Robert Beaven News Today

NORTH SMITHFIELD – Several residents in the area of Buxton Hollow Farm aren’t much happier about a plan for new housing than they were about previous composting operations happening there.

David Nikirk delivered newspapers in the Duncan area on horseback in 1967. TIMES COLONIST FILES James White handles the oars to help Jack Vaio deliver the Victoria Daily Times in the area around Haultain Street and Belmont Avenue after torrential rains caused massive flooding on Jan. 22, 1935. The two men were in front of Economy Meat Market at 1442 Haultain St. as they worked their way through the neighbourhood with a goal of getting a newspaper to every doorstep, whether the occupant was a s...