Archives by Date

• May 2012
  • Tue., 22 – Student protests in Montreal
     
  • Tue., 22 – Mayors' Caucus, pesticides, and SpaceX
     
  • Sun., 20 – Tuesday
     
  • Fri., 18 – What to Expect When You're Expecting and Battleship
     
  • Fri., 18 – Can meditation stave off dementia?
     
  • Fri., 18 – Gas taxes, fish virus, and provincial park funding
     
  • Thu., 17 – House concerts
     
  • Thu., 17 – Babe's Honey
     
  • Thu., 17 – Community tool shed, employment insurance, Snakehead fish
     
  • Wed., 16 – Snakehead fish video
     
  • Wed., 16 – Diamond Joe White, Nicola Cavendish and BCGEU strike action
     
  • Wed., 16 – The Right and the Real by Joelle Anthony
     
  • Tue., 15 – Sunny weather outlook, Cowichan tribes suicide and Ryder Hesjedal
     
  • Mon., 14 – BC Wines - Cool Climate Reds
     
  • Mon., 14 – BC Liberals website, tsumani debris, Juno awards in Victoria?
     
  • Fri., 11 – Proposed bills, BC Ferries and YIMBY-ism
     
  • Fri., 11 – Dark Shadows and Headhunters
     
  • Thu., 10 – Shellie Gudgeon, Pacific Rim Park explosives and same sex marriage
     
  • Thu., 10 – Spring
     
  • Wed., 9 – Maurice Sendak, legislative overtime and new mental illness strategy
     
  • Tue., 8 – Archive cuts, Port Renfrew and bringing back the car hop
     
  • Mon., 7 – BC Grapes - Sauvignon Blanc and blended whites
     
  • Mon., 7 – Drug trafficking, public sector salaries and death of Adam Yauch
     
  • Fri., 4 – The Avenger and Darling Companion
     
  • Fri., 4 – Qualicum Beach Fire and Ice Festival
     
  • Thu., 3 – Hartley Bay fuel leak, cutting military supports and women in politics
     
  • Thu., 3 – Hang glider accident, motorcycle recovery and MusicFest
     
  • Thu., 3 – Coffee
     
  • Thu., 3 – Changing Our Brains
     
  • Wed., 2 – Ron James, First Nations respect and Rifflandia 2012
     
  • Tue., 1 – Rifflandia 2012
     
  • Tue., 1 – Victoria Juno bid, hang glider safety and tsunami salvage laws
     
  • Tue., 1 – Sitting Lady Sutra by Kay Stewart
     
• April 2012
  • Mon., 30 – BC Wines - Riesling
     
  • Fri., 27 – Orca respiration, subversive Dr Seuss and bio-tech Victoria
     
  • Fri., 27 – Residential School legacy
     
  • Thu., 26 – Beef
     
  • Thu., 26 – A coal port proposal, sawmill fire protection and Alberta election
     
  • Wed., 25 – Seeking grrrls, ship wrecks and P.G. mill fire
     
  • Tue., 24 – Canucks exit, Cowichan murder and Nathan Cullen
     
  • Tue., 24 – Seeking grrrls with guitars
     
  • Mon., 23 – Nora Young, by-election nuance and best sandwiches
     
  • Mon., 23 – B.C. Grapes - Cabernet Sauvignon and Franc
     
  • Mon., 23 – Vancouver Island Music Awards
     
  • Mon., 23 – The Ecoholic Body
     
  • Fri., 20 – Chimpanzee, Hard Core Logo 2 and Comic-Con 4
     
  • Fri., 20 – Prison closures, excessive speeding and jellyfish
     
  • Thu., 19 – Caregiver Network
     
  • Thu., 19 – Salt Spring Island hazelnut oil
     
  • Thu., 19 – Johnny Canuck, orca hotline, ForestEthics and the by-election
     
  • Thu., 19 – Memory test
     
  • Wed., 18 – Cuts to immigration services, environmental review changes and high speed motorcycycle video
     
  • Wed., 18 – My name is Johnny Canuck....
     
  • Wed., 18 – High speed motorcycle video
     
  • Tue., 17 – Geoff Courtnall, TRC wrap-up and Lifeline cuts
     
  • Mon., 16 – B.C. Books
     
  • Mon., 16 – On The Road To Reconciliation
     
  • Mon., 16 – B.C. Grapes - Syrah/Shiraz
     
  • Mon., 16 – Coming up
     
  • Fri., 13 – Tom Martin on the playoffs and improving daycare
     
  • Fri., 13 – Stopping age segregation
     
  • Fri., 13 – Bully
     
  • Thu., 12 – Finicky kids
     
  • Thu., 12 – Victoria turns 150
     
  • Thu., 12 – Missing Women's Inquiry, new museum CEO and Via Rail
     
  • Wed., 11 – Rick and Lynn Frey, restored island train service and Dianne Whelan
     
  • Tue., 10 – CBC cuts, Japanese ship sinking and revisiting the Titanic
     
  • Tue., 10 – The word 'elder'
     
