Edward Hill

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Victoria filmmaker Mohsin Abbas, left, in the village of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan, where he was shooting a story about Malala Yousafzai, a teen who advocated for the education and freedom of females within the highly tribalistic and traditional society.

Victoria man vows to tell Malala’s story

The attack on Malala Yousafzai made headlines around the world.

Victoria filmmaker Mohsin Abbas, left, in the village of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan, where he was shooting a story about Malala Yousafzai, a teen who advocated for the education and freedom of females within the highly tribalistic and traditional society.
Roy Scully shows a few treasures fished from the Gorge Waterway during last year’s Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club cleanup effort.

Gorge cleanup makes progress, but junk still piles up

There’s fewer televisions and computers chucked into the Gorge these days, but a volunteer crew still expects to fill three dumpsters

Roy Scully shows a few treasures fished from the Gorge Waterway during last year’s Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club cleanup effort.
Two forested properties and a road next to Mount Douglas Park (highlighted) were created in 1912, but have recently been surveyed for possible development.

100 years on, undeveloped lots in Saanich eyed for development

Two untouched lots that have sat idle next to Mount Douglas Park since 1912, and now bear survey markings for future development.

Two forested properties and a road next to Mount Douglas Park (highlighted) were created in 1912, but have recently been surveyed for possible development.
Federal forestry scientist Elisa Becker checks on Interior Douglas firs growing at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Saanich. Becker and her team are stressing out thousands of fir trees in an effort to pin down the genetic traits that allow some trees to grow through drought and disease.

Search for the toughest of trees

Pacific Forestry Centre in Saanich stresses out Douglas firs in a bid to create stronger forests

Federal forestry scientist Elisa Becker checks on Interior Douglas firs growing at the Pacific Forestry Centre in Saanich. Becker and her team are stressing out thousands of fir trees in an effort to pin down the genetic traits that allow some trees to grow through drought and disease.
Calvin Sandborn, director of the Environmental Law Centre at UVic, left, and Ancient Forest Alliance executive director Ken Wu stand next to one of the few remaining old growth trees, a Douglas fir, in Mount Douglas Park.

Ancient Forest Alliance pushes parties to protect old growth

The Ancient Forest Alliance is taking provincial political parties to task in terms of committing to preserve B.C.’s old growth forests.

Calvin Sandborn, director of the Environmental Law Centre at UVic, left, and Ancient Forest Alliance executive director Ken Wu stand next to one of the few remaining old growth trees, a Douglas fir, in Mount Douglas Park.
Campus View elementary student Reina Girvan-Randall, 10, with her mom Anita Girvan, a parent volunteer, is one of the driving forces behind the school's environmental Green Team the school's EarthFest community event. Reina also played a key role behind the school securing a $25,000 award from Staples Canada for computer equipment.

Going ‘green’ pays off for Saanich elementary school

Staples Canada awards Campus View elementary $25,000 in computer gear; school hosts second community EarthFest on Wednesday

Campus View elementary student Reina Girvan-Randall, 10, with her mom Anita Girvan, a parent volunteer, is one of the driving forces behind the school's environmental Green Team the school's EarthFest community event. Reina also played a key role behind the school securing a $25,000 award from Staples Canada for computer equipment.
Shut out since 1996, the NDP is looking to finally retake the provincial riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head from the Liberals, as seen here from Mount Douglas looking south. But a Green Party candidate with name recognition could throw a wrench into the election for both provicial parties that have dominated the riding.

Election battleground: Oak Bay-Gordon Head

A B.C. Liberal riding for 16 years, the NDP and Green parties seek to seize the white collar neighbourhoods of Saanich and Oak Bay

Shut out since 1996, the NDP is looking to finally retake the provincial riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head from the Liberals, as seen here from Mount Douglas looking south. But a Green Party candidate with name recognition could throw a wrench into the election for both provicial parties that have dominated the riding.
Pacific Christian School secondary teacher Ruth McGhee, centre, helped coach Heather Cape and Virginia Shram through to the senior national debate championships in Calgary, starting April 25. Shram and Cape, both in Grade 12, were among the top five debate teams in the province.

Victoria’s Pacific Christian team ready to argue at national championships

Two Grade 12 girls from Pacific Christian School are competing in this year’s senior national debate championships in Calgary.

Pacific Christian School secondary teacher Ruth McGhee, centre, helped coach Heather Cape and Virginia Shram through to the senior national debate championships in Calgary, starting April 25. Shram and Cape, both in Grade 12, were among the top five debate teams in the province.
The provincial government organized the installation of a wheelchair accessible dock at scenic Durrance Lake in Mount Work Regional Park this year to encourage more people to fish.

New dock at Durrance opens fishing to all

The provincial government has spearheaded construction of a new dock at Durrance Lake

The provincial government organized the installation of a wheelchair accessible dock at scenic Durrance Lake in Mount Work Regional Park this year to encourage more people to fish.

University women’s group pushing child poverty onto election agenda

Canadian Federation of University Women Victoria is hosting a talk on child poverty in Saanich next Wednesday

Dolores Wilkinson, 79, and community services worker Alison Webb read through a book of ugly animals at the Garth Homer Centre in Saanich. Wilkinson is among the first generation of people with a developmental disability growing into old age, which is forcing government to rethink how it funds organizations that care for people with cognitive impairments.

