May 2012 Archives

Thursday May 31, 2012

Rekindling war memories at Uno Fest

Actor Julia Mackey on returning to Victoria with her award-winning Uno show, Jake's Gift, about a little French girl and a Canadian veteran who returns to Normandy for the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
Listen (runs 8:03)

Thursday May 31, 2012

Assessing need for needle sites

Lawyer Scott Bernstein of the Pivot Legal Society looks at what has been learned from the closing of Victoria's fixed needle exchange four years ago, and the survival of the Insite safe consumption facility in Vancouver, despite court challenges.
Listen (runs 9:50)

Wednesday May 30, 2012

Protecting heritage lighthouses

It's a beacon of hope for lighthouses. Senator Pat Carney sheds light on the federal Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act.

Listen (runs 7:00)

Wednesday May 30, 2012

Nuking American Bullfrogs

Saving the world from a nuclear catastrophe by killing bullfrogs. Gregor talks with Stan Orchard, Victoria's bullfrog eradication specialist about his most recent job involving an American nuclear reactor.

Listen (runs 8:44)

Tuesday May 29, 2012

Bastion Square pretty in pink for Ryder

Pretty in Pink: Bastion Square will be decked out in the colours of the Giro D'Itallia race this weekend to celebrate the victory of Ryder Hesjedal. Jon Watkin, with the Robert W. Cameron Law Corporation cycling series, talks about the month-long Victoria International Cycling Festival.

Listen (runs 6:32)

Tuesday May 29, 2012

Parent group calls for wifi-free schools

John Puddifoot, director of the BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, explains why the group is calling for the creation of wi-fi and cell phone-free schools. 

Listen (runs 6:59)

Friday May 25, 2012

Political Panel on Catalyst Paper woes and Hydro rates

The Political Panel looks at the latest setback in efforts to keep Catalyst Paper afloat, and the question of whether the provincial government should intervene in corporate bailouts or Hydro rate-setting.
Listen (runs 14:08)

Friday May 25, 2012

Stars come out for David Foster gala in Victoria

Khalil speaks with 16-time Grammy winner David Foster who's in Victoria marking the 25th anniversary of his foundation with a gala weekend.

 

Listen (runs 7:27) 

Also, on All Points west this afternoon we'll have live reports from a special David Foster event down by the Legislature.

Thursday May 24, 2012

Sooke grads set record

A record number of aboriginal students will be graduating this year from Sooke's Edward Milne Community School. We speak with two of them, Mahalia Nahanee and Brody White.
Listen (runs 7:25)

Wednesday May 23, 2012

Diversifying Port Alberni

Port Alberni Mayor John Douglas talks about efforts to diversify the economy in a community shadowed by continued uncertainty over the future of Catalyst Paper, a major employer and source of tax revenue. 

Listen (runs 7:21)

Wednesday May 23, 2012

Sailing in search of tsunami debris

A research vessel from the U.S. is sailing the Pacific Ocean this month and next in search of debris from Japan. Gregor speaks with Marcus Eriksen, the man leading the expedition. Listen (runs 7:52)

Tuesday May 22, 2012

U.S. officers join patrols in Canadian waters

Canadian and U.S. law enforcement officials are jointly patrolling our waters to catch criminals crossing the border. Joe Oliver, the director general of the RCMP's Border Integrity Program, talks about the pilot project that is currently being examined by Parliament.
Listen (runs 8:24)

Tuesday May 22, 2012

Winds speed tsunami debris arrival

Debris from the Tsunami in Japan is starting to show up on the shores of North America. Researcher Richard Thomson with the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney, talks about the latest predictions from the scientists who are tracking the movement of debris.
Listen (runs 7:52)

Tuesday May 22, 2012

Victoria Day Parade pix

Friday May 18, 2012

Political panel discusses "new" BC sales tax

Is it better? Is it stupid? The political panel takes a look at the "new" Provincial sales Tax and the latest political opinion poll.

Listen (runs 14:03)

Friday May 18, 2012

Cowichan school trustees

School trustees in the Cowichan Valley say they can't do their job with the money they have from the province. So they've passed a deficit budget which leaves them in peril of breaking the law which demands school boards balance their budgets. George Abbott, BC's minister of education gives his reaction to the Cowichan decision.

Listen (runs 5:03)

Friday May 18, 2012

"Battleship," "The Dictator" and "Bernie"

The summer silly season at the movie kicks into overdrive this weekend. There's "Battleship," "The Dictator" and "Bernie." Taking us from battles to books is our film reviewer, Eli Glasner.

 

Listen (runs 7:31)

Thursday May 17, 2012

Island flying ace recalls downed fighter plane

With the discovery of a well-preserved World War Two fighter plane in the Egyptian desert, Comox resident "Stocky" Edward recalls his fighter-pilot career and the possibility he flew the recovered Kittyhawk P-40 fighter before it crashed in the Sahara Desert.
Listen (runs 8:56)

Thursday May 17, 2012

Rail restoration plan challenged

Is the plan for restoring the Island's railway getting off track? Jack Peake, the chairman of the E & N Railway Action Group, says plans to spend $15-million on replacing railway ties along the the length of the route is the wrong way to go about restoring train service.
Listen (runs 8:07)

Wednesday May 16, 2012

Turpel-Lafond on Cowichan suicides

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the province's Representative for  Children and Youth, talks about her review of children and youth who have taken their own lives and the emergency declared by leaders of the Cowichan Tribes First Nation over a cluster of suicides and suicide alerts in their community.
Listen (runs 5:53)

 

Tuesday May 15, 2012

Personal info at risk under proposed drug bill

Micheal Vonn of the BC Civil Liberties Association says that the B.C. government's Bill 35 threatens the confidentiality of our personal medical records because it gives the government almost unlimited powers to share or even sell Pharmanet data.
Listen (runs 8:43)

 

Tuesday May 15, 2012

Reaction to return of the Provincial Sales Tax

The long-awaited legislation to axe the harmonized sales tax has been tabled in the legislature: Gregor gets reaction to the change from John Winter, president of the BC Chamber of Commerce, and Bill Tieleman, a strategist with the Fight HST campaign.
Listen (runs 8:58)

 

Monday May 14, 2012

Earthquake-risk school list shortened

The long list of schools at risk for earthquake damage in B.C. just got a whole lot shorter.Education Minister George Abbott explains why.
Listen (runs 7:01)

 

Monday May 14, 2012

Reining in the municipal tax breaks

Victoria Councillor Geoff Young talks about why municipal decision makers are reconsidering their tax-waiver policy - again.
Listen (runs 7:29)

 

Friday May 11, 2012

Political Panel on remaking the B.C. Liberals and BC Ferries

Introducing the build-it-yourself political party: The Friday panel looks at the BC Liberals' move to open up everything from their name to their policies to public input, and changes to B.C. ferries on the way.