  • Thu., 5 – The Moth Diaries and Raid Redemption
     
  • Thu., 5 – CBC cuts, Our Place Easter and remembering Dr Gord Sleivert
     
  • Thu., 5 – Spring farmer's markets
     
  • Wed., 4 – Suicide prevention, F-35 fighter jets and measuring happiness
     
  • Tue., 3 – Hardy Buoys, a Hep A primer and World Autism Day
     
  • Tue., 3 – B.C. Grapes - Gewürztraminer
     
  • Mon., 2 – Katimavik cancelled, "Little Mosque" ends and generation squeeze
     
• March 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Servitude and Mirror Mirror
     
  • Fri., 30 – James Lunney, Elizabeth May and penny no more
     
  • Fri., 30 – Old age security changes
     
  • Thu., 29 – Seattle food forest, re-thinking drug laws and de-growth
     
  • Thu., 29 – Milk products
     
  • Thu., 29 – Sin City - Carnies
     
  • Wed., 28 – Terence Young, Michael Prince and RCMP sexual harassment
     
  • Tue., 27 – Nathan Cullen, John Van Dongen and Albino Rhino
     
  • Tue., 27 – Blended Reds
     
  • Mon., 26 – Cowichan sweaters, NDP convention, and our view of earth
     
  • Mon., 26 – B.C. books - Three novels for kids about the Titanic
     
  • Fri., 23 – Hockey coach Mike Babcock, smart meter recall and chinook run
     
  • Fri., 23 – Independent seniors
     
  • Fri., 23 – The Hunger Games and Payback
     
  • Fri., 23 – Coming up
     
  • Thu., 22 – Little fish
     
  • Thu., 22 – The Wolf-Sheep collective
     
  • Thu., 22 – The new RCMP contract and possible orca casualties
     
  • Wed., 21 – Poet Shane Koyczan and tanning bed ban for teens
     
  • Wed., 21 – Truth and Reconciliation
     
  • Tue., 20 – Fisheries Act changes, the Driving Doctor and labour expert Mark Thompson
     
  • Tue., 20 – B.C. Grapes - Pinot Noir
     
  • Tue., 20 – Coming up
     
  • Mon., 19 – Drink-spiking, teachers, Irish workers
     
  • Fri., 16 – Undefeated
     
  • Fri., 16 – Embracing aging
     
  • Fri., 16 – Spark Festival, Christy Clark's first year, blue bridge costs and wel-fare
     
  • Thu., 15 – Belfry's Spark Festival
     
  • Wed., 14 – A golden handshake, Esquimalt water taxi and new crime bill
     
  • Wed., 14 – B.C. Books - Mnemonic, A Book of Trees
     
  • Wed., 14 – Coming Up
     
  • Tue., 13 – BC Hydro, Hughie Watt, Campbell River winds
     
  • Mon., 12 – Claire Kelly, George Abbott and the Vic West Football Club
     
  • Mon., 12 – B.C. grapes - Chardonnay
     
  • Mon., 12 – Tuesday
     
  • Fri., 9 – Power of Attorney
     
  • Fri., 9 – Hospital drug shortages, Victoria economic outlook and women in politics
     
  • Fri., 9 – John Carter and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
     
  • Thu., 8 – Hospital drug shortage, better bargaining and saving the Patricia
     
  • Thu., 8 – Sustainable restaurants
     
  • Thu., 8 – Remembering James Lindsay
     
  • Wed., 7 – Teacher's rally, trustee Michael McEvoy and organizer Jim Sinclair
     
  • Tue., 6 – Students day off, teacher job action and Hockeyville Campbell River
     
  • Mon., 5 – Hepatitis C, teacher's job action and protesting Bill 22
     
  • Mon., 5 – B.C. grapes - Pinot Gris
     
  • Mon., 5 – Coming Up
     
  • Fri., 2 – The Lorax and People of a Feather
     
  • Fri., 2 – Flower count, parent advisory council, child protection
     
  • Thu., 1 – Film making in Victoria
     
  • Thu., 1 – Leap Year birthday, Bill 22, and electric cars
     
  • Thu., 1 – Fair Trade Certified produce
     
• February 2012
  • Wed., 29 – Nanaimo ferry terminals, George Abbott, school memories
     
  • Wed., 29 – Hiromi Goto's "Half World" and "Darkest Light"
     
  • Tue., 28 – B.C. wine grapes -- Merlot
     
  • Tue., 28 – Former residential students reconciliation
     
  • Tue., 28 – Time for Wine, Elizabeth May, and Reconcilation
     
  • Mon., 27 – Truth and Reconciliation and seal repellent
     
  • Fri., 24 – Goon and Wanderlust
     
  • Fri., 24 – Finding funky and fashionable clothing
     
  • Fri., 24 – B.C. teachers, Truth and Reconciliation, and media "spin"
     
  • Thu., 23 – Graham, blue bridge, budget, business and higher education
     
  • Thu., 23 – Backyard gardening
     
  • Wed., 22 – CRD deer cull, HMCS Vancouver, and Andrew Weaver
     
  • Wed., 22 – B.C. Budget and reactions
     
  • Mon., 20 – Baseball, movie reviews, and internet freedom
     
  • Fri., 17 – Charlotte Gill wins BC National Book Award
     
  • Fri., 17 – Skiing
     
  • Fri., 17 – Avatar grove, skiing seniors, and Buck oranges
     
  • Thu., 16 – Fashion Recycling
     
  • Thu., 16 – Studying advertising and childhood obesity
     
  • Thu., 16 – Kids' food ads, a stone circle and fashion recycling
     
  • Wed., 15 – "Songbird Delivery," seniors' advocate, and Belfry "repudo" app
     
  • Tue., 14 – Love poems, Jamie Graham, and HMCS Cornerbrook
     
  • Mon., 13 – Love poems for Valentine's Day
     
  • Fri., 10 – Michael Enright, Linda Blair and Nancy Argenta
     
  • Fri., 10 – A senior-friendly community
     
  • Fri., 10 – Baroque festival, Steve Nash contest winner, a senior friendly community and Vander Zalm libel
     
