Daniel Palmer

Coun. Paul Gerrard, right, stands with supporters at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Gorge Park Community Gardens last week. The gardens are the result of years of planning and consultation, led by Gorge Tillicum Community Association member Gabe Epstein (not pictured), who hopes the model spreads across the District of Saanich

Community gardens take root in Gorge Park

First public community garden in 30 years breaks ground in Saanich; opening planned for spring 2015

Coun. Paul Gerrard, right, stands with supporters at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Gorge Park Community Gardens last week. The gardens are the result of years of planning and consultation, led by Gorge Tillicum Community Association member Gabe Epstein (not pictured), who hopes the model spreads across the District of Saanich
Darrell Wick, president of the Friends of Mount Douglas Park Society, stands in the Douglas Creek bed in Mt. Doug Park (PKOLS), where storm surges have eroded the creek banks over the decades. Saanich municipal crews, led by biologist Dave Clough, are in the midst of a five-year plan to restore the creek and encourage more salmon spawning.

Douglas Creek restoration protects ‘the last of the best’ in Saanich

Five-year restoration project will encourage salmon spawning, return of other wildlife and tree protection

Darrell Wick, president of the Friends of Mount Douglas Park Society, stands in the Douglas Creek bed in Mt. Doug Park (PKOLS), where storm surges have eroded the creek banks over the decades. Saanich municipal crews, led by biologist Dave Clough, are in the midst of a five-year plan to restore the creek and encourage more salmon spawning.
Nathalie Chambers in a sunflower field at Madrona Farm. The 11-hectare Saanich farm will host the seventh annual Chef Survival Challenge on Sept. 7.

Saanich farmers issue challenge to municipal politicians

Madrona Farm hosts Municipal Farm Challenge in bid to put ALR on the election map

Nathalie Chambers in a sunflower field at Madrona Farm. The 11-hectare Saanich farm will host the seventh annual Chef Survival Challenge on Sept. 7.
Laura Cochrane, left, and program co-ordinator Kim Cummins stand in the kitchen of a three-bedroom bungalow at 3541 Shelbourne St., the new home of the Shelbourne Community Kitchen. The group plans to renovate the property after approval through public hearing in the coming weeks.

Shelbourne Community Kitchen finds a permanent home

Community kitchen in Saanich will expand programs for isolated seniors, disabled residents, thanks to multi-year funding

Laura Cochrane, left, and program co-ordinator Kim Cummins stand in the kitchen of a three-bedroom bungalow at 3541 Shelbourne St., the new home of the Shelbourne Community Kitchen. The group plans to renovate the property after approval through public hearing in the coming weeks.
A member of the Horeftikos Omilos Mesologgiou dance troupe leaps in to the air during a performance at the 2013 Greek Fest.

Let the Greek times roll: Greek Fest begins today

Annual Greek festival expected to attract 30,000 people to Saanich Commonwealth Place over two weekends

A member of the Horeftikos Omilos Mesologgiou dance troupe leaps in to the air during a performance at the 2013 Greek Fest.

Blenkinsop Lake Park to expand, thanks to land deal

Land purchase last year set the stage for ALR and park expansion, as well as better trail connections to Lochside Regional Trail

Panama Flats concept plan.

Panama Flats plan heads to Agricultural Land Commission

Council unanimously approves concept plan, which includes new trails and farmland, on Monday

Panama Flats concept plan.

B.C. deputy minister files defamation suit against MLA Rob Fleming

Athana Mentzelopoulos, jobs, tourism and skills deputy minister, claims Fleming damaged her reputation in online petition

Mountie Ken Strange (played by Edgar Edwards), right, and Dan MacKenzie (Michael Heppell) share the screen with Rin Tin Tin Jr. in the 1939 film Death Goes North, filmed in and around Saanich.