Listen (runs 16:08)

 

Friday May 11, 2012

Exploring the "unbuilt" Victoria

The Victoria that could have been. A new book takes a look at the scores of proposed developments in Victoria that never saw the light of day. Gregor speaks with author Dorothy Mindenhall.

Listen (runs 6:14)

 

Thursday May 10, 2012

Defending Glenlyon Norfolk school's tax break

Private school, public subsidy: The head of Glenlyon Norfolk school in the Fairfield neighbourhood responds to critics of the $56,000 property tax break received under the City of Victoria's exemptions for non-profit groups.
Listen (runs 6:07)

 

Thursday May 10, 2012

Lekstrom on ferries cash infusion, fare increases, service cuts

Ferry fares will continue to rise, but more slowly, and sailings will be cut on some routes. B.C. Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom talks about these and other changes outlined in the amendments to the Coast Ferry Act introduced in the legislature Wednesday.
Listen (runs 8:45)

 

Wednesday May 9, 2012

Settling condo disputes gets easier

Tony Gioventu, the Executive Director of the Condominium Owners Association of British Columbia, discusses changes to regulations aimed at improving the process for solving strata disputes. Tony Gioventu, the Executive Director of the Condominium Owners Association of British Columbia, discusses changes to regulations aimed at improving the process for solving strata disputes.
Listen (runs 7:50)

 

Wednesday May 9, 2012

Oak Bay developer defends controversial design

A home under construction in Oak Bay is attracting protest over its modern design amid more traditional homes. Gregor speaks with the developer, Rajinder Sahota.

Listen (runs 5:41)

 

Tuesday May 8, 2012

Reviews:

Brigadoon

David Lennam reviews the Victoria Operatic Society's production of 'Brigadoon'.

Listen (runs 6:43)

 

Tuesday May 8, 2012

Mayors' support grows for regulating pot

Parksville Mayor Chris Burger talks about about why support for decriminalization of marijuana is growing among local government officials.
Listen (runs 5:23)

 

Tuesday May 8, 2012

Raeside's Ferry Tales

A gifted visual pundit, Adrian Raeside is published in almost 300 newspapers and magazines around the world, but his latest compilation chronicles the unique character of coastal B.C. living. Gregor talks with him about No Sailing Waits and Other Ferry Tales, just published by Harbour Publishing.
Listen (runs 7:38)

 

Monday May 7, 2012

Tax break for private school opposed

Should an exclusive private school get a tax break from Victoria's city hall? Bill Sudds, who lives in the Gonzales neighbourhood of Fairfield, close to Glenlyon Norfolk private school, says no.

Listen (runs 6:53)

Sudds voiced his objection to city council, which is reviewing its policy of "Permissive Tax Exemptions" to dozens of non-profit groups. You can see details of the exemptions in the latest Public Bodies Report from City Hall (for 2010), starting on page 10.

 

Monday May 7, 2012

Tales from the Vault:

"Worst Canadian" Trutch shaped B.C. aboriginal relations

Joseph Trutch was a key figure in B.C.'s early years, but he's been nominated as the Worst Canadian. Stephen Ruttan, the Greater Victoria Public Library's local history librarian explores the controversial life of  the province's first  Lieutenant-Governor.
Listen (runs 8:02)

 

Friday May 4, 2012

Political Panel on pipeline politics

 When is a pipeline a hot potato? The political panel looks at the legislative sparring over the northern gateway pipeline proposal, and the shuffling of personalities at the B.C. Liberal Party's headquarters
Listen (runs 16:02)

 

Friday May 4, 2012

Royal Bay development and the Colwood Crawl

The westshore communities of Langford and Colwood are growing at a record rate. Now the sale of Colwood's Royal Bay property could mean hundreds, maybe thousands, more homes in the area. Dan Spinner, CEO of the Westshore Chamber of Commerce, talks about what this big development could mean for commute times to and from the Westshore.
Listen (runs 5:52)

 

Thursday May 3, 2012

Dix defends NDP pipeline opposition

This week, B.C.'s Official Opposition officially declared its opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline. NDP Leader Adrian Dix discusses whether we should have more refineries here rather than pipelines shipping Alberta crude to China.
Listen (runs 8:14)

 

Thursday May 3, 2012

Renovation uncovers City Hall history

Khalil Akhtar dropped in for a look inside Victoria's old city hall where workers are tackling seismic upgrades and uncovering hidden bits of the building's heritage.

Listen (runs 8:04)

 

Wednesday May 2, 2012

Beware the raccoon roundworm

(Flickr/ ingridtaylar)

Veterinarian Sue McTaggart discusses the risks of the raccoon roundworm. It has killed two dogs in North Saanich and she is worried the problem is more widespread than we realize.
Listen (runs 5:29)

 

Wednesday May 2, 2012

Reno-viction attracts political attention

Victoria-Swan Lake MLA Rob Fleming talks about the efforts to keep residents of the Quadra Villa apartment complex from becoming homeless after the owners issued eviction notices to allow renovations. 
Listen (runs 8:25)

 

Tuesday May 1, 2012

Aquattro residents meet over home invasion

Colwood Councillor Shari Lukens discusses a meeting of residents last night at the Aquattro condominium complex in Colwood Condominium, where two residents were assaulted in a home invasion last week.

Listen (runs 6:24)

 

Tuesday May 1, 2012

Octopus attacks seagull

Ginger Morneau talks about the life-and-death struggle between a seagull and an octopus on the Ogden Point breakwater that she witnessed, and photographed. 

Listen (runs 7:07)

    

 

Tuesday May 1, 2012

Reviews:

1959 Pink Thunderbird Convertible

Monica Prendergast reviews Langham Court Theatre's season closer, '1959 Pink Thunderbird Convertible'.

  

 

Listen (runs 5:23)

 

• July 2012
  • Wed., 18 – CRD sewage system
     
  • Wed., 18 – Fireman's poll
     
  • Tue., 17 – The health cost of a good night's sleep
     
  • Tue., 17 – What causes landslides?
     
  • Tue., 17 – Esquimalt still critical as sewage money announced
     
  • Mon., 16 – Sleeping pill overuse on rise
     
  • Mon., 16 – Cowichan district gets balanced budget
     
  • Fri., 13 – Snapping turtles show up in local waters
     
  • Fri., 13 – Legislative reporter leaves 'Dickensian underworld'
     
  • Thu., 12 – A lupine discovery
     
  • Thu., 12 – Mustard Seed's summer shortage
     
  • Thu., 12 – Thursday
     
  • Thu., 12 – Shaw Cable radio access
     
  • Wed., 11 – Hope but not Compassion
     
  • Wed., 11 – Cop consolidation
     
  • Wed., 11 – Viking goes global
     
  • Tue., 10 – Camp Compassion controversy
     
  • Tue., 10 – A month-long commute
     
  • Mon., 9 – Doctor deficit
     
  • Mon., 9 – Chinese singing stars
     
  • Mon., 9 – Of Mice and Men
     
  • Fri., 6 – Talk to your doc
     
  • Fri., 6 – Cycling for funds
     
  • Fri., 6 – Nash turns Laker
     
  • Thu., 5 – Is Merv Wilkinson's legacy safe?
     
