Did you know? There’s another municipal election coming on Saturday, November 15th, 2014
›› Lee Herrin
Historically, voter turnout in municipal elections in Victoria is dismal—in the last election in 2011 it was 26.3%, up a whole percentage point from 2008 when it was 25.3%. Out of 65,612 citizens of this fair city who were eligible to […]
›› Alysha Punnett
“Isn’t it illegal?” “I heard you’ll get fined.” “We would love to grow food on our boulevard, but won’t the City remove it?” Does this sound familiar?
I smile as Mike Large pedals his bike up to the Compost Education Centre’s gate. Here is the unassuming, hard-working lawyer who has taken boulevard gardening out […]
A profound (Fernwood) evening at City Hall
›› Bill McKechnie
A report on a business meeting at Victoria City Hall might sound a bit dull, but a recent public hearing was, in the words of Councillor Shellie Gudgeon, “a profound evening.”
Fernwood Urban Village, a group of passionate individuals, was asking for rezoning on a site in Fernwood […]
It was a summer of growth at Oaklands Community Centre
›› Ben Clark
It was a summer of growth at Oaklands Community Centre. In June, we welcomed a new Executive Director, Traci Fontana-Wegelin, to our organization. Traci came to us after spending several years with North Island Community Services Society, and we are very fortunate to have […]
›› Kate Wallace
On a recent walk past George Jay School, I was thrilled to see our seismic improvements had begun, giving the century-plus building a much-needed facelift. Hooray! Not only will this improve the building’s safety, but the interior and exterior modernization and beautification will bring a sense of pride to all our school families.
This […]
›› Bamsey Franks
Aubrey Burke, when & how did you first come up with the idea for the Story Booth Project?
I came up the idea because I was a bit discouraged by contemporary art and inaccessibility. The idea of having a pop-up shop that was ground level, with 24 access via window front viewing, appealed to […]
›› Shannon K. Auringer
He was hard at work shoveling, yet another pile of garden waste, as I wandered up the Chambers Street sidewalk. I was suited up in my rain coat and knee boots, as it was in true Victoria style, raining. Proving that nothing stopped him, Ed persevered forward in his jacket and shorts […]
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