Broadmead Village to screen 1939 movie filmed in Saanich

Death Goes North, a tale of a timber baron's mysterious murder and the Mounties who investigate, filmed near Rithet's Bog

Mountie Ken Strange (played by Edgar Edwards), right, and Dan MacKenzie (Michael Heppell) share the screen with Rin Tin Tin Jr. in the 1939 film Death Goes North, filmed in and around Saanich.
Abandoned couches sit in an empty lot in Saanich. Illegal dumping costs the municipality at least $80,000 annually.

The perpetual headache of illegal dumping in Saanich

Problem costs municipality at least $80,000 each year, and many discarded items are free to recycle anyhow

Abandoned couches sit in an empty lot in Saanich. Illegal dumping costs the municipality at least $80,000 annually.

‘Forced hiatus’ on CRD sewage project an opportunity, says Saanich councillor

Westshore communities, Esquimalt working on terms of reference for distributed model study

Orthotic technician Denise Barclay contours metal joints on the mould of a patient’s leg to create a knee-ankle-foot orthosis. This particular orthosis is for a patient with muscular dystrophy.

PART 2: Building hope at Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health

Technicians build orthotics, prosthetics and custom wheelchairs for thousands of patients each year on Vancouver Island

Orthotic technician Denise Barclay contours metal joints on the mould of a patient’s leg to create a knee-ankle-foot orthosis. This particular orthosis is for a patient with muscular dystrophy.
Tytan Beckford, 2, shares a laugh with prosthetist Stephanie Lung as Lung fits 'stubbies' on Tytan's legs at the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health, while Tytan's mother Moira Beckford looks on.

The world of a War Amps champ

Making life whole with prosthetics at the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health

Tytan Beckford, 2, shares a laugh with prosthetist Stephanie Lung as Lung fits 'stubbies' on Tytan's legs at the Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health, while Tytan's mother Moira Beckford looks on.

Prospect Lake Soccer club funded for change room at Layritz

The Prospect Lake Soccer Club is cashing in on Saanich’s interest-free loan program to help build a changing room house at Layritz Park.

Cook Street sidewalk, cycling fix approved

Contract worth $4.8 million includes pipe upgrades underground, green installations

The effects of party drugs is being studied at UVic.

Wanted: party drug users for UVic addictions study

Greater Victoria’s recreational drug users are in high demand for a new study being undertaken at UVic

The effects of party drugs is being studied at UVic.
Sabba Sal, member of the India Canada Cultural Association of Victoria, displays his commemorative Canada Post stamp of the Komagata Maru incident, in which hundreds of Sikh, Muslim and Hindu refugees were turned away from the B.C. coast 100 years ago tomorrow.

Saanich event remembers the Komagata Maru, fight for equality

Century of progress to be celebrated at MLA Lana Popham's constituency office July 23

Sabba Sal, member of the India Canada Cultural Association of Victoria, displays his commemorative Canada Post stamp of the Komagata Maru incident, in which hundreds of Sikh, Muslim and Hindu refugees were turned away from the B.C. coast 100 years ago tomorrow.
Sierra Reisig, 14, and her dad Darren Reisig outside their Gordon Head home. The pair are in Nanaimo this weekend for the B.C. Summer Games, where Sierra is competing in basketball.

Saanich father, daughter head to B.C. Summer Games in Nanaimo

Darren Reisig and daughter Sierra will take in basketball, lacrosse and other sports as B.C.'s best compete this weekend

Sierra Reisig, 14, and her dad Darren Reisig outside their Gordon Head home. The pair are in Nanaimo this weekend for the B.C. Summer Games, where Sierra is competing in basketball.
Contraband tobacco sales could be costing the B.C. government millions of dollars a year, according to an analysis of cigarette butts done by the Western Convenience Store Association.

Contraband cigarettes flowing freely in Greater Victoria

Illegal tobacco could be costing province as much as $120 million annually, says advocacy group

Contraband tobacco sales could be costing the B.C. government millions of dollars a year, according to an analysis of cigarette butts done by the Western Convenience Store Association.

Youth mental health facility Ledger House undergoing renovations

13-bed facility adding two beds for future capacity, though Island Health says beds won't be utilized without extra funding