Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 2,265 incidents of anti-Asian racism in Canada. Beyond film, the group has worked to organize workshops and support for the Asian diaspora. “Their whole idea about a community or people or an entire race is based on what they see on T.V., we need to get […]
Located at 1850 Lands End Rd. Off the Peninsula, an Oak Bay property rounds out the top three with a listing price of $16.75 million from Sotheby’s International Realty Canada. …Read the full story
Understandably, the recent editorial had a local focus pertaining to the heatwave. Areas of that country also went through a dry year, with unusual heat, and suffered too many forest fires. The UK endured its coldest April since 1922, and one of its coldest months of May in its 362-year weather record. The global average […]
Our population includes Indigenous people, descendants of settlers, recent immigrants and refugees. In 1971 Chief Dan George sent a Christmas card to the people of Canada from a Kelowna. …Read the full story
As of June 7, the Victoria Real Estate Board’s statistics reported 168 property sales this month, compared to 808 total sales for June 2020. June 1 to 7 accounts for 23.3 per cent of the month; the 168 properties sold within that time frame account for 20.8 per cent of those sold in June 2020. […]
on Saturdays until Thanksgiving, with a plan to extend their hours as entertainment becomes an option. North Saanich Food for the Future president Susan McIntyre said COVID considerations are nearly identical to last year. The Peninsula Country Market offers incredible variety across its several dozen stalls, said Hamer, which allows shoppers to make grocery or […]
Lines of people snaking along food trucks, children dueling with stringy balloons twisted into swords, and complementing guitar chords created an aura of the familiar as the parking lot of the Mary Winspear Centre hosted the inaugural Sidney Street Market of 2021 scheduled to run every Sunday until and including Oct. Last year, COVID-19 forced […]
A small plastic whirlpool stirs up the dark mix of sand and gravel picked up from the beach into a vortex and an opening in the middle of the pool allows the suspended surf smelt and Pacific sand lance eggs to fall into a pan below the pool. Without stressing the analogy too much, Tryon […]
Despite a staff recommendation supporting for what would have been Sidney’s third retail location for recreational cannabis, council signalled its opposition to the application by a vote of 5-2. According to the staff report, eight out of 14 submissions opposed, with the most common reason being the number of applications. “Regarding the number of stores […]