  • Fri., 10 – We Need To Talk About Kevin and Safe House
     
  • Fri., 10 – Linda Blair turns heads at CBC Victoria
     
  • Thu., 9 – transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT 2012
     
  • Thu., 9 – Sustainable shellfish
     
  • Thu., 9 – Sustainable shellfish, Langford growth, transmission festival and Victoria amalgamation
     
  • Wed., 8 – Victoria amalgamation, new Our Place director and B.C family study
     
  • Tue., 7 – Aboriginal law, Powell River business plan and bicycle house moving
     
  • Mon., 6 – Victoria Film Festival and the future of natural gas energy in B.C.
     
  • Fri., 3 – Albert Nobbs and Chronicle
     
  • Fri., 3 – Teacher job action, B.C. conservatives and 'Blues Brothers' director John Landis
     
  • Fri., 3 – Intergenerational households
     
  • Fri., 3 – Friday
     
  • Thu., 2 – A grandparents support line, Canpages lay offs and Victoria collects
     
  • Thu., 2 – Shrimp
     
  • Wed., 1 – Ferry Tales by Philip Vannini
     
  • Wed., 1 – Children and stress, too many teachers and Catalyst Paper troubles
     
• January 2012
  • Tue., 31 – Reading memories, tracking the gray whale and studying seniors
     
  • Fri., 27 – Coast Guard, Old Age Pension, and Blackmore's taxes
     
  • Fri., 27 – Saanich/View Royal bridge, fire insurance and centralizing detention
     
  • Thu., 26 – Cohousing
     
  • Thu., 26 – School lunches
     
  • Wed., 25 – Reserve house mold, Project Zoom and Nanoose house fire
     
  • Wed., 25 – Ferry report reactions, Nanaimo school protest and Community Living BC
     
  • Tue., 24 – B.C. Books - Canadian history
     
  • Tue., 24 – Climate change homework, the Burns Lake fire and tracking orcas
     
  • Tue., 24 – Exploring age through film
     
  • Fri., 20 – Jeneece Place, O'Brien family, and underwriting high risk sports
     
  • Thu., 19 – Gerry Dee, Victoria Film Festival and Colwood bus slider
     
  • Thu., 19 – Whisky Festival, Community Living BC, and Sarah Burke
     
  • Wed., 18 – Four Homeless Millionaires by Rik Leaf
     
  • Wed., 18 – Singing French baroque, healthcare conference and sailor spy
     
  • Tue., 17 – Uvic norovirus, Saanich business award and prescription drugs
     
  • Mon., 16 – Low interest rates, brain injury wrap-up and election results ban
     
  • Fri., 13 – Healing Minds - brain injury resources
     
  • Fri., 13 – Iron Lady and A Dangerous Method
     
  • Fri., 13 – Long term care insurance
     
  • Fri., 13 – Terry Glavin, brain injury programs and same sex marriage
     
  • Thu., 12 – The Republican primary, floating totem, brain injuries and Nathan Cullen
     
  • Thu., 12 – Pass the pasta
     
  • Wed., 11 – Protecting personal data, brain injury rehab and David Anderson
     
  • Tue., 10 – Sterling rides a penny farthing
     
  • Tue., 10 – Eating Dirt by Charlotte Gill
     
  • Tue., 10 – Pee wee hockey announcers, brain injuries and baroque history
     
  • Mon., 9 – Arts funding, a food tracking app and heading to Honduras
     
  • Fri., 6 – Proliferating passwords
     
  • Fri., 6 – The Devil Inside and The Mill and The Cross
     
  • Fri., 6 – Growing the blue poppy, Congo micro-finance and Enbridge
     
  • Thu., 5 – Eating 'green'
     
  • Thu., 5 – Kindergarten elders, mixed gender hospital rooms and Meg Tilley
     
  • Wed., 4 – A Day In The Life: On The Road To The London Olympic Games
     
  • Wed., 4 – World Junior Hockey, cemetery vandals and mixed gender hospital rooms
     
• December 2011
  • Fri., 23 – Tintin and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
     
  • Fri., 23 – A scout hero, the Parks Canada food app and Baby the orca
     
  • Thu., 22 – Cookbooks
     
  • Thu., 22 – Lichen, a new poll and tree-flavoured ice cream
     
  • Thu., 22 – Voices From The Edge
     
  • Wed., 21 – Homeless poets, 2011 in politics and Victoria war horse
     
  • Tue., 20 – North Korea, war horse and teen death inquest
     
  • Mon., 19 – Last minute xmas picks
     
  • Fri., 16 – Mission Impossible 4 and Young Adult
     
  • Fri., 16 – Don't cry for me Kyoto, cultural values in child welfare and women's rugby
     
  • Fri., 16 – Choosing a gift for the elders
     
  • Fri., 16 – WITS program expands, tsunami debris found, and a last supper.
     
