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Council endorses $18,000 for CRD climate action

The CRD’s climate action service may soon receive additional funding from the District of Saanich.

Saanich Police searching for Home Depot arsonist

Saanich Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspect who set fire to part of the Home Depot in Gordon Head on Saturday.

Becky Cory, co-ordinator of the University of Victoria’s Uni 101 program, says the free, non-credit course has benefitted more than 350 students educationally and socially since it started in 2006.

UVic program marks a decade of delivering courses to the disadvantaged

Uni 101 offers free, non-credit university classes to people who face barriers to post-secondary education

Becky Cory, co-ordinator of the University of Victoria’s Uni 101 program, says the free, non-credit course has benefitted more than 350 students educationally and socially since it started in 2006.
Tiernan Dowling has been diagnosed with NUT midline carcinoma, a form of cancer characterized by a chromosomal rearrangement in the nuclear protein in testis gene

Family rallies support for Gordon Head youngster battling with rare form of cancer

Crowdfunding campaign has raised more than $59,000

Tiernan Dowling has been diagnosed with NUT midline carcinoma, a form of cancer characterized by a chromosomal rearrangement in the nuclear protein in testis gene
Ginny Glover and Sheryl Foster show off some of the birdhouses that were auctioned off last week at the There’s No Place Like Home Fundraiser for Syrian refugees.

Fundraiser collects nestegg for refugees

Auction of artist-created birdhouses raises $25,000 to help Syrian refugees relocating to Victoria

Ginny Glover and Sheryl Foster show off some of the birdhouses that were auctioned off last week at the There’s No Place Like Home Fundraiser for Syrian refugees.
Grade 6 students Katie Sternig and Becky York serve up a hot lunch to students at Colquitz middle shool.

Food for thought: Colquitz students learn through hot lunch

Colquitz middle school teacher is ensuring that students will continue to develop healthy eating habits

Grade 6 students Katie Sternig and Becky York serve up a hot lunch to students at Colquitz middle shool.

Gordon Head Lawn Bowling Club stages open house

New members welcome to give the sport a try at Sunday's open house

Spectrum Community School teachers, Rene Schwarz, Alan Clark, Tom Gordon and Jeff Marchi with Grade 12 students Lara Cannito, Martina Copia, Taylor List, Tamara Mitrafanova and Kelseyy Griffin. The teachers and social justice students have organized Finding Hope, a variety show to raise money for Child Find B.C., a non-profit organization that aims to find missing children and prevent child abductions.

Show puts missing children in spotlight

Spectrum Community School students raising money and awareness with Thursday's show, Finding Hope

Spectrum Community School teachers, Rene Schwarz, Alan Clark, Tom Gordon and Jeff Marchi with Grade 12 students Lara Cannito, Martina Copia, Taylor List, Tamara Mitrafanova and Kelseyy Griffin. The teachers and social justice students have organized Finding Hope, a variety show to raise money for Child Find B.C., a non-profit organization that aims to find missing children and prevent child abductions.
In celebration of Vaisakhi, the Shan-E-Punjab Dance, Performing Arts and Heritage School is hosting its 23rd annual Youth Cultural Showcase at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium.

Vaisakhi brings cultural celebration to UVic

Youth Cultural Showcase kicks off festivities Sunday at Farquhar Auditorium

In celebration of Vaisakhi, the Shan-E-Punjab Dance, Performing Arts and Heritage School is hosting its 23rd annual Youth Cultural Showcase at the University of Victoria’s Farquhar Auditorium.
The Atom C1 Saanich Braves are looking to cheer their way to a Vancouver Canucks game in the Rogers Hometown Hockey Cheer Contest. The national competition will be determined through online voting.

Team gives Saanich reason to cheer

Atom C1 Saanich Braves are in the running for the Rogers Hometown Hockey Cheer Contest

The Atom C1 Saanich Braves are looking to cheer their way to a Vancouver Canucks game in the Rogers Hometown Hockey Cheer Contest. The national competition will be determined through online voting.
Jennifer Handley (left) and Ginny Glover of the St. George’s Refugee Sponsorship Project will have more than 140 elaborately decorated birdhouses up for bidding on Tuesday at the There’s No Place Like Home fundraiser for Syrian refugees. The birdhouses were painted and designed by local artists, and will be up for grabs in live and silent auctions.