Rise of the other ‘grey tsunami’

First generation of developmentally disabled adults reach senior years

Dolores Wilkinson, 79, and community services worker Alison Webb read through a book of ugly animals at the Garth Homer Centre in Saanich. Wilkinson is among the first generation of people with a developmental disability growing into old age, which is forcing government to rethink how it funds organizations that care for people with cognitive impairments.
Thomas King, left, Adriana Ravalli, Nabil Ayoub play those eager for New Testament parables from Jesus, played by Griffin Lea (lower centre) in an upcoming production of Godspell at St. Matthias Church.

New apostles of Victoria theatre

Performing arts grads launch theatre company through Godspell

Thomas King, left, Adriana Ravalli, Nabil Ayoub play those eager for New Testament parables from Jesus, played by Griffin Lea (lower centre) in an upcoming production of Godspell at St. Matthias Church.
Arbutus middle school Grade 8 student Xuan Emma Lu, 13, shows a print of her peace poster that earned her top marks in Canada and a top 23 in the world for the Lions Club International 25th annual peace poster contest.

Teen top in Canada for peace poster

World peace is tough to visualize as a snapshot, but a Saanich student has captured its spirit in a drawing that came out on top in Canada

Arbutus middle school Grade 8 student Xuan Emma Lu, 13, shows a print of her peace poster that earned her top marks in Canada and a top 23 in the world for the Lions Club International 25th annual peace poster contest.
Moses Pimentel sits near the CT scan machine at Victoria General Hospital, where he had a brain scan last June after suffering a stroke. The Vancouver Island Health Authority and Genome B.C. have launched a $10 million project for early stroke detection.

Stopping strokes before they hit

VIHA and Genome B.C. have launched a $10 million project in Victoria to make the warning signs of stroke easy to detect

Moses Pimentel sits near the CT scan machine at Victoria General Hospital, where he had a brain scan last June after suffering a stroke. The Vancouver Island Health Authority and Genome B.C. have launched a $10 million project for early stroke detection.
Tia Filler and Noelle Pasta, both 6, check out what’s growing at the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. Swan Lake will host Saanich’s first nature preschool program this September.

Saanich branches into ‘nature’ education

Swan Lake to host outdoor preschool this September

Tia Filler and Noelle Pasta, both 6, check out what’s growing at the Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary. Swan Lake will host Saanich’s first nature preschool program this September.
The results of a proposed land exchange in Haro Woods between the Saanich and the Capital Regional District, as well as the proposed footprint of an attenuation tank.

Haro Woods land swap, rezoning before council in April

CRD seeks land for overflow tank in Saanich as part of regional sewage treatment

The results of a proposed land exchange in Haro Woods between the Saanich and the Capital Regional District, as well as the proposed footprint of an attenuation tank.
A great horned owl minds her three owlets, which were hatched in a planter box outside a building in the Tillicum area of Saanich. Normally a reclusive bird, it’s unusual for an owl family to nest next to an area with regular, daily commotion, but it gave several non-profit agencies the opportunity to set up live-streaming webcams through hancockwildlife.org.

Saanich owl family lands online reality show

Great horned owls raise owls in planter outside office building near Tillicum area; Hancock Wildlife Foundation helps set up webcams

A great horned owl minds her three owlets, which were hatched in a planter box outside a building in the Tillicum area of Saanich. Normally a reclusive bird, it’s unusual for an owl family to nest next to an area with regular, daily commotion, but it gave several non-profit agencies the opportunity to set up live-streaming webcams through hancockwildlife.org.
Feb 28 2013 - Eric Carswell demonstrates the eye exam machine used at the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging data collection site in the Gorge Road Hospital. Carswell was the first Greater Victoria resident to donate his health and lifestyle information for a study that aims to track 50,000 Canadians over 20 years.

Unlocking the secrets to healthy aging

Victoria is one of 11 sites in Canada participating in a study that aims to track 50,000 Canadians between age 45 and 85, for 20 years

Feb 28 2013 - Eric Carswell demonstrates the eye exam machine used at the Canadian Longitudinal Study of Aging data collection site in the Gorge Road Hospital. Carswell was the first Greater Victoria resident to donate his health and lifestyle information for a study that aims to track 50,000 Canadians over 20 years.
Easily accessible and relatively inexpensive technology has allowed Victoria natives Philip Turcotte, left, and Sandy Groulx, a.k.a SandyG, to create a recording studio in Turcotte's apartment.

Creating low key sound in an urban bunker

When the mood strikes, Sandy Groulx, a.k.a. SandyG, steps into a fortress of blankets and belts out hip-hop rhymes.

Easily accessible and relatively inexpensive technology has allowed Victoria natives Philip Turcotte, left, and Sandy Groulx, a.k.a SandyG, to create a recording studio in Turcotte's apartment.
Katrina Kadoski is performing her acclaimed one-person musical about homesteading legend Ada Annie Jordan, ak.a Cougar Annie at Spectrum Community School Theatre on Tuesday.

The legend of Cougar Annie comes to Spectrum

In 2007, Katrina Kadoski found herself as caretaker of a homestead on the remote coast of Clayoquot Sound

Katrina Kadoski is performing her acclaimed one-person musical about homesteading legend Ada Annie Jordan, ak.a Cougar Annie at Spectrum Community School Theatre on Tuesday.