  • Thu., 5 – Dwindling shellfish stocks
     
  • Wed., 4 – Victoria admin costs grow
     
  • Wed., 4 – Gas war causes casualties
     
  • Tue., 3 – Students tackle Tim's trash
     
  • Tue., 3 – Liquor warehouses targeted in strike
     
• June 2012
  • Fri., 29 – Oak Bay denies care facility
     
  • Fri., 29 – The heart of Fernwood
     
  • Fri., 29 – Canada Day Schedule
     
  • Thu., 28 – Esquimalt policing remains unchanged
     
  • Thu., 28 – Search and Rescue encounters cuts
     
  • Wed., 27 – Teachers' dispute deal
     
  • Wed., 27 – Lyme disease controversy pt.2
     
  • Wed., 27 – Organic garden tour
     
  • Tue., 26 – Catalyst Paper's future begins to brighten
     
  • Tue., 26 – Lyme disease controversy pt.1
     
  • Tue., 26 – Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat
     
  • Mon., 25 – Flying high - model planes help Campbell River teacher
     
  • Mon., 25 – Horgan challenges "green" natural gas claim
     
  • Fri., 22 – To buy or to rent?
     
  • Fri., 22 – The panel picks a bone with bonuses
     
  • Thu., 21 – Edmonton off leash issues
     
  • Thu., 21 – Coast Guard cuts
     
  • Wed., 20 – City of Victoria budget cuts
     
  • Wed., 20 – Dallas Road dog walkers
     
  • Tue., 19 – STEM schools
     
  • Tue., 19 – Tsunami debris clean up
     
  • Mon., 18 – The Foreigner
     
  • Mon., 18 – Euthanasia laws deemed discriminatory
     
  • Mon., 18 – Oak Bay construction conflict
     
  • Fri., 15 – Port Angeles marine campus proposal
     
  • Fri., 15 – The panel gets crude
     
  • Fri., 15 – Thursday
     
  • Thu., 14 – Victoria's new busking bylaw
     
  • Thu., 14 – Oak Bay divided over new home design
     
  • Wed., 13 – Local auctioneer turns Pawn Master
     
  • Wed., 13 – Cowichan school board standoff
     
  • Tue., 12 – Springer: then and now
     
  • Tue., 12 – Youth in custody tell their story
     
  • Mon., 11 – Protest over contaminated soil
     
  • Mon., 11 – Volunteers trained in empathy
     
  • Fri., 8 – Political Panel on Cowichan school board and B.C. Liberals
     
  • Fri., 8 – Foreign species run ashore
     
  • Thu., 7 – The science of fish sounds
     
  • Thu., 7 – Cumberland's theatre threatened by fire
     
  • Wed., 6 – Feds to cut veteran services
     
  • Wed., 6 – Could drones guard our coast?
     
  • Tue., 5 – Vic High grad gets diploma 70 years late
     
  • Tue., 5 – The decline of Victoria's video porn vendors
     
  • Mon., 4 – The Walworth Farce
     
  • Mon., 4 – The need for needle sites
     
  • Mon., 4 – Stratford lead opens Blue Bridge season
     
  • Fri., 1 – When cyclists and motorists mix
     
  • Fri., 1 – Political panel on the spring session wrap-up
     
• May 2012
  • Thu., 31 – Rekindling war memories at Uno Fest
     
  • Thu., 31 – Assessing need for needle sites
     
  • Wed., 30 – Canadian MS sufferers reject registry
     
  • Wed., 30 – Protecting heritage lighthouses
     
  • Wed., 30 – Nuking American Bullfrogs
     
  • Tue., 29 – Bastion Square pretty in pink for Ryder
     
  • Tue., 29 – Parent group calls for wifi-free schools
     
  • Mon., 28 – What makes Ryder ride, and MS surgery effectiveness
     
  • Fri., 25 – Political Panel on Catalyst Paper woes and Hydro rates
     
  • Fri., 25 – Stars come out for David Foster gala in Victoria
     
  • Thu., 24 – Thursday
     
  • Thu., 24 – Sooke grads set record
     
  • Thu., 24 – MS surgery warning
     
  • Wed., 23 – Diversifying Port Alberni
     
  • Wed., 23 – Sailing in search of tsunami debris
     
  • Tue., 22 – U.S. officers join patrols in Canadian waters
     
  • Tue., 22 – Winds speed tsunami debris arrival
     
  • Tue., 22 – Victoria Day Parade pix
     
  • Fri., 18 – Political panel discusses "new" BC sales tax
     
  • Fri., 18 – Cowichan school trustees
     
  • Fri., 18 – "Battleship," "The Dictator" and "Bernie"
     
