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The St. Luke’s Players are closing their 2015-16 season with Bull in a China Shop, a quirky comedy about six swooning old ladies who get the attention of a handsome homicide detective by conducting a murder.

Bull in a China Shop brings down curtain on St. Luke’s season

Saanich community theatre group stages comedy about six spinsters vying for the attention of a homicide detective

The St. Luke’s Players are closing their 2015-16 season with Bull in a China Shop, a quirky comedy about six swooning old ladies who get the attention of a handsome homicide detective by conducting a murder.
Saanich painter Jim Dodd, pictured with his painting of the beach at Mount Douglas Park, is one of 24 artists participating in this year’s Scattered Artists tour. The annual weekend event features 10 locations in Saanich and Victoria hosting artwork by the two dozen potters, painters and photographers.

Tour showcases artists’ work

Scattered Artists tour will highlight the work of several Saanich artists

Saanich painter Jim Dodd, pictured with his painting of the beach at Mount Douglas Park, is one of 24 artists participating in this year’s Scattered Artists tour. The annual weekend event features 10 locations in Saanich and Victoria hosting artwork by the two dozen potters, painters and photographers.
Saanich South MLA Lana Popham poses with Beach House Restaurant owner Kate Phoenix at the Saanich Women in Business Awards, hosted at the Cordova Bay restaurant on Tuesday. The evening honoured dozens of local business owners, entrepreneurs, educators and politicians for their roles in the community.

Photos from the Saanich Women in Business gala

Evening recognized local business owners, entrepreneurs, politicians and educators for their accomplishments

Saanich South MLA Lana Popham poses with Beach House Restaurant owner Kate Phoenix at the Saanich Women in Business Awards, hosted at the Cordova Bay restaurant on Tuesday. The evening honoured dozens of local business owners, entrepreneurs, educators and politicians for their roles in the community.
Rashpal Basi, left, Keith Hutton and Colin Yan try out the Shake Zone earthquake simulator at Royal Jubilee Hospital. The simulator was set up by the Insurance Bureau of Canada and Health Emergency Management B.C. in an effort to prepare hosptial staff and the public for an 8.0-magnitude earthquake, which has a 30 per cent chance of striking in southwestern B.C. in the next 50 years. The simulator is at Victoria General Hospital on Friday.

Earthquake simulator preps hospital workers for the big one

Victoria General Hospital hosts machine this Friday in View Royal

Rashpal Basi, left, Keith Hutton and Colin Yan try out the Shake Zone earthquake simulator at Royal Jubilee Hospital. The simulator was set up by the Insurance Bureau of Canada and Health Emergency Management B.C. in an effort to prepare hosptial staff and the public for an 8.0-magnitude earthquake, which has a 30 per cent chance of striking in southwestern B.C. in the next 50 years. The simulator is at Victoria General Hospital on Friday.
April was a hot month for the Vancouver Island housing market: the Victoria Real Estate Board recorded 1,286 house sales last month, a 53 per cent increase compared to April 2015. The benchmark value for a single family home also went up in that time, and the VREB saw an increase in buyers from the Lower Mainland, the U.S. and Asia.

HOMEFINDER: Housing market heading into a scorching summer

Greater Victoria’s April property sales up 53 per cent over 2015 numbers

April was a hot month for the Vancouver Island housing market: the Victoria Real Estate Board recorded 1,286 house sales last month, a 53 per cent increase compared to April 2015. The benchmark value for a single family home also went up in that time, and the VREB saw an increase in buyers from the Lower Mainland, the U.S. and Asia.
1930s New York meets Old West Nevada in Claremont’s production of Crazy For You, a romantic musical comedy filled with hilarity and hijinks. The production is part of the high school’s musical theatre program, which has been working on the 20-song show since September.

Claremont goes Crazy for musical

Crazy For You brings 1930s era New York showgirls to a fictional cowboy town

1930s New York meets Old West Nevada in Claremont’s production of Crazy For You, a romantic musical comedy filled with hilarity and hijinks. The production is part of the high school’s musical theatre program, which has been working on the 20-song show since September.
The Re/Max Spring Trends Report has highlighted some driving factors behind Vancouver Island’s real estate boom. The Greater Victoria area has seen a sharp increase of house sales in the first quarter of 2016, jumping 48 per cent compared to the same time last year.

Report follows spring housing trends

Greater Victoria witnesses a 10 per cent increase in selling price

The Re/Max Spring Trends Report has highlighted some driving factors behind Vancouver Island’s real estate boom. The Greater Victoria area has seen a sharp increase of house sales in the first quarter of 2016, jumping 48 per cent compared to the same time last year.
Chris Gainor, first vice-president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, will be looking to the stars on Saturday night as the RASC celebrates International Astronomy Day. The group has scheduled events at the Royal B.C. Museum and the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, running from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Observatory plans out-of-this world celebration

Saanich's Dominion Astrophysical Observatory will host events Saturday for International Astronomy Day

Chris Gainor, first vice-president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, will be looking to the stars on Saturday night as the RASC celebrates International Astronomy Day. The group has scheduled events at the Royal B.C. Museum and the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, running from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Saanich filmmaker Jeremy Lutter is headed to the Cannes Film Festival to screen his latest film Reset, a short drama about a female android (played by Vancouver actress Emily Tennant, pictured) that develops feelings of love for her owner.

