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Municipal

Saanich councillor requests leave for overseas research on fight against illegal fishing

Keith Norbury
March 12, 2023

The semi-secret trip may be (literally) fishy, but month absence is all above board

Education

Victoria museums are changing the way they tell stories and hold collections

By Michael John Lo
March 4, 2023

Decolonization and repatriation a challenge for large and small institutions alike

Transportation

101-year-old Sidney-Anacortes ferry will not return until 2030

By Cameron Welch
March 1, 2023

Century-old international route is not expected to resume service for seven years

History

Salt Spring's first schoolteacher: Black BC history and a legacy of love

John Craven Jones taught for a decade without pay to help educate island kids of all races

Sports

Altered Blade: Meet a South Island surfboard shaper

By James MacDonald
February 25, 2023

See how a “tailor for boards” sculpts the planks that locals rely on out on the water

Arts

How a former museum director’s Lego hobby became Sidney Museum’s biggest revenue generator

By Michael John Lo
February 24, 2023

Sidney Museum’s long-running winter Lego exhibition back for 17th year

Environment

Troubled waters: Advocates await federal solutions to container ship spills and lost sea cans

By Evert Lindquist
February 23, 2023

Debris from 2021 MV Zim Kingston spill still washing up across Vancouver Island's west coast