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Standing in front of the iconic Plaskett telescope dome, Gregory Fahlman oversees Canada's astronomy and astrophysics infrastructure around the world from his National Research Council office atop the observatory mountain in Saanich. Fahlman is the only Victoria resident to be awarded the Order of B.C. this year.

A window to the universe, from Saanich

Gregory Falman awarded Order of B.C. for guiding Canada’s astronomy efforts

Standing in front of the iconic Plaskett telescope dome, Gregory Fahlman oversees Canada's astronomy and astrophysics infrastructure around the world from his National Research Council office atop the observatory mountain in Saanich. Fahlman is the only Victoria resident to be awarded the Order of B.C. this year.

Saanich tree protection bylaw unfair, say homebuilders

Saanich has drafted strict bylaws to stem the loss of tree canopy across the municipality

Saanich resident Dave Poje is trying to convince Saanich and View Royal to buy 30 acres of private forest next to Victoria General Hospital for a park. The forest helps form a divide between rural Saanich and the growing suburban neighbourhoods of View Royal.

Advocate pushes for new forest park in Saanich

A Saanich family is leading a low-key but determined effort to preserve the 28-acre forest as a nature park near Watkiss Road

Saanich resident Dave Poje is trying to convince Saanich and View Royal to buy 30 acres of private forest next to Victoria General Hospital for a park. The forest helps form a divide between rural Saanich and the growing suburban neighbourhoods of View Royal.
Archivist Raymond Frogner shows a replica of the original ledger that recorded the transfer of land between James Douglas, representing the British Crown, and aboriginal groups in Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island in the early 1850s. The Royal B.C. Museum and B.C. Archives, which holds the original ledger in a vault, plans to submit the Vancouver Island Treaties, aslo called the Douglas Treaties, as a UNESCO world heritage document.

B.C. Archives seeks world heritage status for Douglas treaties

B.C. Archives and the Royal B.C. Museum are submitting the Douglas treaties to the UNESCO Memory of the World register

Archivist Raymond Frogner shows a replica of the original ledger that recorded the transfer of land between James Douglas, representing the British Crown, and aboriginal groups in Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island in the early 1850s. The Royal B.C. Museum and B.C. Archives, which holds the original ledger in a vault, plans to submit the Vancouver Island Treaties, aslo called the Douglas Treaties, as a UNESCO world heritage document.
Larry Phillips, Horticulture Centre of the Pacific’s curator for the bonsai garden trims one of the 33 bonsai plants at the facility. The official opening of the garden is scheduled for September, but plants are now on display near the Japanese Garden. The bonsai art, among the four hectares of gardens, will be on display during the annual Arts and Music in the Gardens this weekend.

Ancient art takes root at Saanich garden

If the bucolic Horticulture Centre of the Pacific wasn’t tranquil enough, a new emerging garden is offering a new level of Zen.

Larry Phillips, Horticulture Centre of the Pacific’s curator for the bonsai garden trims one of the 33 bonsai plants at the facility. The official opening of the garden is scheduled for September, but plants are now on display near the Japanese Garden. The bonsai art, among the four hectares of gardens, will be on display during the annual Arts and Music in the Gardens this weekend.
This B.C. Hydro map shows the work zone to remove vegetation and soil near Colquitz creek in Colquitz River Park in Saanich starting later this month.

B.C. Hydro to remove contaminated soil near Colquitz creek in Saanich

B.C. Hydro plans to dig contaminated soil out of the side of Colquitz creek in the wake of a mineral oil leak last November.

This B.C. Hydro map shows the work zone to remove vegetation and soil near Colquitz creek in Colquitz River Park in Saanich starting later this month.
Swimmers dive into the Gorge from the Banfield Park dock. The second Gorge Swimfest is on Aug. 11 at Banfield, Esquimalt Gorge Park and Curtis Point, in Saanich's Gorge Park.