  • Fri., 18 – Shirley Valentine
     
  • Thu., 17 – Island flying ace recalls downed fighter plane
     
  • Thu., 17 – Rail restoration plan challenged
     
  • Wed., 16 – Black pioneer Mifflin Gibbs
     
  • Wed., 16 – Turpel-Lafond on Cowichan suicides
     
  • Tue., 15 – Personal info at risk under proposed drug bill
     
  • Tue., 15 – Reaction to return of the Provincial Sales Tax
     
  • Mon., 14 – Earthquake-risk school list shortened
     
  • Mon., 14 – Reining in the municipal tax breaks
     
  • Fri., 11 – Political Panel on remaking the B.C. Liberals and BC Ferries
     
  • Fri., 11 – Exploring the "unbuilt" Victoria
     
  • Thu., 10 – Defending Glenlyon Norfolk school's tax break
     
  • Thu., 10 – Lekstrom on ferries cash infusion, fare increases, service cuts
     
  • Wed., 9 – Settling condo disputes gets easier
     
  • Wed., 9 – Oak Bay developer defends controversial design
     
  • Tue., 8 – Brigadoon
     
  • Tue., 8 – Mayors' support grows for regulating pot
     
  • Tue., 8 – Raeside's Ferry Tales
     
  • Mon., 7 – Tax break for private school opposed
     
  • Mon., 7 – "Worst Canadian" Trutch shaped B.C. aboriginal relations
     
  • Fri., 4 – Political Panel on pipeline politics
     
  • Fri., 4 – Royal Bay development and the Colwood Crawl
     
  • Thu., 3 – Dix defends NDP pipeline opposition
     
  • Thu., 3 – Renovation uncovers City Hall history
     
  • Wed., 2 – Beware the raccoon roundworm
     
  • Wed., 2 – Reno-viction attracts political attention
     
  • Tue., 1 – Aquattro residents meet over home invasion
     
  • Tue., 1 – Octopus attacks seagull
     
  • Tue., 1 – 1959 Pink Thunderbird Convertible
     
• April 2012
  • Mon., 30 – Capital Region's Juno bid goes ahead
     
  • Mon., 30 – Parkade proposal scaled back
     
  • Fri., 27 – Minister defends streamlining of environment reviews
     
  • Fri., 27 – Political Panel: Lessons from the Alberta election
     
  • Thu., 26 – Woodwynn future uncertain after housing rejection
     
  • Thu., 26 – Charity kitchen volunteer named Victoria's unsung hero
     
  • Thu., 26 – Thursday
     
  • Wed., 25 – Washington State considers massive coal port
     
  • Wed., 25 – Rattenbury auditions begin in Victoria
     
  • Tue., 24 – The fight against syphilis
     
  • Mon., 23 – God of Carnage
     
  • Mon., 23 – Deadline looms for Victoria's Juno pitch
     
  • Mon., 23 – Farmer questions federal EI work plan
     
  • Fri., 20 – Political Panel analyzes by-election results
     
  • Fri., 20 – Documenting Victoria's Japanese pioneers
     
  • Thu., 19 – Victoria woman roughed up in India standoff
     
  • Thu., 19 – Rower tests waters for Atlantic crossing
     
  • Wed., 18 – Victoria's WWII code-breaker
     
  • Wed., 18 – Cruise "voluntourists" pitch in at food bank
     
  • Tue., 17 – Former officer questions anti-harassment plan
     
  • Tue., 17 – Tla-o-qui-aht carver wins award
     
  • Mon., 16 – Maria Stuarda and Amadeus
     
  • Mon., 16 – Washington State ferries promoted for B.C.
     
  • Mon., 16 – Should metered-parking hours be extended?
     
  • Fri., 13 – Residential school voices gather in Victoria
     
  • Fri., 13 – Political Panel: The Premier's communications problem
     
  • Thu., 12 – Accused sex offender presence closes daycare
     
  • Thu., 12 – Hydro defends smart-meter performance
     
  • Thu., 12 – John Horgan on smart meters
     
  • Thu., 12 – Restoring Vancouver Island rail service
     
  • Thu., 12 – Victoria food cart proposal
     
  • Tue., 10 – Tofino's wolf problem
     
  • Tue., 10 – Should B.C. ban political donations from corporations and unions?
     
  • Thu., 5 – Fortin defends bridge plans
     
  • Thu., 5 – Floating a proposal for new military commuter ferry
     
  • Wed., 4 – Redeveloping the Hillside Mall
     
  • Wed., 4 – Master key misuse prompts advice for landlords
     
  • Wed., 4 – Cheaper bridge design urged by Isitt
     
  • Tue., 3 – Making affordable housing pay
     
  • Tue., 3 – Johnson Street Bridge changes continue
     
  • Mon., 2 – Waiting for OAS: low-income seniors in Victoria
     
  • Mon., 2 – John Duncan defends environmental assessment limits
     
• March 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Uvic president addresses security breach
     
  • Fri., 30 – Political Panel
     
  • Thu., 29 – "Robocalls" go to court on Vancouver Island
     
  • Thu., 29 – Property tax hike opposition growing
     
  • Wed., 28 – RCMP sexual harassment lawsuit filed
     
  • Wed., 28 – Invermere's deer-cull lessons
     
  • Tue., 27 – Rooting for renters
     
  • Tue., 27 – Conservative leader responds to MLA defection
     
  • Mon., 26 – Smart phone security risks
     
  • Mon., 26 – Island MP reacts to NDP leadership results
     
  • Fri., 23 – Preventing a coastal oil spill and the Friday political panel
     
  • Thu., 22 – More on Catalyst, NDP leadership panel and Sisters of St Ann
     
  • Wed., 21 – Catalyst worker pay cuts and saving the old Craigflower schoolhouse
     
  • Wed., 21 – Rabbit Hole
     
  • Wed., 21 – Truth and Reconcilation
     
  • Tue., 20 – Teacher's dispute update, bridge funding and Duncan school of rock
     
  • Tue., 20 – The Marowitz Hamlet
     
  • Mon., 19 – Teachers, osprey nest, and workfare
     
  • Fri., 16 – Truth and Reconciliation - Luke Marston
     
  • Fri., 16 – Dean Fortin, the political panel and Peeked Interest
     
  • Wed., 14 – Rising Blue Bridge costs, Shirley Bond and Tsunami debris
     
  • Wed., 14 – Truth and Reconciliation - The Missing Children Project
     
  • Tue., 13 – Medical tourism: private care and public risks
     
  • Tue., 13 – Why are Canadians seeking surgery abroad?
     
  • Tue., 13 – Medical heroin, nurses and medical tourism
     
  • Mon., 12 – Willie Blackwater, Tofino tsunami warning and learning from Japan
     
  • Mon., 12 – Truth and Reconciliation - Willie Blackwater
     
  • Fri., 9 – Tsunami aftermath, political panel and Shawnigan Lake diversion
     
  • Thu., 8 – Geoff Young, Dr Dave Hepburn, George Abbott and Norway
     
  • Wed., 7 – David Schreck and rockin' the teacher's strike
     
  • Tue., 6 – Port Alberni signage
     
  • Tue., 6 – Food security
     
  • Tue., 6 – Crackwalker
     
  • Mon., 5 – A new digital news service in Victoria
     
  • Mon., 5 – Not so affordable affordable housing
     
  • Mon., 5 – Wednesday
     
  • Fri., 2 – Political panel does their homework on Bill 22
     
  • Fri., 2 – Habitat for Humanity Victoria
     
  • Fri., 2 – Phantom of the Opera
     
  • Thu., 1 – Mediating the teachers' dispute and selling Provincial Capital Commission properties
     
• February 2012
  • Wed., 29 – Voices from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings
     
  • Wed., 29 – Victoria teachers' strike plans and Robocalls in Saanich-Gulf Islands and
     
  • Tue., 28 – Truth and Reconciliation - Anglican priest Lincoln McEwan
     
  • Tue., 28 – Truth and Reconciliation - Voices from Fort Rupert
     
  • Tue., 28 – Truth and Reconciliation - Christine Wata Joseph
     
  • Tue., 28 – Lekstrom promises Malahat safety improvements
     
  • Tue., 28 – Robocall allegations on the Island
     
  • Mon., 27 – Truth and Reconciliation - Davina Hunt (on All Points West)
     
  • Mon., 27 – Residential school hearings open on Island
     
  • Mon., 27 – Artist campaigns for Malahat safety
     
  • Fri., 24 – Residential school reconciliation at Quamichan Middle School
     
  • Fri., 24 – How reconciliation works - From All Points West
     
  • Fri., 24 – The Political Panel on selling harbourfront land, and residential school reconciliation at a Duncan school
     
  • Thu., 23 – Seeking the truth about residential schools (From All Points West)
     
