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The 10th Annual Star Sunday – December 9, 2018

›› Jessica Ziakin-Cook

Many of us feel the mayhem at the mall and the hullabaloo of the holiday season and miss the essential meaning of ­Christmas. And yet most of us still shuffle off to shop like sheep every December, spending too much money on presents and other ­commercial trappings. But St. Barnabas Anglican Church offers […]

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Update: Vic High Learning Farm year one

›› Lauren Gaultier

After many years of planning, the Vic High Learning Farm was a joint ­initiative prompted when a former faculty ­member reached out to Aaren Topley, Capital Region’s Community Animator, of Farm to School BC, for help in creating a ­sustainable farming program. With much behind the scenes effort, Topley was able to create […]

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The Mayor is still from Fernwood

Following her re-election as Mayor of Victoria, the Village Vibe caught up with Lisa Helps in her office to hear her reflections on the previous term and her goals for the next one

›› Lee Herrin

VV: Four years ago the Village Vibe printed an interview with you that ended with “It’s a sense of new possibility […]

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Goldilocks Wraps do the right thing

›› Brett Higson

Three years ago, Amy volunteered on a shark ­conservation project in Fiji. This is where she got the upfront personal view of ­plastic waste in our oceans and its destructive effect on the ecosystem. She vowed to ­create a simple-to-use product that people could implement in their daily lives which was not only […]

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Winter weatherproofing

Zip up your home, for ­comfort and ­conservation

›› Ruben Anderson

If your door is a little drafty it may not seem like a big deal. But a gap just a ¼” wide—multiplied over the height of the door—ends up being a lot of square inches. That ¼” gap adds up to the equivalent of a hole […]

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Fernwood Art Stroll 2019 Call-out

Calling all Fernwood-based artists and ­artisans

›› Margaret Hantiuk

The Fernwood Art Stroll organizing ­committee is meeting now to organize the 2019 Fernwood Art Stroll which will be held in June. If you are interested in opening your studio to the public for show and sale of your work, and would like to join a dynamic group […]

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You’re Doing What? At Your Age?!

A play created by seniors and youth about sexuality

›› Leah Tidey & Alexandra Haupt

Have you ever talked to your grandma about sex? Or wanted to ask advice of the Love Doctor? The play You’re Doing What? At Your Age?! is your opportunity to get it on.

This play is a collaborative theatre performance about sexuality created […]

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