Swimmers dive into second Gorge Swim Fest

Community groups and municipalities lining the waterway are helping launch the second Gorge Swim Fest in August

Swimmers dive into the Gorge from the Banfield Park dock. The second Gorge Swimfest is on Aug. 11 at Banfield, Esquimalt Gorge Park and Curtis Point, in Saanich's Gorge Park.
Kids play on the newly repainted Cadborosaurus at Gyro Park. The play area is slated for expansion under changes proposed for the park.

Alternative plans pressed for Gyro Park

Cadboro Bay resident disputes Saanich park planning proposals

Kids play on the newly repainted Cadborosaurus at Gyro Park. The play area is slated for expansion under changes proposed for the park.
B.C. Archive paper conservator Jean Topham demonstrates a preservation method for aging leather-bound ledgers, in this case 100-year-old court records rescued from the basement of the Vancouver Law Courts. Topham concocts her own leather preservation dressing using lanolin and neatsfoot oil. The archive, housed at the Royal B.C. Museum, accepted 60 boxes of court documents spanning 1897 to 1987.

From a dusty court basement to the B.C. Archives

Donated historical documents tell tales of B.C.'s early cases of murder, celebrity intrigue and the aboriginal fight for rights

B.C. Archive paper conservator Jean Topham demonstrates a preservation method for aging leather-bound ledgers, in this case 100-year-old court records rescued from the basement of the Vancouver Law Courts. Topham concocts her own leather preservation dressing using lanolin and neatsfoot oil. The archive, housed at the Royal B.C. Museum, accepted 60 boxes of court documents spanning 1897 to 1987.
Bruce Parisian, right, of Victoria Native Friendship Centre shows a carving commissioned from artist Carey Newman, with Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad and Kate Elliott of Metis Youth B.C. at the legislature on Monday.

Young aboriginal artists in Victoria get $15,000 boost

The Saanich-based Victoria Native Friendship Centre has been awarded $15,000 to support local off-reserve aboriginal artists.

Bruce Parisian, right, of Victoria Native Friendship Centre shows a carving commissioned from artist Carey Newman, with Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad and Kate Elliott of Metis Youth B.C. at the legislature on Monday.
(Left) An inmate at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (Wilkinson Road jail) has his fingerprint scanned to allow him access to a computer terminal (right) that is activated using biometric fingerprint data. The computer system allows inmates access to all their court documents.

Jail in Saanich pilots high-tech fingerprinting system for inmates

Wilkinson Road jail is piloting a system that that allows inmates easy access to their court documents using fingerprint technology.

(Left) An inmate at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre (Wilkinson Road jail) has his fingerprint scanned to allow him access to a computer terminal (right) that is activated using biometric fingerprint data. The computer system allows inmates access to all their court documents.
Biotechnology student Jorge Peña, left, shows off a compound that holds promise in terms of shutting down cancerous cells at the genetic level, with engineering student Anup Daté looking on. Peña and Daté are two of 14 foreign students working at the University of Victoria this summer under the Mitacs-Globalink program.

Reversing the Canadian brain drain

Summer intern program at the University of Victoria a means to attract foreign research scientists

Biotechnology student Jorge Peña, left, shows off a compound that holds promise in terms of shutting down cancerous cells at the genetic level, with engineering student Anup Daté looking on. Peña and Daté are two of 14 foreign students working at the University of Victoria this summer under the Mitacs-Globalink program.
For his University of Victoria mechanical engineering master's degree, Aaron Philippsen showed that seaweed could be a viable source of ethanol for B.C. compared to imported biofuels.

Seaweed viable for biofuels in B.C., says UVic scientist

Seaweed – it’s great for sushi, and perhaps even better for biofuels.

For his University of Victoria mechanical engineering master's degree, Aaron Philippsen showed that seaweed could be a viable source of ethanol for B.C. compared to imported biofuels.
Volunteers Dave Poje and Dick Battles pull ivy in a particularly bad patch in the southern end of Mount Douglas Park. Hundreds of volunteers across 40 parks in Saanich work to control and eradicate dozens of invasive plants. In 2012 volunteers logged some 6,500 hours on removing invasive species. To date this year it's already 4,300 hours.