  • Thu., 23 – Ferries budget squeeze threatens service levels
     
  • Thu., 23 – Goodbye Big Blue
     
  • Thu., 23 – Remembering residential schools
     
  • Wed., 22 – Carmen and Eurydice
     
  • Wed., 22 – Decoding B.C. budget politics and former Falcon backer defends defection to Conservatives
     
  • Tue., 21 – Deer cull, HMCS Vancouver, and climate modelling
     
  • Tue., 21 – VIHA's amends in Cowichan Valley and Victoria's view on rising sea levels
     
  • Mon., 20 – Taking down the bridge, taking out the trash and the cost of protecting killer whale habitat
     
  • Fri., 17 – Political Panel on judge shortages and tea festival gets a taste of Vietnam
     
  • Thu., 16 – Cowichan lodge closing criticized and Carmen comes to Victoria
     
  • Wed., 15 – Trading places with the homeless and creating a downtown free wifi network
     
  • Tue., 14 – Debating police powers and training future shipworkers for the Island
     
  • Mon., 13 – Monday
     
  • Mon., 13 – Noise pollution disrupting whales and previewing Legislature's to-do list
     
  • Fri., 10 – Canadian Navy sonar error and the Political Panel
     
  • Thu., 9 – Reconsidering rail, west shore's growing clout, run-of-river future and earthquake detectors
     
  • Wed., 8 – Painting Victoria's history, Langford's population boom, smoking drug concerns and Island mags
     
  • Tue., 7 – Energy policy praised, tracking wild salmon, needle-sharing and Nanaimo's Black history
     
  • Mon., 6 – Failing First Nations children, alleging bank privacy breach and adult eating disorders
     
  • Fri., 3 – 'Namgis eyes expansion, teachers defend job action and political panel
     
  • Thu., 2 – Teachers strike, late French Immersion, helping in Honduras and analyzing amalgamation
     
  • Wed., 1 – Catalyst union worries, pension changes, illegal bike conversions and rumbling in Sooke
     
• January 2012
  • Tue., 31 – on the edge
     
  • Tue., 31 – B.C.'s rising temperatures, Lake Cowichan radio, Catalyst fights bankruptcy and cycling to Rio
     
  • Mon., 30 – Sooke French Immersion, raising the "A" word, fostering guide dogs and ferries reaction
     
  • Fri., 27 – Video surveillance violators, opposing PCC changes and the Political Panel
     
  • Thu., 26 – Assessing PM's promises, managing PCC properties, Forest Ethics and salmon licences
     
  • Wed., 25 – Rezoning Bamberton, Northern Junk plan, Gregor's job interview and ferries review
     
  • Tue., 24 – The Drowsy Chaperone
     
  • Tue., 24 – Improving Highway 17, rescheduling recess, Burns Lake's loss and aboriginal language app
     
  • Mon., 23 – Teachers strike impact, libraries' ebook access, fishing licence buy-back and affordable homes
     
  • Fri., 20 – Boosting support for disabilities, Political Panel and defending authors' copyright
     
  • Thu., 19 – Searching for Matthew Huszar, seeking shelter, SOPA's local impact and policing the police
     
  • Wed., 18 – Winter driving, Bond on courtroom cameras, immigrant jobseekers and TFSA loophole
     
  • Tue., 17 – Sedating seniors, health transfers, Esquimalt Lagoon and bookbinding
     
  • Mon., 16 – Sooke's pipeline worries, Ian Thow, United Way shortfall, movers fined and courtroom cameras
     
  • Fri., 13 – Gaming grants, cleaning Nanaimo's hospital, political panel and Market Square
     
  • Thu., 12 – Restoring gaming grants, Victoria's 150th, public-sector bargaining and leaving Market Square
     
  • Wed., 11 – Mapping wellness, identity theft, looking between the covers and neighbourhood vs neighbour
     
  • Tue., 10 – Labelling pipeline critics, UVic break-in, opposing a cull and Courtenay councillors' warning
     
  • Mon., 9 – Northern pipeline hearings, dealing with deer, debating biomass and the coming apocalypse
     
  • Fri., 6 – Seafood fraud, cougar sightings, coast guard cuts and a holocaust past
     
  • Thu., 5 – Foster children, anti-semitic vandalism and Malaspina Gardens layoffs
     
  • Wed., 4 – A Day In The Life: On The Road to the London Olympic Games
     
  • Wed., 4 – Seafood fraud, Campbell River tax dilemma and losing the fat battle
     
  • Tue., 3 – 2012 property assessments, Claremont School musical and the critic's choice awards
     
  • Tue., 3 – CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS 2010-2011
     
• December 2011
  • Fri., 23 – Coming Up
     
  • Fri., 23 – Eli Glasner's top ten films of 2011
     
  • Fri., 23 – The gift of a kidney, tides give global warming preview and Christmas in Delhi
     
  • Thu., 22 – Snuneymuxw treaty, Liberals' poll plunge, homeless deaths and legalizing pot
     
  • Wed., 21 – Float home accord, mutiny at Fort and Quadra, defending Kokish development and buying locally
     
  • Tue., 20 – Homeless gifts, Kokish river hydro, carolling's decline and Hanukkah stories
     
  • Mon., 19 – Catalyst debt, Canada's pension plan, Nanaimo's earthquake risk and the Dandelion Society
     
  • Fri., 16 – Rail splinter group, tsunami debris and the Political Panel
     
  • Thu., 15 – Two sides of the pension debate, Port Alberni's Pot Luck Ceramics and the Bipolar Babe
     
  • Wed., 14 – Jack Purdy: Bamfield's absentee landlord
     
  • Wed., 14 – Navy lighting, Mudge Island wharf access, fisheries layoffs and residential schools
     
  • Wed., 14 – CBC does Dickens in Victoria and Port Alberni
     
  • Tue., 13 – A White Christmas
     
  • Tue., 13 – Online wine sales, Glen Clark returns and addiction treatment group faces crisis
     
  • Mon., 12 – Bridge update, the Boomer burden, Romeo Saganash and Alberta anorexia treatment
     
  • Fri., 9 – Bridge demolition, Political Panel, fighting in the WHL and curbing emotional eating
     
  • Thu., 8 – Ungraded eggs, Victoria trash pick-up, investigating the police and amalgamation
     
  • Wed., 7 – The Good Hope Cannery
     
  • Wed., 7 – RCMP harassment, Victoria trash talk, new Ferries boss and questioning food banks
     
  • Tue., 6 – Sealing out seals, Ecole Polytechnique, crematorium criticism and oil tankers
     
  • Mon., 5 – Treating anorexia, oil into biofuel, closing galleries and Christmas between the covers
     
  • Fri., 2 – CBC 25th annual Food Bank Show: A family's story, hunger in Victoria, and the Political Panel
     
  • Thu., 1 – CPR terminal plans, drunk driving ruling, Maritime Museum future and pot prize
     
• November 2011
  • Wed., 30 – Leasing the CPR terminal, leaking oil tanks, revisiting a crisis and rallying for legal aid
     
  • Tue., 29 – A Midsummer's Night Dream
     
  • Tue., 29 – Homes for Comox's homeless, Denman ferry, bottle battle and Canada's climate commitment
     
  • Mon., 28 – Seniors housing, salmon surplus, Occupying Xmas and debating homelessness in Courtenay
     
  • Fri., 25 – Denman cable ferry, Political Panel and Smart Meter strategy
     
  • Thu., 24 – Rejecting Oak Bay Lodge, reviving the waterfront, banning anonymity and poaching deer
     
  • Thu., 24 – Nanoose logging reaction
     
  • Wed., 23 – Graham Hill on the E&N railway
     
  • Wed., 23 – Inter-generational beds at the Nanaimo Hospital?
     
