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UVic Valkyries head captain Misha Whittingham evades Hayley Tkatschow during the Quidditch team’s practice. The University of Victoria is hosting the Quiddtich Canada National Championship next April.

Players work their magic to bring Quidditch nationals to UVic

University of Victoria will host national championship for Harry Potter-inspired game

UVic Valkyries head captain Misha Whittingham evades Hayley Tkatschow during the Quidditch team’s practice. The University of Victoria is hosting the Quiddtich Canada National Championship next April.
The 2016 Construction Achievements and Renovations of Excellence (CARE) Awards saw more than 300 builders, designers and renovators turn out to the Fairmont Empress Hotel. Recipients included the Saanich-based Terry Johal Developments and Step One Design, who won two awards for their collaborative efforts with the Saxe Point Manor, pictured above.

CARE Awards celebrate innovative home design

Saanich-based Terry Johal Developments and Step One Design won two awards for their work on Saxe Point Manor

The 2016 Construction Achievements and Renovations of Excellence (CARE) Awards saw more than 300 builders, designers and renovators turn out to the Fairmont Empress Hotel. Recipients included the Saanich-based Terry Johal Developments and Step One Design, who won two awards for their collaborative efforts with the Saxe Point Manor, pictured above.
Torquay elementary principal Cindy Harte is looking forward to the installation of the new playground the school won in the BCAA Play Here contest.

Designs finalized for Torquay playground

Saanich school won $100,000 towards playground expected to be installed Oct. 28 and 29

Torquay elementary principal Cindy Harte is looking forward to the installation of the new playground the school won in the BCAA Play Here contest.
Coun. Vicki Sanders, pictured with a collaborative mural on display at the Saanich municipal hall, is ready for the district’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Awards set for November. Nominations are open until Friday, with the purpose of the awards to recognize individuals and groups that have made an impact on the arts community in Saanich.

Arts community members to be recognized through new awards

Nominations for Arts, Culture and Heritage Awards open until Oct. 14

Coun. Vicki Sanders, pictured with a collaborative mural on display at the Saanich municipal hall, is ready for the district’s Arts, Culture and Heritage Awards set for November. Nominations are open until Friday, with the purpose of the awards to recognize individuals and groups that have made an impact on the arts community in Saanich.
Saanich filmmaker Connor Gaston is bringing his latest short film The Cameraman to VIFF on Thursday. The 16-minute drama stars young actors Nolan Hupp (pictured) as Ed and Octavian Kaul as Francis, two brothers reconciling their relationship with their abusive father, who’s battling Huntington’s disease.

Saanich filmmaker hits the screen at Vancouver festival

Saanich-based director's 16-minute short The Cameraman loosely based on book by his father

Saanich filmmaker Connor Gaston is bringing his latest short film The Cameraman to VIFF on Thursday. The 16-minute drama stars young actors Nolan Hupp (pictured) as Ed and Octavian Kaul as Francis, two brothers reconciling their relationship with their abusive father, who’s battling Huntington’s disease.
Peter Gatt is making his St. Luke’s Players directorial debut with A Murder is Announced, based on the Agatha Christie whodunit. The thrilling and clever murder-mystery features a great mix of characters, all of them trying to determine who the killer is at a local cottage.

St. Luke’s whodunit will keep audiences guessing

Agatha Christie mystery A Murder is Announced runs Oct. 12 to 23 at St. Luke's Hall

Peter Gatt is making his St. Luke’s Players directorial debut with A Murder is Announced, based on the Agatha Christie whodunit. The thrilling and clever murder-mystery features a great mix of characters, all of them trying to determine who the killer is at a local cottage.
Education Minister Mike Bernier visited Cloverdale Traditional School last week to see the recently finished seismic upgrades to the elementary school. The $3.1 million in improvements include new concrete shear walls, reinforced structural walls and roof materials.