Eradicating invasive plants in Saanich a slow, steady battle

Volunteers the backbone of a broader invasive species strategy across the municipality

Volunteers Dave Poje and Dick Battles pull ivy in a particularly bad patch in the southern end of Mount Douglas Park. Hundreds of volunteers across 40 parks in Saanich work to control and eradicate dozens of invasive plants. In 2012 volunteers logged some 6,500 hours on removing invasive species. To date this year it's already 4,300 hours.
Lindsay Hodgins, 16, concentrates as she throws shoes at the Greater Victoria Horseshoe Pitching Association grounds in Saanich. The club member is one of the top youth horseshoe players in Canada and is competiting in the world championships this month in St. George, Utah.

Saanich horseshoe club kids going to worlds

The 16-year-old member of the Greater Victoria Horseshoe Pitching Association is the reigning junior female Canadian champion

Lindsay Hodgins, 16, concentrates as she throws shoes at the Greater Victoria Horseshoe Pitching Association grounds in Saanich. The club member is one of the top youth horseshoe players in Canada and is competiting in the world championships this month in St. George, Utah.
UVic chemistry professor Frank van Veggel illuminates a vial of erbium nanoparticles using an infrared laser. Nanoparticles could lead to better detection and treatment of prostate cancer, a technology Van Veggel is developing in partnership with the B.C. Cancer Agency.

Prostate cancer, a tough nut to crack

Scientists at the University of Victoria tackle the problem of diagnosing prostate cancer using vastly different high-tech techniques

UVic chemistry professor Frank van Veggel illuminates a vial of erbium nanoparticles using an infrared laser. Nanoparticles could lead to better detection and treatment of prostate cancer, a technology Van Veggel is developing in partnership with the B.C. Cancer Agency.
The Centre of the Universe, a public interpretative centre at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, is being shut down at the end of the summer due to budget cutbacks.

Center of the Universe in Saanich to close at the end of summer

The Centre of the Universe astronomy interpretive centre in Saanich will close at the end of the summer due to budget cutbacks

The Centre of the Universe, a public interpretative centre at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, is being shut down at the end of the summer due to budget cutbacks.
Oak Bay author Christina Johnson-Dean shows a self-portrait of Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher in her new book that explores of the life of the adventurous and unsung Victoria artist who befriended and influenced Emily Carr.

Unsung Victoria artist brought to light

The Life and Art of Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher launches June 29, 8 p.m. at the Victoria College of Art, 1625 Bank St.

Oak Bay author Christina Johnson-Dean shows a self-portrait of Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher in her new book that explores of the life of the adventurous and unsung Victoria artist who befriended and influenced Emily Carr.
Marlene Bergstrom, Laura Cochrane and Rev. Lyle McKenzie are part of a group trying to establish a community kitchen in the Shelbourne Valley. Three churches and two community associations signed a agreement this week to establish a formal organization, which will hunt for a location for the kitchen.

Saanich group on hunt for community kitchen in Shelbourne Valley

The Shelbourne Community Kitchen organization has been born. All it needs now is an actual kitchen.

Marlene Bergstrom, Laura Cochrane and Rev. Lyle McKenzie are part of a group trying to establish a community kitchen in the Shelbourne Valley. Three churches and two community associations signed a agreement this week to establish a formal organization, which will hunt for a location for the kitchen.
Jessica Tamas picks borage at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific for use at the garden's restaurant. The garden will be participating in Canada’s inaugural Garden Day on Friday.

Friday is garden day in Victoria, and across Canada

Entry to Horticulture Centre of the Pacific in Saanich free on Friday

Jessica Tamas picks borage at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific for use at the garden's restaurant. The garden will be participating in Canada’s inaugural Garden Day on Friday.