  • Wed., 23 – Plans for Oak Bay Lodge - Tara Ney
     
  • Tue., 22 – The Beauty Queen of Leenane and Jitters
     
  • Tue., 22 – Another war in the woods
     
  • Tue., 22 – New Victoria councillor Shellie Gudgeon
     
  • Tue., 22 – New Tofino mayor Perry Schmunk
     
  • Tue., 22 – CBC Radio Victoria Presents....
     
  • Mon., 21 – Municipal election reaction: Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay, Colwood, Campbell River
     
  • Fri., 18 – Election Connection
     
  • Fri., 18 – Sooke mayoral race
     
  • Fri., 18 – Oak Bay mayoral race
     
  • Fri., 18 – Juan de Fuca Electoral Area
     
  • Thu., 17 – Political panel, sex workers' program threatened and TEDx comes to Victoria
     
  • Thu., 17 – The Leafblower Challenge, RCMP harassment probe and autism technology
     
  • Wed., 16 – Victoria's mayoral race
     
  • Wed., 16 – Port Alberni's mayoral race
     
  • Wed., 16 – Esquimalt Village project referendum
     
  • Wed., 16 – Mary's Wedding
     
  • Wed., 16 – Construction forecast brightens, challenging suicide laws and adults in the children's ward
     
  • Tue., 15 – Campbell River mayoral race
     
  • Tue., 15 – Vic PD's regional strategy, Nanaimo's pediatric problems, Tofino's downtown plan
     
  • Mon., 14 – Adults in the pediatric ward, java wars, gerrymandering allegation and Victoria magazines
     
  • Mon., 14 – Saanich mayor's race
     
  • Thu., 10 – Election Connection: "Slumlord" seeks council seat
     
  • Thu., 10 – Mt. Douglas stormwater, vets' tough transition and remembering World War One
     
  • Wed., 9 – Shelter celebration, supporting families, Denman Island debris and salmon disease denied
     
  • Wed., 9 – Colwood: the race for mayor
     
  • Tue., 8 – Ending the occupation, drugs at the protest, veterans' cuts and offshore fish farms
     
  • Mon., 7 – Rookery Nook
     
  • Mon., 7 – U.S. deer deluge, real estate disclosures, new opera debut and NDP candidate Nathan Cullen
     
  • Fri., 4 – Civic Panelists Anne Mullens and Les Leyne
     
  • Fri., 4 – Don Genova cooks with squash
     
  • Fri., 4 – Wayne Johnston
     
  • Fri., 4 – Gregor gets the pronunciation blues
     
  • Fri., 4 – George Sirk
     
  • Fri., 4 – Simon Whitfield
     
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  • Fri., 4 – Murder by text, obstacles facing occupiers and political panel
     
  • Thu., 3 – BC Transit review, NDP candidate Peggy Nash, debunking biomass and ghost-hunting
     
  • Wed., 2 – Election Connection: Securities offense dogs North Cowichan candidate
     
  • Wed., 2 – Sponsoring refugees, shutting Public Eye, debating libraries and Russell books turns 50
     
  • Tue., 1 – Campers' rights, palliative care, online haberdashery and talking about teen suicide
     
• October 2011
  • Mon., 31 – The lepers of D'Arcy Island
     
  • Mon., 31 – A cop campaigns for legalizing pot
     
  • Mon., 31 – Gormenghast
     
  • Mon., 31 – Sharing the Square, reviving canoe culture, farm dumping and retooling sawmills
     
  • Fri., 28 – Raw log exports, Dean Fortin and the Friday panel
     
  • Thu., 27 – Legalizing marijuana, report cards, deer cull and Thomas Mulcair
     
  • Wed., 26 – Occupy Victoria update, troubles at CLBC and culling urban deer
     
  • Mon., 24 – The Fall of the House of Usher
     
  • Fri., 21 – Adel Younis, Friday political panel and George Sirk on owls
     
  • Thu., 20 – Coleman on Crystal Pool, Glacier Media and Tundra the wolf
     
  • Wed., 19 – Times Colonist sale, Crystal Pool safety, salmon virus and stripper history
     
  • Tue., 18 – Esquimalt policing, Duncan teacher goes public and bye bye peelers
     
  • Mon., 17 – Love Kills
     
  • Mon., 17 – North Island MP John Duncan, social media complexities and occupying Victoria
     
  • Fri., 14 – Political Panel, rocking the Arctic and methamphetamine lessons for police
     
  • Thu., 13 – Smart Meter petition, remembering Alex Campbell, assessing treaty progress and Sliammon treaty
     
  • Wed., 12 – Election turnout, cutting military jobs, Warrior Games and missing women
     
  • Tue., 11 – The Flying Dutchman
     
  • Tue., 11 – Empress car-charger, missing women, wheelchair basketball, nearly Nobel and open data.
     
  • Fri., 7 – NDP critic on RCMP future, Political Panel and former addict turned scientist and author
     
  • Thu., 6 – Avatar Grove, Saanich invasive species, surveying cyclists and provincial police force
     
  • Wed., 5 – Coming Up
     
  • Wed., 5 – Safe consumption, Clean Farm and African school
     
  • Tue., 4 – Unsterilized surgical tools, shipyard competitor, The Flying Dutchman and Secret Shopper scam
     
  • Tue., 4 – Theatre Review - The Melville Boys
     
  • Mon., 3 – Hundreds join CBC 75th Anniversary Open House
     
  • Mon., 3 – Replacing the RCMP, native property rights, safe injection options and Hutterite fish farm
     
  • Sat., 1 – Wish you were here: CBC Victoria Open House
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – First Nations women's property rights, Political Panel , injection site ruling and derelict boats
     
  • Thu., 29 – Defending CLBC, tracking microplastics, hospital on wheels and Alberni homeless plan scrapped
     
  • Wed., 28 – Ferry CEO resigns, Houston's Smart Meters, creating YIMBY-ism and saving marmots
     
