6 days Vital People: Saanich park volunteers help restore critical habitat With her clippers in hand, Saanich park volunteer Audrey Trenholme is helping to push back invasive plants and restore critical habitat in Outerbridge Park. "It's been called a hidden gem, and it definitely is!" Audrey[...]
2 weeks Vital People: MOVE Adapted Fitness fundraiser challenges you to move Before he ended up in a wheelchair five years ago, Charlie Wainman had led a very active life and loved to hike. "After my spinal cord injury, I found myself just sitting at home doing[...]
3 weeks Vital People: Home sweet home thanks to Habitat for Humanity Victoria For Nen Clark and her three children, getting the keys to their new Habitat for Humanity home in North Saanich is a pivotal moment in their lives. "Oh, this is huge for us!" Nen says.[...]
4 weeks Vital People: Healing Hearts fundraiser will help families after miscarriage or infant loss Six-year-old Phoenix loves to play and after his parents suffered unimaginable heartbreak during their first pregnancy, this beautiful boy is their rainbow baby. "We were really surprised when about midway through, at 20 weeks, we[...]
1 month Vital People: Cultivating connection and community at Serenity Farm As he picks beans at Serenity Farm in Saanich, Dave Johnson share his passion for community-building. "When I retired, I knew that this was a place that I wanted to come and give my time[...]
1 month Vital People: Victoria Grandmothers for Africa cycle tour fundraiser now underway With each pedal stroke, a group of Victoria grandmothers are having fun and making a difference. "It feels pretty wonderful to understand that we are changing lives with every pedal stroke we take really because[...]
2 months Vital People: New Victoria Foundry location will be able to help more local youth Construction crews are hard at work on a downtown office space that will be the new home of the Foundry Victoria, which provides much-needed health, mental health and addiction services for youth. "I am so[...]
2 months VITAL PEOPLE: Victoria fair will raise money for newcomer Welcome Gardens Cenit Munoz tends to vegetables in a little plot in Victoria's North Park neighbourhood, which is part of the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society's Welcome Gardens program. "We started growing multicultural food gardens and[...]
49 mins Moneris confirms credit and debit card processing outage, but offers few details The Canadian payment processing firm Moneris says credit and debit card transactions were interrupted by a network outage reported earlier in the day.
2 hours 'Good fit': Island First Nation buys Sidney whale watching company There was a gathering in Sidney on Friday to celebrate the Tsawout First Nation acquiring a local whale watching company.
2 hours Biologists in slow and steady race to help North America's largest and rarest tortoise species While the average lifespan of North America's largest and most rare tortoise species is unknown, biologists have said it could span upward of a century.
4 hours 'Such a great community': 15th annual Ultimate Toy Fair returns to Victoria One of the largest toy fairs on Vancouver Island is returning to Greater Victoria this weekend.
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