Seismic upgrades completed at Cloverdale Traditional School

$3 million project reduces risk from earthquake at school built in 1917

Education Minister Mike Bernier visited Cloverdale Traditional School last week to see the recently finished seismic upgrades to the elementary school. The $3.1 million in improvements include new concrete shear walls, reinforced structural walls and roof materials.
Lauren Etchells, left, with baby Kaydance and spouse Tasha Brown. Etchells left Saanich for Europe/UK against a court order with Kaydance, now two, in May.

Mother who fled Canada fears return would jeopardize daughter’s safety

Lauren Etchells cites concerns her two-year-old will be put into foster care if she returns to Canada

Lauren Etchells, left, with baby Kaydance and spouse Tasha Brown. Etchells left Saanich for Europe/UK against a court order with Kaydance, now two, in May.
Brian Richardson, who grew up with John Lennon in Liverpool, is getting ready to perform some of The Beatles most beloved songs as part of Liverpool Singalong at St. Peter’s Anglican Church. The show is a fundraiser for 2 Saints + Friend’s, the church’s Syrian refugee sponsorship effort.

Beatlemania takes hold on St. Peter’s

Saanich church hosts Liverpool Singalong to benefit Syrian refugees

Brian Richardson, who grew up with John Lennon in Liverpool, is getting ready to perform some of The Beatles most beloved songs as part of Liverpool Singalong at St. Peter’s Anglican Church. The show is a fundraiser for 2 Saints + Friend’s, the church’s Syrian refugee sponsorship effort.
St. Michaels University School seniors Fo Wu and Jasmine Yu have left their mark on campus with their nature-inspired parklet, the winning design of the High School Parklet Design competition in Nanaimo. The parklet has maple leaf-shaped benches and an ocean theme along its wavy fence, making it an esthetically pleasing area to sit down and relax.

St. Michaels students show off winning parklet design

Fo Wu and Jasmine Yu won the High School Parklet Design competition at the Festival of Architecture in Nanaimo

St. Michaels University School seniors Fo Wu and Jasmine Yu have left their mark on campus with their nature-inspired parklet, the winning design of the High School Parklet Design competition in Nanaimo. The parklet has maple leaf-shaped benches and an ocean theme along its wavy fence, making it an esthetically pleasing area to sit down and relax.
B. Woodward of Cherry Bomb Toys, who organizes Victoria’s Ultimate Hobby & Toy Fair with his wife Candice, is getting ready for its return to the Pearkes Recreation Centre on Sunday. It doesn’t matter if you’re into Barbie or GI Joe, Beanie Babies or Pokémon, Transformers or My Little Pony - Woodward said there’s something for every type of collector and enthusiast.

Sunday’s toy fair packs Pearkes with nostalgia

Sunday's Ultimate Hobby & Toy Fair will benefit B.C. Children’s Hospital and the MS Society

B. Woodward of Cherry Bomb Toys, who organizes Victoria’s Ultimate Hobby & Toy Fair with his wife Candice, is getting ready for its return to the Pearkes Recreation Centre on Sunday. It doesn’t matter if you’re into Barbie or GI Joe, Beanie Babies or Pokémon, Transformers or My Little Pony - Woodward said there’s something for every type of collector and enthusiast.
From left, Cora Thomson with Corrie the therapy dog, St. Luke’s parish council member Barb Prescott, St. Luke’s choir director and organist Susanne Reul-Zastre, and bassoonist Matthew Robertson. The Anglican church has quite the double bill lined up for Sunday, with its annual Blessing of the Animals in the morning and the Anything Goes Too! concert in the afternoon.

Church events music to pet lovers’ ears

St. Luke's will host Blessing of the Animals and Anything Goes Too! concert Sunday

From left, Cora Thomson with Corrie the therapy dog, St. Luke’s parish council member Barb Prescott, St. Luke’s choir director and organist Susanne Reul-Zastre, and bassoonist Matthew Robertson. The Anglican church has quite the double bill lined up for Sunday, with its annual Blessing of the Animals in the morning and the Anything Goes Too! concert in the afternoon.
Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson dropped by Camosun's Interurban campus on Tuesday to learn about the use of open textbooks in a number of the college's trades courses. Since 2012, Camosun students have saved more than $115,000 on textbooks using digital learning materials instead of traditional printed books.

