and their 1932 Fords arrive in Victoria for weekend Northwest Deuce Days event.

A line of 1932 Fords leaves the Black Ball Ferry Terminal on Belleville Street after arriving on the Coho ferry from Port Angeles. The cars are arriving for the Northwest Deuce Days event in Victoria this weekend.
The Bay Centre's General Manager Darlene Hollstein and Fred Wissemann, President of the Victoria Leaf Club, were on hand to officially unveil the four new electric vehicle chargers located in the lower level of the Centre's parkade. The Victoria Leaf Club is for drivers of electric cars.

Victoria’s Bay Centre unveils electric car chargers in parkade

Victoria's Bay Centre shopping mall unveiled four new electric vehicle charging stations in the centre's parkade.

The Bay Centre's General Manager Darlene Hollstein and Fred Wissemann, President of the Victoria Leaf Club, were on hand to officially unveil the four new electric vehicle chargers located in the lower level of the Centre's parkade. The Victoria Leaf Club is for drivers of electric cars.
A display of old Bentley automobiles drew a crowd outside the Fairmont Empress Hotel.

Antique Bentley automobiles make Victoria stopover

Members of the Bentley drivers Club stopped in Victoria during a western North American tour.

A display of old Bentley automobiles drew a crowd outside the Fairmont Empress Hotel.
A boat carrying whale watchers is dwarfed by the mega yacht Athena moored at Ship Point in Victoria's Inner Harbour.

Mega yacht Athena makes stop in Victoria

Mega yacht Athena moors in Victoria's inner Harbour

A boat carrying whale watchers is dwarfed by the mega yacht Athena moored at Ship Point in Victoria's Inner Harbour.
Police, fire and paramedics react after arriving at Admirals Road near the Naden entrance to CFB Esquimalt after a lone cyclist lost a wheel coming down the hill and crashed onto the pavement.

Victoria cyclist loses wheel, crashes

A lone cyclist loses wheel and crashes onto pavement

Police, fire and paramedics react after arriving at Admirals Road near the Naden entrance to CFB Esquimalt after a lone cyclist lost a wheel coming down the hill and crashed onto the pavement.
Steve Jarman, assistant to artist Robert Bateman, prepares Bateman paintings for hanging in the new Robert Bateman Centre which is scheduled to open May 25 in the historic CPR Steamship Terminal on Victoria's Inner Harbour.

Artist Robert Bateman Centre to open in Victoria May 25

The Robert Bateman centre, dedicated to the paintings of artist Robert Bateman, will open in Victoria May 25, 2013.

Steve Jarman, assistant to artist Robert Bateman, prepares Bateman paintings for hanging in the new Robert Bateman Centre which is scheduled to open May 25 in the historic CPR Steamship Terminal on Victoria's Inner Harbour.