Auction takes wing to find homes for refugees

Birdhouses on the block to support Syrian families coming to Victoria

Jennifer Handley (left) and Ginny Glover of the St. George’s Refugee Sponsorship Project will have more than 140 elaborately decorated birdhouses up for bidding on Tuesday at the There’s No Place Like Home fundraiser for Syrian refugees. The birdhouses were painted and designed by local artists, and will be up for grabs in live and silent auctions.
Dell Marie Wergeland, president of the Compassionate Resource Warehouse, and a team of 125 volunteers filled a shipping container with relief items for more than 40,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The Saanich-based charity is currently collecting donations for a second container to be shipped to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan in late March or early April.

Local charity sending relief to refugees in Lebanon and Jordan

Compassionate Resource Warehouse packed a shipping container full of clothes, linens, kitchenware, tools and more

Dell Marie Wergeland, president of the Compassionate Resource Warehouse, and a team of 125 volunteers filled a shipping container with relief items for more than 40,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The Saanich-based charity is currently collecting donations for a second container to be shipped to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan in late March or early April.
Nick Takeda of the Saanich Fusion manoeuvres the ball through two Bays United players during the George Smith Cup U21 semifinal at Tyndall Park on Sunday.

Saanich Fusion enter VISL playoff semifinals

Saanich Fusion U21 boys to face Gorge FC in the George Smith U21 final on April 3.

Nick Takeda of the Saanich Fusion manoeuvres the ball through two Bays United players during the George Smith Cup U21 semifinal at Tyndall Park on Sunday.

Council takes a gander at geese culling proposal

Local farmers could get a reprieve from geese damaging their crops, could be permitted to shoot and eat problem geese

The fine posted at the Tillicum Road store.

Minor agents program successfully stings Tillicum B.C. Liquor Store

The provincial-run liquor store on Tillicum Road has been fined $7,500 by the province for selling to the “Minors as Agents” program.

The fine posted at the Tillicum Road store.
Hillcrest elementary student Tiernan Dowling is in BC Children's Hospital after pain led to a diagnosis of multiple cancer tumours and lesions in his body last week.

Family ‘overwhelmed’ by community support for cancer-stricken son

Community rallies for eight-year-old boy stricken with cancer in Saanich

Hillcrest elementary student Tiernan Dowling is in BC Children's Hospital after pain led to a diagnosis of multiple cancer tumours and lesions in his body last week.
From left, Power to Be program facilitator Tracey Proverbs, board administrative assistant Jasmine Parr, program manager Carinna Kenigsberg and community development coordinator Sylvia Storry. The non-profit organization will soon be using the Prospect Lake Golf Course to host accessible outdoor recreational programs for youth and their families with physical, mental, social or financial barriers.

Power to Be finds new home at Prospect Lake

Non-profit Power to Be will expand services with new West Saanich home

From left, Power to Be program facilitator Tracey Proverbs, board administrative assistant Jasmine Parr, program manager Carinna Kenigsberg and community development coordinator Sylvia Storry. The non-profit organization will soon be using the Prospect Lake Golf Course to host accessible outdoor recreational programs for youth and their families with physical, mental, social or financial barriers.
Acting Sgt. Jereme Leslie shows off the haul from a recent drug bust by Saanich Police in the 800-block of Marigold Road. The seizure included a variety of drugs and weapons, as well as some less common items like a lock-picking kit and a Taser disguised as a flashlight.

Marigold drug bust yields diverse criminal toolkit

Money counter, lock-picking set among trove of illegal and stolen goods

Acting Sgt. Jereme Leslie shows off the haul from a recent drug bust by Saanich Police in the 800-block of Marigold Road. The seizure included a variety of drugs and weapons, as well as some less common items like a lock-picking kit and a Taser disguised as a flashlight.

Eight new break-and-enters in Shelbourne corridor

Saanich Police are warning residents along the Shelbourne corridor after eight break-and-enters were reported over the weekend.

The St. Luke’s Players are kicking off 2016 with Cliffhanger, a comedic thriller about a philosophy professor who accidentally commits murder, leading to a number of suspenseful and humorous developments. The community theatre group has been working on the play since January and assure audiences will be excited by the unpredictable twist in the second act.

Cliffhanger will have you laughing on the edge of your seat

St. Luke’s Players present Cliffhanger, a mingling suspense and humour in Saanich

The St. Luke’s Players are kicking off 2016 with Cliffhanger, a comedic thriller about a philosophy professor who accidentally commits murder, leading to a number of suspenseful and humorous developments. The community theatre group has been working on the play since January and assure audiences will be excited by the unpredictable twist in the second act.