Open textbooks provide big savings and benefits for Camosun students

To date, Camosun students have saved $115,000 using open textbooks

Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson dropped by Camosun's Interurban campus on Tuesday to learn about the use of open textbooks in a number of the college's trades courses. Since 2012, Camosun students have saved more than $115,000 on textbooks using digital learning materials instead of traditional printed books.
Tom Severson (right) is featured in Inspired/Connected, the latest exhibit at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill. The exhibit runs Sept. 30 to Oct. 12 and showcases Severson’s 2D and 3D ceramic work, as well as pieces by his colleagues and former students from his time at the centre.

Cedar Hill dishes out ceramics exhibit

Tom Severson will display his unique 3D and 2D ceramic artwork at Arts Centre at Cedar Hill

Tom Severson (right) is featured in Inspired/Connected, the latest exhibit at the Arts Centre at Cedar Hill. The exhibit runs Sept. 30 to Oct. 12 and showcases Severson’s 2D and 3D ceramic work, as well as pieces by his colleagues and former students from his time at the centre.
John McRoberts and Jackie Gay will be coming back to Vancouver Island with some silver medals, following their second place finish in the sailing competition at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio.

Saanich duo sail to silver at Paralympics

Jackie Gay and John McRoberts finish second in the SKUD 18 keelboat over 11 races in Rio

John McRoberts and Jackie Gay will be coming back to Vancouver Island with some silver medals, following their second place finish in the sailing competition at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio.
Award-winning Malian songstress Rokia Traoré is headlining the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium on Nov. 5. The multi-talented musician is known for her diverse blend of traditional African music with a Western pop/rock influence.

Show brings West African rhythms to UVic

Award-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist Rokia Traoré will be at Farquhar Auditorium Nov. 5

Award-winning Malian songstress Rokia Traoré is headlining the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium on Nov. 5. The multi-talented musician is known for her diverse blend of traditional African music with a Western pop/rock influence.
Saanich Police seized a variety of drugs and weapons last Thursday in an early morning bust at a suspected drug house on Bodega Road.

Two arrested in Bodega Road drug house bust

Bust turned up cocaine, hashish, crack cocaine, marijuana and crystal meth

Saanich Police seized a variety of drugs and weapons last Thursday in an early morning bust at a suspected drug house on Bodega Road.
Jim Hayden, part owner of several Noodle Box locations, is ready for their annual fundraiser for the Canadian Mental Health Assocation. The Uptown location, Shelbourne, Douglas Street and Langford locations will be selling select boxes for $5, with all proceeds going to the CMHA.

$5 Noodle Box sales will support Mental Health

On Wednesday, the Noodle Box will be selling select boxes for $5 with all proceeds going to the Canadian Mental Health Association

Jim Hayden, part owner of several Noodle Box locations, is ready for their annual fundraiser for the Canadian Mental Health Assocation. The Uptown location, Shelbourne, Douglas Street and Langford locations will be selling select boxes for $5, with all proceeds going to the CMHA.
Latin American film professor Dan Russek is ready for Latin American & Spanish Film Week at the University of Victoria’s Cinecenta, Sept. 19 to 25.

Spanish Film Week comes to UVic’s Cinecenta

For one week only, the Cinecenta is showing films from south of the equator, as part of the Latin American & Spanish Film Week.

Latin American film professor Dan Russek is ready for Latin American & Spanish Film Week at the University of Victoria’s Cinecenta, Sept. 19 to 25.

CRD hosting workshops for feedback on arts strategy

The CRD is hosting a series of community workshops to gain feedback to develop the region’s arts strategy.