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Esquimalt Lagoon driftwood sculpture. (Tim Collins)

Five out-of-the-ordinary things to do in Greater Victoria for the holidays

Get out this holiday season and enjoy the fun

  • Nov 23, 2023
The House at Pooh Corner, a 2020 Kaleidoscope production. (Veronica Bonderud)

Victoria’s Kaleidoscope Theatre for Young People celebrates 50 years

Vancouver Island’s oldest professional theatre company continues to shape how people experience theatre for youth

A busy Vancouver Island Brewing Taphouse. (Courtesy Vancouver Island Brewing)
A busy Vancouver Island Brewing Taphouse. (Courtesy Vancouver Island Brewing)
With some stories in his back pocket, Jonathan Brenneman is ready to take some customers on a pedicab ride. (Courtesy Jonathan Brenneman)

Victoria pedicab season: the unexpected stories

From ghosts to Jurassic-era trees, driving a pedicab around Victoria is full of surprises for me and my guests

  • Oct 4, 2023
With some stories in his back pocket, Jonathan Brenneman is ready to take some customers on a pedicab ride. (Courtesy Jonathan Brenneman)
Participants in Victoria’s annual Zombie Walk, dressed in their gory best, lurch and stagger their way down Government Street. (Black Press Media file photo)

Zombie Walk lurches its way back to Victoria

Gruesome but fun event is a great lead-in for Halloween

  • Sep 11, 2023
Participants in Victoria’s annual Zombie Walk, dressed in their gory best, lurch and stagger their way down Government Street. (Black Press Media file photo)
“There’s a snobbery about wine that sometimes intrudes, but we want people to engage with what is beautiful about wine – the story behind wine. People will be able to explore what makes a certain wine unique and why the winery thinks it’s an amazing product,” David Bain, Victoria Wine Festival director said. (Courtesy Victoria Wine Festival)

Victoria Wine Festival celebrates wine but cuts through the snobbery

More than 400 wines from around the world will be featured

  • Aug 30, 2023
“There’s a snobbery about wine that sometimes intrudes, but we want people to engage with what is beautiful about wine – the story behind wine. People will be able to explore what makes a certain wine unique and why the winery thinks it’s an amazing product,” David Bain, Victoria Wine Festival director said. (Courtesy Victoria Wine Festival)
Joey Ter-Mitchell said he hopes the book will help others understand his struggle with addiction and navigate their own. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Colwood author pens story of addiction struggles

Joey Ter-Mitchell’s book tells the story of his own struggles alongside his granddad’s story

Joey Ter-Mitchell said he hopes the book will help others understand his struggle with addiction and navigate their own. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Abkhazi Garden features rocky slopes and vistas, native Garry oaks, Japanese maples, rhododendrons, carpets of heather, irises, daylilies and more. (The Teahouse at Abkhazi Garden/Facebook)

Victoria’s Abkhazi Garden hosting art, Grandparents Day and more in September

Enjoy the heritage garden as late summer flowers bloom and autumn colour begins to come out

Abkhazi Garden features rocky slopes and vistas, native Garry oaks, Japanese maples, rhododendrons, carpets of heather, irises, daylilies and more. (The Teahouse at Abkhazi Garden/Facebook)
“The Victoria I Know,” a cinematic trip about a Black photographer who lives in the city of Victoria, is at the centre of the premiere. (Poster courtesy of “The Victoria I Know”)

‘The Victoria I Know’: Black Creators Edition Summer Premiere unveiled

Bold film produced through Telus Storyhive program

  • Aug 17, 2023
“The Victoria I Know,” a cinematic trip about a Black photographer who lives in the city of Victoria, is at the centre of the premiere. (Poster courtesy of “The Victoria I Know”)
Lighthouse Brewing Company is celebrating 25 years with a block party at their Esquimalt brewery Aug. 19. (Courtesy Lighthouse Brewing Company)
Lighthouse Brewing Company is celebrating 25 years with a block party at their Esquimalt brewery Aug. 19. (Courtesy Lighthouse Brewing Company)
Miina is from Victoria. (Erica Chan)

Victoria band Miina launches highly anticipated soul rock EP

The band brings a groovier, more refined sound to their former beloved Carmanah roots

Miina is from Victoria. (Erica Chan)
A trio of dragon boats cross the finish line overlooked by the B.C. legislature building during last year’s Victoria Dragon Boat Festival. (Black Press Media file photo)

Five things to do in Greater Victoria this weekend

Catch a flick, enjoy some tunes, or just hang out with your furry friends

A trio of dragon boats cross the finish line overlooked by the B.C. legislature building during last year’s Victoria Dragon Boat Festival. (Black Press Media file photo)
A trio of dragon boats race neck and neck at a previous Victoria Dragon Boat Festival. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

Dragon Boat Festival set to hit Victoria waters with 1,000 racers

There will also be plenty of local music on stage

  • Aug 9, 2023
A trio of dragon boats race neck and neck at a previous Victoria Dragon Boat Festival. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
The James Way Causeway was built in 1903. (Samantha Duerksen/Black Press Media)

Explore Victoria’s original neighbourhoods

From the oldest Chinatown to heritage homes, our oldest neighbourhoods offer a wealth of beauty

The James Way Causeway was built in 1903. (Samantha Duerksen/Black Press Media)
Jonathan Brenneman writes a Monday Mag column on a day in the life of a pedicab driver. (Image provided for Monday Mag)

A day in the life of a pedicab driver: storytelling, shifting gears, and lots and lots of sun cream

Pedicab tours of Victoria are as much about the journeys we narrate as the physical ones we take

  • Aug 6, 2023
Jonathan Brenneman writes a Monday Mag column on a day in the life of a pedicab driver. (Image provided for Monday Mag)
Families doing arts and crafts at the Cadboro Bay Festival. (Sarah Faria/contributed to Black Press Media)

The Cadboro Bay Festival offers fun for the entire family

While there won’t be a sand-sculpting competition, the festival will include a variety of activities

Families doing arts and crafts at the Cadboro Bay Festival. (Sarah Faria/contributed to Black Press Media)
Jess Gibbard is a trans voice coach who leads peers across North America from a small studio on Saanich. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Saanich-based transgender voice coach blazing a trail for trans voice coaching in North America

Jess Gibbard got into voice coaching to “provide the service that was lacking” in an affordable way

  • Jun 30, 2023
Jess Gibbard is a trans voice coach who leads peers across North America from a small studio on Saanich. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Victoria Pride Week runs June 29 to July 9, 2023. (Courtesy KZ Photography/Victoria Pride Society)

‘There’s no wrong way to love’: Victoria Pride Festival returns June 29

Popular parade, taking place July 9, has a new route this year

Victoria Pride Week runs June 29 to July 9, 2023. (Courtesy KZ Photography/Victoria Pride Society)
Cartoonist Gareth Gaudin owns a vintage comic book store and is creator of the famous Perogy Cat. He also writes graphic novels for youth and teaches at Camosun College. (Katharine Brynjolfson)

From Cosmic Kitty to Legends: Victoria cartoonist looks over his legacy

Gareth Gaudin has turned each decade of his life into comic magic

Cartoonist Gareth Gaudin owns a vintage comic book store and is creator of the famous Perogy Cat. He also writes graphic novels for youth and teaches at Camosun College. (Katharine Brynjolfson)