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Voyageur Bistro served its last meals in August, after 12 years of operations as a well-loved French-Canadian-themed restaurant.

It will take place during this afternoons match.

Happy occasions helped to raise funds so the WI could fulfill their obligations to school children and district

Jean-Baptiste Lolo St. Paul was recognized by the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board in 2012 as a National Historic Person

The news has been full of weather events this past year related to changing climate caused by accelerated global warming that scientists believe is mostly human-caused. Climate is the average weather in a place over many years, usually more than 30.

  VICTORIA -- Oak Bay council has prevented the relocation of an 1880s farmhouse in the seaside community by placing a temporary protection order on the property. The home sits on a property at the intersection of Hampshire Road and Musgrave Street and is currently on the market for a reported $3.2 million. The current owner of the house wants to relocate it to Metchosin, with further plans to subdivide the property. “The family is looking to sell the land and one member of the family wa...

An epidemic swept the coast in 1782, recounted by navigator George Vancouver. Smallpox scars on individuals had been observed by Simon Fraser on his exploration down the river in 1808 which may be linked to that earlier epidemic. In 1781 another epidemic crossed the Great Plains, and again in 1837, travelling up the Missouri River and northward beyond Fort Edmonton. That epidemic prompted the Hudson’s Bay Company to disseminate vaccines to its fur trade posts and ensure its personnel were ...