Saanich director headed to Cannes with short film

Jeremy Lutter is earning accolades for Reset, a short film about a robot who develops feelings of love for her owner

Saanich filmmaker Jeremy Lutter is headed to the Cannes Film Festival to screen his latest film Reset, a short drama about a female android (played by Vancouver actress Emily Tennant, pictured) that develops feelings of love for her owner.
April was a hot month for the Vancouver Island housing market: the Victoria Real Estate Board recorded 1,286 house sales last month, a 53 per cent increase compared to April 2015. The benchmark value for a single family home also went up in that time, and the VREB saw an increase in buyers from the Lower Mainland, the U.S. and Asia.

Housing market hot heading into summer

Victoria property sales up 53 per cent for the month of April

April was a hot month for the Vancouver Island housing market: the Victoria Real Estate Board recorded 1,286 house sales last month, a 53 per cent increase compared to April 2015. The benchmark value for a single family home also went up in that time, and the VREB saw an increase in buyers from the Lower Mainland, the U.S. and Asia.
Jonnie Bridgman, a music teacher at Royal Oak middle school, is taking his passion for the saxophone and putting it into Baritone Madness, May 13 at Hermann’s Jazz Club.

Baritone Madness jazzes things up at Hermann’s

Saanich band teacher takes stage May 13 at Hermann's Jazz Club

Jonnie Bridgman, a music teacher at Royal Oak middle school, is taking his passion for the saxophone and putting it into Baritone Madness, May 13 at Hermann’s Jazz Club.

Artists brush up for weekend tour

Tour will visit 14 artists in Cadboro Bay and Gordon Head

Saanich Community Church Pastor Ken Peters is opening the doors for a concert as the congregation opens their hearts to refugees. The church is hosting a benefit concert on Saturday to raise money to sponsor a refugee family.

Church reaching out to refugees

Saturday concert will raise funds to support family

Saanich Community Church Pastor Ken Peters is opening the doors for a concert as the congregation opens their hearts to refugees. The church is hosting a benefit concert on Saturday to raise money to sponsor a refugee family.
Saanich Police Const. Lisa Bruschetta cheers to a crowd assembled below at Uptown Shopping Centre at last year’s Free the Fuzz event, a fundraiser for the B.C. Special Olympics.

Free the Fuzz returns to Uptown

Police reach for the sky in support of Special Olympics

Saanich Police Const. Lisa Bruschetta cheers to a crowd assembled below at Uptown Shopping Centre at last year’s Free the Fuzz event, a fundraiser for the B.C. Special Olympics.
Piccoloist Cooper Reed of Saanich is one of the 60-plus members of the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra who will be performing at its 30th anniversary celebration concert on Sunday at Farquhar Auditorium.

Youth orchestra celebrates 30 years with performance

Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra performs a season-ending concert at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium on May 1

Piccoloist Cooper Reed of Saanich is one of the 60-plus members of the Greater Victoria Youth Orchestra who will be performing at its 30th anniversary celebration concert on Sunday at Farquhar Auditorium.
Reece Jacob and Monika Gass of A Buyer’s Choice are proving two heads are better than one when it comes to home inspections. The duo chatted with the Saanich News about the importance of getting a home inspected before you buy it and what an inspector looks for that prospective buyers might not consider.

Saanich pair double down on home inspections

Reece Jacob and Monika Gass are local owners and operators of A Buyer’s Choice

Reece Jacob and Monika Gass of A Buyer’s Choice are proving two heads are better than one when it comes to home inspections. The duo chatted with the Saanich News about the importance of getting a home inspected before you buy it and what an inspector looks for that prospective buyers might not consider.
Students at Mount Douglas Secondary are all fired up for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, running out of the Spectrum Community School theatre April 27 to 30.

Mount Doug students stage colourful performance

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat runs April 27-30 at Spectrum Community School theatre

Students at Mount Douglas Secondary are all fired up for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, running out of the Spectrum Community School theatre April 27 to 30.
Frank Hobbs Elementary student Troy Patterson built a wind tunnel to demonstrate aerodynamic lift between flat and curved wings at the Vancouver Island Regional Science Fair at the University of Victoria.

Saanich students impress at regional science fair

Seven local students will advance to the Canada-Wide Science Fair at McGill University in Montreal on May 15

Frank Hobbs Elementary student Troy Patterson built a wind tunnel to demonstrate aerodynamic lift between flat and curved wings at the Vancouver Island Regional Science Fair at the University of Victoria.
Mike and Jen Turner of the Phoenix Bar & Grill are looking to liven up the Saanich music scene by hosting live bands at their Quadra Street bar on Saturday nights. The father-daughter duo has already booked artists from a range of genres, including classic rock, blues, surf rock and funk.

Phoenix plugs into Saturday night concerts

Diverse selection of bands will perform at Saanich pub's weekly venue

Mike and Jen Turner of the Phoenix Bar & Grill are looking to liven up the Saanich music scene by hosting live bands at their Quadra Street bar on Saturday nights. The father-daughter duo has already booked artists from a range of genres, including classic rock, blues, surf rock and funk.

Council requests clarifications on LGBTQ recommendations

The first round of recommendations from Saanich’s LGBTQ subcommittee was met with open arms on Monday