  • Thu., 15 – Giving the gift of a full belly
     
  • Thu., 15 – Searching for the Higgs Boson, cameras in court and Cowichan bus ridership
     
  • Wed., 14 – Miracle on 34th, nursing exam changes and UN missing women inquiry
     
  • Tue., 13 – Warm reads for cold nights
     
  • Tue., 13 – Kyoto no more, Cowichan Hep A outbreak and new Victoria skating rink
     
  • Fri., 9 – New Year's Eve and Shame
     
  • Fri., 9 – Tectoria, Campbell River economic development and Stelly's climbing wall
     
  • Fri., 9 – Carole James, school breathalyzers and Movember
     
  • Thu., 8 – Caring for aging parents
     
  • Thu., 8 – The demise of the HST, policing the police and 'mature' student Ann Walsh
     
  • Wed., 7 – The death of Derek Boogaard, Geoff Courtnall and new ferry head Mark Corrigan
     
  • Wed., 7 – Gift gadgets for the chef in your life
     
  • Tue., 6 – Early B.C. healthcare, disappearing mussels and finding missing children
     
  • Tue., 6 – High end gift wines
     
  • Fri., 2 – Microsoft in Victoria, AIDS living history and aboriginal housing
     
  • Thu., 1 – Senior Drivers Part 2
     
  • Thu., 1 – Preparing for the Nutcracker, Inner Harbour decisions and British speak
     
• November 2011
  • Wed., 30 – Kinsbrae Garden competition, forest land usage and Mount Cain
     
  • Tue., 29 – Budget wines for the holiday season
     
  • Tue., 29 – Titles and Tate - Wilderness books
     
  • Tue., 29 – B.C. Lion Andrew Harris, climate change and injured sea turtle
     
  • Mon., 28 – Forensic science, polygamy and family law, and youth summit
     
  • Fri., 25 – My Week with Marilyn, Hugo, The Muppets and the Descendants
     
  • Fri., 25 – Aboriginal education, polygamy and selective honouring
     
  • Thu., 24 – Craft Fairs
     
  • Thu., 24 – A rising BC Lions star, child poverty and the polygamy ruling
     
  • Wed., 23 – The restricted cougar, George Anderson and Mount Washington
     
  • Tue., 22 – Voted out of council, Victoria amalgamation and the Cowichan Eco Depot
     
  • Mon., 21 – Vancouver Island Spirits
     
  • Fri., 18 – The Cowichan Eco Depot, Terry Glavin on Occupy and Mr Fix-It
     
  • Fri., 18 – Breaking Dawn Part 1 and The Whale
     
  • Fri., 18 – Bruce Burrows book, sports recruiting, and Adbusters magazine
     
  • Thu., 17 – Senior Drivers Part 1
     
  • Thu., 17 – Occupy Victoria ends, increasing civic engagement and The Human Statues
     
  • Thu., 17 – To dog or not to dog
     
  • Wed., 16 – Dressing the window at Chronicles of Crime
     
  • Wed., 16 – Esquimalt election, drinking water safety and Patrick DeWitt
     
  • Tue., 15 – Right-to-die, poaching deer and the Family Law Act
     
  • Tue., 15 – Coming Up
     
  • Tue., 15 – North of the Cowichan Valley Wineries
     
  • Mon., 14 – Hold Me Now - Stephen Gauer
     
  • Fri., 11 – Generation Boomerang, Occupy Victoria and most decorated WWll veteran
     
  • Thu., 10 – Food Matters - St Jean's Cannery
     
  • Thu., 10 – Teaching a Giller winner, Breakout from Juno and gold medal soccer
     
  • Tue., 8 – Playwright Joan MacLeod, lost Canadians and WWl hero William Barker
     
  • Mon., 7 – The Virgin Cure - Ami McKie
     
  • Mon., 7 – Gulf Islands wineries
     
  • Mon., 7 – Author Ami McKie, Darnell Pratt goes missing and remembering Isaiah Oke
     
  • Mon., 7 – Rock City rejects Nickelback, Greek ecomomic woes and workplace stress
     
  • Fri., 4 – Powell River junior wardens, unplugging Occupy Victoria and Every Step Counts
     
  • Fri., 4 – 'Tower Heist' and 'The Skin I Live In'
     
  • Fri., 4 – Food Matters - Defining sustainability
     
  • Thu., 3 – Brain fitness
     
  • Thu., 3 – Food security, Missing Women inquiry and condo bus
     
  • Wed., 2 – Greek debt, nurse practitioners and RCMP money seizure
     
  • Tue., 1 – Belmont gets a new school, Malahat safety and pumpkin art
     
  • Tue., 1 – Upper Cowichan Valley
     
  • Tue., 1 – Short story collections
     
• October 2011
  • Fri., 28 – Haunted hotel, history changing moments and crosswalk safety
     
  • Fri., 28 – The Rum Diary and In Time
     
  • Thu., 27 – Report cards, cooking with squash and Occupy Victoria
     
  • Wed., 26 – Working retirees, Community Living BC and cutting new baby visits
     
  • Tue., 25 – Cold Hard Truth - Kevin O'Leary
     
  • Mon., 24 – Lower Cowichan Valley wineries
     
  • Mon., 24 – Blue Bridge Theatre, educating children about sexual abuse and caring for disabled youth.
     