  • Tue., 27 – You're invited!
    CBC Victoria's 75th Anniversary Open House
    10 and to 2 pm Saturday October 1
    1025 Pandora Avenue
     
  • Tue., 27 – Denman cable ferry, Alberni breakfast program, doggie blood donors and creating jobs
     
  • Tue., 27 – Theatre Review - 'And Slowly Beauty' and 'Shining City'
     
  • Mon., 26 – Safety for stoners, Port Hardy E.R., Community Living and disabilities at work
     
  • Fri., 23 – Paul Reitsma's comeback bid, political panel and dogfish on the menu
     
  • Fri., 23 – The politics of job creation
     
  • Thu., 22 – Investigating serial murders, e-books for high school, solving strata disputes, testing the Volt
     
  • Wed., 21 – How to survive an earthquake
     
  • Wed., 21 – Mayors on police merger, cancer study, supplies for Savory and defending squirrels
     
  • Tue., 20 – Regionalizing police, solar cost/benefits, grey squirrel protest and too many fish
     
  • Mon., 19 – Amadeus
     
  • Mon., 19 – Evolution book, residential school compensation, defending smart meters and counting sea lions
     
  • Fri., 16 – Back on the Attack
     
  • Fri., 16 – Causton on rapid transit referendum and political panel
     
  • Thu., 15 – Explaining the earthquake, MLAs Horgan and Chong on resort decision and Island press review
     
  • Wed., 14 – Canine first aid, resort developer Ender Ilkay and submarine fire
     
  • Tue., 13 – Dogwood resort reaction, students relocated, jobs for seniors and psychedelic therapy
     
  • Mon., 12 – BCGEU negotiations, Juan de Fuca resort vote, Campbell River signs and farmers market
     
  • Fri., 9 – The cost of cutting the HST
     
  • Fri., 9 – Anawim house, teacher strike, Political Panel and Alexandra Morton
     
  • Thu., 8 – Cancelling recess, remembering 9/11 victims, mobilizing aid to Libya
     
  • Wed., 7 – Living with cougars, honouring Campbell, Lyme Liberation treatment and memorial trees
     
  • Tue., 6 – Questioning LRT, math app for kids, Juan de Fuca hearing and Victoria's Booker Prize nominee
     
  • Fri., 2 – Calling off the election
     
  • Fri., 2 – Public Health Officer on smart meters, political panel and TLC falls short on fundraising
     
  • Thu., 1 – Fish-farm study, entangled whale update, cougar hunt questions and cougar victim's mother
     
• August 2011
  • Wed., 31 – Explaining cougar attacks, planning for school dispute, RJH demolition and Cabin 12
     
  • Tue., 30 – Blogging the Fringe: The Donnelly Sideshow
     
  • Tue., 30 – Bear encounter, VGH power failure, dead carver honoured and BC Ferries. Plus, climate change course
     
  • Mon., 29 – Fringe Fest Previews
     
  • Mon., 29 – Untangling HST, voting on taxes, defending net pens and textbook rentals
     
  • Fri., 26 – Axing the tax: the death of the HST
     
  • Fri., 26 – Ferries CEO answers listeners, acetaminophen warning and political panel on post-HST options
     
  • Thu., 25 – Blogging the Fringe: My new process
     
  • Thu., 25 – Willie Mitchell on fish farming, money laundering, world wedding tryout and MSP protest
     
  • Wed., 24 – Marmot breeding setback, Vancouver Island health report and Nanaimo dog-park conflict
     
  • Tue., 23 – Parents vs pet owners in Nanaimo dog park, a Libyan student in Victoria and Kabuki Kabs
     
  • Tue., 23 – SNAFU Summer 2011
     
  • Mon., 22 – Remembering Jack Layton, Victoria's garbage economics and fishing lodge sewage
     
  • Fri., 19 – How to fringe
     
  • Fri., 19 – Victoria's garbage pickup, plastic bags redux, Holiday Court and closing group homes
     
  • Thu., 18 – Blogging the Fringe: Audiences large and small
     
  • Thu., 18 – Entangled humpback update, the case for nurse anesthetists and new Lyme clinic opens
     
  • Wed., 17 – Chasing parking violators, Denman school bus squeeze, lifehacking explained and solo dining
     
  • Tue., 16 – Helping a humpback, renaming Canada's military, decoding Lyme disease and UVic parkade
     
  • Mon., 15 – Gold-panning, Lyme crusader, new off-road rules and preventing lead poisoning
     
  • Fri., 12 – Halting Hydro's rate increases, challenging the bike helmet law and homeless support group folds
     
  • Thu., 11 – Hornby Island postal woes, a new transit plan for Victoria and rooftop gulls
     
  • Wed., 10 – First Nations supports development, Westshore questions LRT plan, breaking ground on a new Tsawout longhouse
     
  • Tue., 9 – Theatre Review - Fire
     
  • Tue., 9 – Report from the riots, STI e-cards, following the gold rush and the Pacheedaht perspective
     
  • Mon., 8 – Cowichan Valley MRIs, Victoria's thriving tourism and drunk driving fairness
     
  • Fri., 5 – Gabriola manhunt, the Ledge Guys, bio-fuel boosters and justice impaired
     
  • Thu., 4 – Music fest move, dealing with derelict ships and Kwakiutl treaty protest
     
  • Wed., 3 – Squirrel registry, privatizing SAR, Sunday market, Big Time Out fest and addiction risk factors
     
  • Tue., 2 – Protesting a torture ship, Cumberland dumping, decoding malaria and airport living
     
• July 2011
  • Fri., 29 – Kinsol Trestle reopens, Cumberland fest moves, Ledge Guys, Nanaimo-bar trail and Gold River
     
  • Thu., 28 – Gold River and Campbell River trash plans, Saanich cycle-trail fix, and vegan shoe store
     
  • Wed., 27 – Smart meter risks, seizing wood imports, Asian night market and cruise ship shuttle
     
  • Tue., 26 – Smart meter safety concerns, Jack Layton's departure and protecting "Avatar Grove"
     
  • Mon., 25 – Courtenay shelter debate, a family's mental health crisis and growing up with Aspergers
     
  • Fri., 22 – Courtenay homeless shelter
     
  • Fri., 22 – Racing war canoes
     
  • Fri., 22 – Ron MacLean on mental health, Courtenay homeless shelter, the Ledge Guys and super-trees
     
  • Thu., 21 – Puntledge river warning, open data, measuring success in China and First Nations healing
     
  • Wed., 20 – Sockeye slip past fishermen, 35mm films fade to black, flying geoducks, Lantzville farming controversy and Burnaby vacations
     
  • Tue., 19 – Watching gangs in Nanaimo, assessing the HST, protecting Echo Heights and Portraits of Honour
     
  • Mon., 18 – REDD Alert, geriatric care, bear attacks and shark fin soup. Plus: Federal energy grants return
     
  • Fri., 15 – On the Ledge with Gregor Craigie
     
  • Fri., 15 – Afghanistan, Pacheedaht development support and opposing EU deal
     
  • Thu., 14 – Juan de Fuca approval, defending Fan Tan Alley reno, decoding strata law and fish pedicures
     
  • Wed., 13 – Development in Cumberland, Raising walls in Fan Tan Alley, Victoria real estate, and homeless runners
     
  • Tue., 12 – Victoria's budget debate, gaps in youth mental health services and clipping salmon fins
     
  • Mon., 11 – Ride the Cyclone and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
     
  • Mon., 11 – Hiking the budget in Victoria, green makeover for Fernwood Inn, youth mental health and LRT economics
     
  • Fri., 8 – We're big in Belize!
     
