Natalie North

Column: Old challenges in a new era

On my desk is a photo of Gwen Cash, Canada’s first female general reporter.

UVic research engineer Alison Proctor kneels beside a Bluefin-12 AUV used this past summer to search for lost ships of the Sir John Franklin expedition in 1845.

Franklin’s ships remain lost

UVic ocean lab team returns from Northwest Passage search mission

UVic research engineer Alison Proctor kneels beside a Bluefin-12 AUV used this past summer to search for lost ships of the Sir John Franklin expedition in 1845.
With bus drivers refusing overtime work, B.C. Transit cancelled more than 70 runs on busy routes late last week. The same is expected this week as contract negotiations continue.

Cancellation of bus runs balloon across city

Strike or no strike, some transit riders accustomed to spotty service

With bus drivers refusing overtime work, B.C. Transit cancelled more than 70 runs on busy routes late last week. The same is expected this week as contract negotiations continue.
Historian and ghost story teller John Adams sits in the Fireside Grill on West Saanich Road. The restaurant is said to be haunted by the ghost of Katharine Maltwood, who appears in the hallway and private dining room that was once Maltwood’s studio.

Restaurant plays host to a watching ghost?

Former owner with links to occult said to roam historic Saanich cottage

Historian and ghost story teller John Adams sits in the Fireside Grill on West Saanich Road. The restaurant is said to be haunted by the ghost of Katharine Maltwood, who appears in the hallway and private dining room that was once Maltwood’s studio.

Teachers’ union offers anti-Enbridge lesson plans

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation last week began offering resources to teachers on Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline

Province reaches out young entrepreneurs via smartphone app

Government launches Boss Yourself app for small business startups

Residents owe legal costs in Douglas fir campaign

"Dougy," Cadboro Bay’s notorious Douglas fir hit the ground Monday morning

Susan Baird gives Merna Lackhoff a flu shot at the Les Passmore Centre in Saanich.

Flu season, vaccination clinics begin in Greater Victoria

Some years, the influenza virus kills up to 8,000 Canadians, but it doesn’t have to.

Susan Baird gives Merna Lackhoff a flu shot at the Les Passmore Centre in Saanich.
UVic grad and rap artist Baba Brinkman returns to Victoria with unique brand of academic hip hop performance.

Darwin and Chaucer, via rap

Baba Brinkman translates literature, science for the hip-hop masses

UVic grad and rap artist Baba Brinkman returns to Victoria with unique brand of academic hip hop performance.

Debate over school Wi-Fi reignites

Debate over allowing wireless Internet into Greater Victoria schools will take centre stage again after a year-and-a-half hiatus.

Ready for the Big One?

Most British Columbians ignore calls for emergency preparedness

Chef Dan Hayes and health researcher David Trill is looking for families to sign up to learn about kids' nutrition while getting free cooking lessons from Hayes at the London Chef cooking school on Fort Street.

Researcher seeks families keen to cook

Participants rewarded with cooking classes at London Chef

Chef Dan Hayes and health researcher David Trill is looking for families to sign up to learn about kids' nutrition while getting free cooking lessons from Hayes at the London Chef cooking school on Fort Street.
Visually impaired runner Graeme McCreath and his guide Carlos Castillo run on the Galloping Goose trail. McCreath has filed a human rights complaint against the TC10K race for not allowing him to run with other disabled runners in the annual event.

TC10K run hit with human rights complaint

A blind runner has filed a human rights complaint after having his request denied to start the run early to avoid race congestion.

Visually impaired runner Graeme McCreath and his guide Carlos Castillo run on the Galloping Goose trail. McCreath has filed a human rights complaint against the TC10K race for not allowing him to run with other disabled runners in the annual event.

Project aims to build trust between teens, seniors

If you’re a senior in the Gorge-Tillicum neighbourhood who feels anxious near groups of teens, “Trust Me!” want to hear from you.

Family owners/operators of EY Properties came out to break ground on Saanich’s first purpose-built rental housing project in  25 years, at the corner of Tillicum and Burnside roads on Tuesday. From left, family matriarch Olga Yakimovich stands alongside her daughter-in-law and company co-owner, Yvonne Yakimovich, wife of company president Ernie Yakimovich, followed by Kerry Yakimovich who’s married to project co-ordinator Doug Yakimovich, and his sister, property manager Angela Oakley and her husband Doug Oakley.

Work begins on first rental units in Saanich in 25 years

Three generations of family break ground on site at Tillicum, Burnside

Family owners/operators of EY Properties came out to break ground on Saanich’s first purpose-built rental housing project in  25 years, at the corner of Tillicum and Burnside roads on Tuesday. From left, family matriarch Olga Yakimovich stands alongside her daughter-in-law and company co-owner, Yvonne Yakimovich, wife of company president Ernie Yakimovich, followed by Kerry Yakimovich who’s married to project co-ordinator Doug Yakimovich, and his sister, property manager Angela Oakley and her husband Doug Oakley.

Region draws record number of foreign students

Camosun, Uvic, RRU see spike in international numbers

Reynolds secondary Grade 10 student Laurel Chweles right, reacts as her friend Kristi Fraser has her head sheared for a Tour de Rock fundraiser last Thursday. The school raised an astonishing $101,000.

Reynolds raises $101K for Tour de Rock

Students and staff at Reynolds secondary have once again outdone themselves in their Cops for Cancer campaign, this year raising $101,066

Reynolds secondary Grade 10 student Laurel Chweles right, reacts as her friend Kristi Fraser has her head sheared for a Tour de Rock fundraiser last Thursday. The school raised an astonishing $101,000.

Middle ground for Cedar Hill golf food services

The Cedar Hill golf course’s money-losing restaurant will remain closed, and will be replaced with the light snack service

Dennis Ohalloran shows off produce he grew at Seven Oaks Tertiary Mental Health Facility on Blenkinsop Road. Ohalloran is one of 14 people who grew vegetables as a part of Feeding Ourselves and Others, a therapeutic gardening project that also supplies the Mustard Seed and Our Place with fresh food.

Health and healing in the garden

Every Tuesday and Thursday since May, Dennis Ohalloran has gotten his hands dirty, tending to a veggie patch in the Blenkinsop Valley.

Dennis Ohalloran shows off produce he grew at Seven Oaks Tertiary Mental Health Facility on Blenkinsop Road. Ohalloran is one of 14 people who grew vegetables as a part of Feeding Ourselves and Others, a therapeutic gardening project that also supplies the Mustard Seed and Our Place with fresh food.
Reynolds students (clockwise from bottom) Cassidy Stadel, Sarah Danks, Melissa Desjarlais-Pilon,  Amy Erving, Charlie Muth, Sarah Byrne and Holly Simonson are ready to lose their locks to raise money for Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.

Girls surrender hair for Tour de Rock

Reynolds students continue long legacy of fundraising for Cops for Cancer

Reynolds students (clockwise from bottom) Cassidy Stadel, Sarah Danks, Melissa Desjarlais-Pilon,  Amy Erving, Charlie Muth, Sarah Byrne and Holly Simonson are ready to lose their locks to raise money for Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.