  • Sat., 22 – Coming up
     
  • Fri., 21 – The Three Musketeers and Johnny English
     
  • Fri., 21 – Ian Rankin, Libyan Huda Altayar and Derrick Tu Tan Pho
     
  • Thu., 20 – Introduction
     
  • Thu., 20 – Merridale Cidery, Norman Ruff and Kelly Hrudey
     
  • Thu., 20 – The Impossible Dead - Ian Rankin
     
  • Wed., 19 – Times Colonist sale, fish virus and Palestine-Israel prisoner swap
     
  • Tue., 18 – Backyard goats, PG murders and 'occupying' the US verses Canada
     
  • Mon., 17 – Island Vineyards
     
  • Mon., 17 – Project Connect, Brooke Gladstone and Susan McNamee
     
  • Fri., 14 – The Big Year and Take Shelter
     
  • Fri., 14 – Losing Maple Pool campsite, Jack Hodgins and First Nations health care
     
  • Thu., 13 – Homeless artist Raven, Jane Goodall and remembering Alex Campbell
     
  • Wed., 12 – Homeless soccer, Stevie Cameron and a free flight to Japan
     
  • Tue., 11 – Superman goes to Cassidy, a feast of fungi and workplace saboteurs
     
  • Tue., 11 – Titles and Tate
     
  • Fri., 7 – Margot Talbot - All That Glitters
     
  • Fri., 7 – William Deverell - I'll See You In My Dreams
     
  • Fri., 7 – Writing the Salish Sea, Stephen Clarkson and surf kayaking
     
  • Thu., 6 – Author William Deverell, cancer and cell phone use and retirement trends
     
  • Wed., 5 – Ice climber Margot Talbot, Elizabeth May and investing in Northern B.C
     
  • Tue., 4 – Teacher labour talks, the throne speech and Wall Street protests
     
  • Mon., 3 – First Nation treaty, monarchy succession changes, and Canadian icons
     
  • Sat., 1 – 75th Anniversary Celebration: CBC Victoria Open House
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – Author Bruce Fraser, informed dining and school bus literacy
     
  • Fri., 30 – Injection site safe, Canadian heroines and Nathan Cullen runs for NDP leadership
     
  • Thu., 29 – Informed dining, RCMP contract at UBCM and Smart Meters
     
  • Wed., 28 – Quitting smoking, David Hahn retires and uncovering a Nelson time capsule
     
  • Tue., 27 – Uncovering the Nelson time capsule
     
  • Tue., 27 – A little red chair, Dick Cheney protests and the VIHA still born report
     
  • Mon., 26 – First Nations cookbook, Palestine at the UN and ferry schedules
     
  • Fri., 23 – Dog and deer love, dropping g's and tracking your beef
     
  • Thu., 22 – The science of Iron Man, finding local apples and fin whales
     
  • Thu., 22 – Hanger Steak recipe
     
  • Wed., 21 – Fin Whales in Johnson Strait
     
  • Wed., 21 – Canucks return, foreign students and a King James Biblethon
     
  • Tue., 20 – Paul St Pierre, foot passenger ferry, day school survivors and the world's oldest curler
     
  • Fri., 16 – Nick Bantock retrospective, use of Tasers and new flu season
     
  • Fri., 16 – Feast of Fields Contest Entries
     
  • Fri., 16 – Greenpeace turns forty, Tribute to a Farmer and older mothers
     
  • Thu., 15 – Rugby, teachers bargaining and teen council candidate Grant McLachlan
     
  • Wed., 14 – Rick Mercer, Phantom of the Opera and Mary-Ellen Turpel-Lafond
     
  • Tue., 13 – The Oliver school fire, taxing sugary drinks and Nathan Cullen
     
  • Fri., 9 – Concussions and reflecting on September 11, 2001
     
  • Fri., 9 – A First Nations media course, new taxes for Americans living abroad and the KHL air crash
     
  • Thu., 8 – UNBC turns twenty, 'mature' student Ann Hansen and a senior bank scam
     
  • Wed., 7 – The City of Victoria Butler Book Prize Finalists
     
  • Wed., 7 – An anarchy archive, soothing math anxiety, George Abbott and the Juan de Fuca resort proposal
     
  • Tue., 6 – International student greeters, David Armstrong and a campus welcome.
     
  • Fri., 2 – Charity bins, hockey enforcers and the Vancouver riot report
     
  • Thu., 1 – Public sector salaries, bargaining teachers and Island Artisans goes to Oregon
     
• August 2011
  • Wed., 31 – Chantal Hebert on HST, BC Teachers dispute and grey tsunami
     
  • Mon., 29 – Film industry and HST, future leader of the NDP and ancestral remains
     
  • Fri., 26 – Kim Speers, Adrian Dix and Norman Ruff react to the HST referendum result
     
  • Thu., 25 – Blogging the Fringe: My new process
     
  • Thu., 25 – Barkerville to China, salmon research, and the fate of the HST tax
     
  • Wed., 24 – Blogging the Fringe: SNAFU Summer 2011
     
  • Wed., 24 – Blogging the Fringe: Phone sex and the intersection of art and commerce
     
  • Wed., 24 – BC Ferries, Rick Hansen's relay, and Victoria's Fringe Festival
     
  • Tue., 23 – Earthquake, Layton and youth, and Landon Colvin's novel
     
  • Mon., 22 – Paying tribute to Jack Layton
     
  • Fri., 19 – Berry pickers' plight, review of still born birth, and anti-seagull devices
     
  • Thu., 18 – Syria's regime, gang war in novel, gangs and girls in B.C.
     