  • Fri., 8 – Prepping for Pride Week, drug-free lawn care, traumatized veterans and canoe journey
     
  • Thu., 7 – Banning pesticide sales, deployment to Libya, Quirks' Bob McDonald and cougar sightings
     
  • Wed., 6 – Unemployed nurse practitioners, preventing youth homelessness, building a better fish farm
     
  • Tue., 5 – Comox Valley rail, a call for tougher mining rules, recycling antifreeze and Virginia Woolf
     
  • Mon., 4 – Checking out financial advisors, police and mental illness, Sooke council's bullying problem and Mt. Finlayson Madness
     
• June 2011
  • Thu., 30 – Saving the Nanaimo train
     
  • Wed., 29 – Reviving the E&N, homelessness report, psychiatric services and HST vote
     
  • Tue., 28 – Rallying for psych services, Sooke sewage, shipbuilding school and policing Canada Day
     
  • Mon., 27 – Saltspring stream protection, Woodwynn suspended, deer conflicts and West Coast development
     
  • Fri., 24 – Remembering Jane Heffelfinger, political panel, Nuu Chah Nulth lesson and Rocker Camp
     
  • Thu., 23 – James Bay radio, teachers' strike vote, Carole James' future plans, urban deer and Lantzville police dog training
     
  • Wed., 22 – Raising a totem pole, drinking water worries, building backyard houses and punishing a rioter
     
  • Tue., 21 – National Aboriginal Day on the Island
     
  • Tue., 21 – The Sea Wolf
     
  • Tue., 21 – ICBC photo-sharing, public sector wage talks, naming the team and National Aboriginal Day
     
  • Mon., 20 – Elizabeth Rex
     
  • Mon., 20 – George Abbott on school deficits, changing recall law, life vests for float plane passengers
     
  • Fri., 17 – Politics and the riot, policing in crowds and easing child poverty
     
  • Thu., 16 – The Large Hadron Collider, riot psychology and aftermath and Georgia Murray
     
  • Wed., 15 – Blythe Spirit
     
  • Wed., 15 – Firing school trustees, closing the video store, rezoning in Juan de Fuca and assessing the Aerie
     
  • Tue., 14 – A guide to the HST vote, school budget showdown, and farmers fret over climate change
     
  • Mon., 13 – Waging gas war in Courtenay, selling the (honey) farm, testing a high-tech paddle
     
  • Fri., 10 – Political Panel on shipbuilding and Pickton inquiry, running for children with cancer, opposing a visit by a former Chilean `torture ship` and Baby Molly`s treatment update
     
  • Thu., 9 – Interview with Thomas Stocker
     
  • Thu., 9 – Comox Valley slighted by BC Auto Association, the Island's hyper-local media, ferries losing money and Oceans day at Ecole Brodeur
     
  • Wed., 8 – Island shipbuilders hope for piece of federal action, Sterk shares Greens' growth strategy and swimming lessons for dogs
     
  • Tue., 7 – Submarine trouble, bringing the Stanley Cup home to Campbell River, and postal strike hits Island
     
  • Mon., 6 – Police chief calls for law to protect young assault witnesses, Brother Paul, and the Van Isle 360 yacht race
     
  • Fri., 3 – Farewell to the Queen of Esquimalt, new leaders face off in the Ledge
     
  • Thu., 2 – Mayor promises needle exchange and possible safe injection site
     
  • Wed., 1 – Canucks fever on the Island
     
  • Wed., 1 – 1925: Victoria Cougars win the Stanley Cup
     
  • Wed., 1 – From hoofbeats to a hayfield
     
• May 2011
  • Tue., 31 – Jean Crowder's new job, medical admissions cheating and Sooke's sewage treatment
     
  • Mon., 30 – Belmont students protest overcrowding, and a 5 year-old's fossil find
     
  • Fri., 27 – Riding with Ryder for the Tour de Vic and the panel on HST reform
     
  • Thu., 26 – Launching water taxis in Victoria and reaction to "HST Reform"
     
  • Wed., 25 – What would you do with a lottery jackpot?
     
  • Tue., 24 – Giants in the Bay
     
  • Fri., 20 – Coming Up
     
  • Fri., 20 – Victoria MP Denise Savoie to become Speaker of Canada's 41st Parliament?
     
  • Thu., 19 – Eaglet rescue with crane - in progress May 19th
     
  • Thu., 19 – Jesse Hirsh: Google's new software-less laptop
     
  • Thu., 19 – Should Premier Christy Clark be rocking BC Ferries' boat?
     
  • Wed., 18 – Rapidly ready for the LRT
     
  • Tue., 17 – Tsawwassen mega mall proposal
     
  • Tue., 17 – Steel Magnolias
     
  • Mon., 16 – A good death
     
  • Fri., 13 – The future for island rail service
     
  • Thu., 12 – The Raven Underground Coal Mine Project
     
  • Wed., 11 – Getting to higher ground
     
  • Tue., 10 – Discovering Mitlenatch Island
     
  • Mon., 9 – Victoria's first LRT
     
  • Fri., 6 – Good news and bad news about the HST
     
  • Thu., 5 – Meet the new ferry commissioner
     
  • Wed., 4 – Four more years of the Colwood Crawl?
     
  • Tue., 3 – Orange, Green and Blue
     
  • Mon., 2 – The cost of raising the minimum wage
     
• April 2011
  • Fri., 29 – Theatre that takes it FROM the streets
     
  • Thu., 28 – A pre-nuptial tea
     
  • Wed., 27 – Engine engine number nine coming down the Victoria line?
     
  • Tue., 26 – Nettles on the table
     
  • Thu., 21 – Cleaning up the Goldstream fuel spill
     
  • Wed., 20 – Victoria gets a new hockey team
     
  • Tue., 19 – Two takes on the Malahat fuel spill
     
  • Mon., 18 – Rigid hulled inflatable boats
     
  • Fri., 15 – The Majencio Camaso civil suit
     
• February 2011
  • Tue., 1 – The man who ruined Captain George Vancouver
     
• June 2010
  • Tue., 22 – Franz Boas and the Yuquot Whalers' Shrine