  • Wed., 17 – A new weather textbook, letting teens sleep and books that changed the world
     
  • Tue., 16 – The Sakya Trizin, tree planting and banning body checking
     
  • Tue., 16 – Island Artisans - The Whole Beast Artisan Salumeria
     
  • Tue., 16 – Teen Books - Bonds between friends
     
  • Mon., 15 – A Kootenay Bay ferry webcam, Helen Slinger and Ryan Cochrane
     
  • Mon., 15 – A back to school picnic, bike helmuts and Don Genova
     
  • Thu., 11 – Parker Schmidt, Guy Dean of Albion Fisheries and the Western Canada Games
     
  • Wed., 10 – Trent Maynard, Stephanie Smith and Jaeger Mah
     
  • Tue., 9 – Calvert Island, for-profit day cares and the Trans Canada Trail
     
  • Tue., 9 – Teen Books - Looking for enlightenment
     
  • Mon., 8 – Garth Weins inducted into "Q Hall of Fame," unstable financial markets, new names in Oliver, B.C.
     
  • Fri., 5 – Gabriola Island manhunt, Polygamist convicted, new crime "Flash Robs"
     
  • Thu., 4 – Teen Books - Frankenstein
     
  • Thu., 4 – Island Artisans - Bruce's Kitchen
     
  • Thu., 4 – Assisted suicide in Washington State, background checks and new TSO choirmaster Jonathan Crow
     
  • Wed., 3 – Brewing for charity, farming in Cuba and assisted suicide
     
  • Tue., 2 – Learning Na'vi, a teenage composer and the saddest movie
     
• July 2011
  • Fri., 29 – Area codes, land claims and remembering the Penticton riots
     
  • Thu., 28 – A wine bloggers conference, Hibaq Farah and Stephen Lewis on the famine in Somalia
     
  • Thu., 28 – A supernova sonata
     
  • Wed., 27 – Man Booker nominee Esi Edugyan
     
  • Wed., 27 – Teen Books - Little books big stories
     
  • Wed., 27 – Nakusp man plays father goose
     
  • Wed., 27 – The Bandwagon Legacy Project
     
  • Tue., 26 – Coming to grips with a tragedy
     
  • Mon., 25 – Canadian crime rate is declining, Archie comes out and carbon tax analysis
     
  • Fri., 22 – Chopping for cherries, Elizabeth May and wine apps
     
  • Thu., 21 – Island Artisans
     
  • Thu., 21 – Following the leaders
     
  • Thu., 21 – Summer Mystery Book Series
     
  • Wed., 20 – "Dreams of Joy" by Lisa See
     
  • Wed., 20 – Newfoundland's giant ice island
     
  • Wed., 20 – Liberating the data
     
  • Tue., 19 – Taking obese children away from their parents
     
  • Mon., 18 – Rural seniors get support, firefighters win, and Port Refrew survives on tourism
     
  • Fri., 15 – Coming of age with Harry Potter
     
  • Thu., 14 – Stories that matter vs attracting eyeballs
     
  • Wed., 13 – Saying goodbye to a Canadian opera legend
     
  • Wed., 13 – Staying together by living apart
     
  • Tue., 12 – A record-breaking paddle
     
  • Fri., 8 – C-Difficile outbreak in Ontario, sand sculptor wins, and taxing First Nations.
     
  • Thu., 7 – Todd Butler at Music Fest, how charity donations are spent, and commercial fishing agreement reached
     
  • Wed., 6 – Homeless advocate tours Canada, downed power lines create chaos, and safe sleep strategies for babies
     
  • Tue., 5 – Understanding our southern neighbours
     
  • Mon., 4 – Fred Penner, MS trials and Dominion Day in Barkerville
     
• June 2011
  • Thu., 30 – A Royal blogger, Hepatitis C and old books new technology
     
  • Thu., 30 – The sacred headwaters of B.C.
     
  • Wed., 29 – Coming Up
     
  • Tue., 28 – Failing a child in need, and an interview with actor Meg Tilly
     
  • Mon., 27 – Links and Resources: Vancouver Island Music Awards
     
  • Mon., 27 – The art of war, drunk float plane passengers, and a grizzly cub delivery
     
  • Fri., 24 – Vancouver Island MusicFest
     
  • Thu., 23 – Amending 'ancient wine' legislation
     
  • Wed., 22 – A mumps outbreak
     
  • Tue., 21 – Finding justice online
     
  • Mon., 20 – Violent sport, violent riot
     
  • Fri., 17 – Lamenting the aftermath
     
  • Wed., 15 – Level Ground Trading Company
     
  • Wed., 15 – Teen books on dance
     
  • Wed., 15 – Craig Simpson calls the cup
     
  • Tue., 14 – A new start for the Kitwanga mine
     
  • Mon., 13 – Becoming Johnny Canuck
     
  • Fri., 10 – Testing public support for the HST
     
  • Fri., 10 – Recipes Contest
     
  • Thu., 9 – A moose in the holding cell
     
  • Wed., 8 – Teeing off the tax
     
  • Wed., 8 – A homeless blog spot
     
  • Tue., 7 – Sex in the City meets ESPN
     
  • Mon., 6 – Exchanging vows at game two
     
  • Fri., 3 – Breaking down game one with Howie Meeker
     
  • Thu., 2 – A wager between two Stanley Parks
     
  • Wed., 1 – A Twittering book club
     

Archives By Category

• Bookclub
  • May. 16 – The Right and the Real by Joelle Anthony
     
  • May. 1 – Sitting Lady Sutra by Kay Stewart
     
  • Apr. 23 – The Ecoholic Body
     
  • Apr. 16 – B.C. Books
     
  • Mar. 26 – B.C. books - Three novels for kids about the Titanic
     
  • Mar. 14 – B.C. Books - Mnemonic, A Book of Trees
     
  • Feb. 29 – Hiromi Goto's "Half World" and "Darkest Light"
     
  • Feb. 17 – Charlotte Gill wins BC National Book Award
     
  • Feb. 13 – Love poems for Valentine's Day
     
  • Feb. 1 – Ferry Tales by Philip Vannini
     
  • Jan. 24 – B.C. Books - Canadian history
     
  • Jan. 18 – Four Homeless Millionaires by Rik Leaf
     
  • Jan. 10 – Eating Dirt by Charlotte Gill
     
  • Dec. 22 – Voices From The Edge
     
  • Dec. 19 – Last minute xmas picks
     
  • Dec. 13 – Warm reads for cold nights
     
  • Nov. 29 – Titles and Tate - Wilderness books
     
  • Nov. 16 – Dressing the window at Chronicles of Crime
     
  • Nov. 14 – Hold Me Now - Stephen Gauer
     
  • Nov. 7 – The Virgin Cure - Ami McKie
     
  • Nov. 1 – Short story collections
     
  • Oct. 25 – Cold Hard Truth - Kevin O'Leary
     
  • Oct. 20 – The Impossible Dead - Ian Rankin
     
  • Oct. 11 – Titles and Tate
     
  • Oct. 7 – Margot Talbot - All That Glitters
     
  • Oct. 7 – William Deverell - I'll See You In My Dreams
     
  • Aug. 16 – Teen Books - Bonds between friends
     
  • Aug. 9 – Teen Books - Looking for enlightenment
     
  • Aug. 4 – Teen Books - Frankenstein
     
  • Jul. 27 – Man Booker nominee Esi Edugyan
     
  • Jul. 27 – Teen Books - Little books big stories
     
  • Jul. 21 – Summer Mystery Book Series
     
  • Jul. 20 – "Dreams of Joy" by Lisa See
     
  • Jun. 15 – Teen books on dance
     
• Coming Up
  • May. 20 – Tuesday
     
  • Apr. 16 – Coming up
     
  • Mar. 23 – Coming up
     
  • Mar. 20 – Coming up
     
  • Mar. 14 – Coming Up
     
  • Mar. 12 – Tuesday
     
  • Mar. 5 – Coming Up
     
  • Feb. 3 – Friday
     
  • Nov. 15 – Coming Up
     
  • Oct. 22 – Coming up
     
  • Jun. 29 – Coming Up
     
• Film Reviews
  • May. 18 – What to Expect When You're Expecting and Battleship
     
  • May. 11 – Dark Shadows and Headhunters
     
  • May. 4 – The Avenger and Darling Companion
     
  • Apr. 23 – Nora Young, by-election nuance and best sandwiches
     
  • Apr. 20 – Chimpanzee, Hard Core Logo 2 and Comic-Con 4
     
  • Apr. 13 – Bully
     
  • Apr. 5 – The Moth Diaries and Raid Redemption
     
  • Mar. 30 – Servitude and Mirror Mirror
     
  • Mar. 23 – The Hunger Games and Payback
     
  • Mar. 16 – Undefeated
     
  • Mar. 9 – John Carter and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
     
  • Mar. 2 – The Lorax and People of a Feather
     
  • Feb. 24 – Goon and Wanderlust
     
  • Feb. 10 – We Need To Talk About Kevin and Safe House
     
  • Feb. 3 – Albert Nobbs and Chronicle
     
  • Jan. 13 – Iron Lady and A Dangerous Method
     
  • Jan. 6 – The Devil Inside and The Mill and The Cross
     
  • Dec. 23 – Tintin and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
     
  • Dec. 16 – Mission Impossible 4 and Young Adult
     
  • Dec. 9 – New Year's Eve and Shame
     
  • Nov. 25 – My Week with Marilyn, Hugo, The Muppets and the Descendants
     
  • Nov. 18 – Breaking Dawn Part 1 and The Whale
     
  • Nov. 4 – 'Tower Heist' and 'The Skin I Live In'
     
  • Oct. 28 – The Rum Diary and In Time
     
  • Oct. 21 – The Three Musketeers and Johnny English
     
  • Oct. 14 – The Big Year and Take Shelter
     
• Food Matters
  • May. 17 – Babe's Honey
     
  • May. 10 – Spring
     
  • May. 3 – Coffee
     
  • Apr. 26 – Beef
     
  • Apr. 19 – Salt Spring Island hazelnut oil
     
  • Apr. 12 – Finicky kids
     
  • Apr. 5 – Spring farmer's markets
     
  • Mar. 29 – Milk products
     
  • Mar. 22 – Little fish
     
  • Mar. 8 – Sustainable restaurants
     
  • Mar. 1 – Fair Trade Certified produce
     
  • Feb. 23 – Backyard gardening
     
  • Feb. 16 – Studying advertising and childhood obesity
     
  • Feb. 9 – Sustainable shellfish
     
  • Feb. 2 – Shrimp
     
  • Jan. 26 – School lunches
     
  • Jan. 12 – Pass the pasta
     
  • Jan. 5 – Eating 'green'
     
  • Dec. 22 – Cookbooks
     
  • Dec. 15 – Giving the gift of a full belly
     
  • Dec. 7 – Gift gadgets for the chef in your life
     
  • Nov. 24 – Craft Fairs
     
  • Nov. 10 – Food Matters - St Jean's Cannery
     
  • Nov. 4 – Food Matters - Defining sustainability
     
• Fringe Fest
  • Aug. 25 – Blogging the Fringe: My new process
     
  • Aug. 24 – Blogging the Fringe: SNAFU Summer 2011
     
  • Aug. 24 – Blogging the Fringe: Phone sex and the intersection of art and commerce
     
• Island Artisans
  • Aug. 16 – Island Artisans - The Whole Beast Artisan Salumeria
     
  • Aug. 4 – Island Artisans - Bruce's Kitchen
     
  • Jul. 21 – Island Artisans
     
  • Jun. 15 – Level Ground Trading Company
     
• Not Young Not Old
  • May. 18 – Can meditation stave off dementia?
     
  • May. 3 – Changing Our Brains
     
  • Apr. 27 – Residential School legacy
     
  • Apr. 19 – Caregiver Network
     
  • Apr. 13 – Stopping age segregation
     
  • Apr. 10 – The word 'elder'
     
  • Mar. 30 – Old age security changes
     
  • Mar. 23 – Independent seniors
     
  • Mar. 16 – Embracing aging
     
  • Mar. 9 – Power of Attorney
     
  • Feb. 24 – Finding funky and fashionable clothing
     
  • Feb. 17 – Skiing
     
  • Feb. 10 – A senior-friendly community
     
  • Feb. 3 – Intergenerational households
     
  • Jan. 26 – Cohousing
     
  • Jan. 24 – Exploring age through film
     
  • Jan. 13 – Long term care insurance
     
  • Jan. 6 – Proliferating passwords
     
  • Dec. 16 – Choosing a gift for the elders
     
  • Dec. 8 – Caring for aging parents
     
  • Dec. 1 – Senior Drivers Part 2
     
  • Nov. 17 – Senior Drivers Part 1
     
  • Nov. 17 – To dog or not to dog
     
  • Nov. 3 – Brain fitness
     
  • Oct. 20 – Introduction
     
• Open House
  • Oct. 1 – 75th Anniversary Celebration: CBC Victoria Open House
     
• Recipes
  • Jun. 10 – Recipes Contest
     
• State of the Arts
  • May. 17 – House concerts
     
  • Apr. 12 – Victoria turns 150
     
  • Mar. 29 – Sin City - Carnies
     
  • Mar. 22 – The Wolf-Sheep collective
     
  • Mar. 15 – Belfry's Spark Festival
     
  • Mar. 8 – Remembering James Lindsay
     
  • Mar. 1 – Film making in Victoria
     
  • Feb. 16 – Fashion Recycling
     
  • Feb. 9 – transmission: GLOBAL SUMMIT 2012
     
• Time For Wine
  • May. 14 – BC Wines - Cool Climate Reds
     
  • May. 7 – BC Grapes - Sauvignon Blanc and blended whites
     
  • Apr. 30 – BC Wines - Riesling
     
  • Apr. 23 – B.C. Grapes - Cabernet Sauvignon and Franc
     
  • Apr. 16 – B.C. Grapes - Syrah/Shiraz
     
  • Apr. 3 – B.C. Grapes - Gewürztraminer
     
  • Mar. 27 – Blended Reds
     
  • Mar. 20 – B.C. Grapes - Pinot Noir
     
  • Mar. 12 – B.C. grapes - Chardonnay
     
  • Mar. 5 – B.C. grapes - Pinot Gris
     
  • Feb. 28 – B.C. wine grapes -- Merlot
     
  • Dec. 6 – High end gift wines
     
  • Nov. 29 – Budget wines for the holiday season
     
  • Nov. 21 – Vancouver Island Spirits
     
  • Nov. 15 – North of the Cowichan Valley Wineries
     
  • Nov. 7 – Gulf Islands wineries
     
  • Nov. 1 – Upper Cowichan Valley
     
  • Oct. 24 – Lower Cowichan Valley wineries
     
  • Oct. 17 – Island Vineyards
     
• Wine
  • Apr. 3 – B.C. Grapes - Gewürztraminer