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Jack Knox: Ripples from cancelled baseball season felt across Greater Victoria

Jack Knox: Ripples from cancelled baseball season felt across Greater Victoria

The great thing about going to a baseball game in Victoria is that you don’t actually have to like baseball. Hot sun. Cold drinks of varying strength.
Rapid Relief Fund helps small farms, food-share program

Rapid Relief Fund helps small farms, food-share program

Donate online at RapidReliefFund.ca . Almost half the latest round of grants from the Rapid Relief Fund is going to a group that helps small local farms sell produce to various organizations that need it.
Philharmonic Fling set for July in Sooke postponed

Philharmonic Fling set for July in Sooke postponed

The Sooke Philharmonic Society’s Philharmonic Fling, an annual free outdoor summer concert set to place in July in Sooke, has been postponed this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
B.C. Hydro spills reservoirs, shuts down some facilities as demand drops

B.C. Hydro spills reservoirs, shuts down some facilities as demand drops

Though its Island facilities won’t feel the impact yet, B.C. Hydro is starting to spill reservoirs and shut down small generation facilities in B.C.’s Interior as a result of reduced power demand during the pandemic.
Students in Sooke district want an in-person grad ceremony — even if they have to wait

Students in Sooke district want an in-person grad ceremony — even if they have to wait

A petition against plans for virtual grad ceremonies in the Sooke School District is gathering steam, with students saying they would rather wait for a more traditional event, even if it takes months.
A busy weekend, but most 'doing the right thing' and distancing: Henry

A busy weekend, but most 'doing the right thing' and distancing: Henry

Tempted by record-breaking heat on Mother’s Day, Islanders flocked to beaches and parks on the first weekend since the B.C. government announced its restart plan.
In pandemic, Nanaimo mayor pens poetry, writes rap

In pandemic, Nanaimo mayor pens poetry, writes rap

Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog is penning poetry and busting out rap lyrics on social media to help charities.
Classes at Island's universities will be mostly online this fall

Classes at Island's universities will be mostly online this fall

Many post-secondary students on 91Ô­´´ Island won’t be back on campus in September.
Profiles of workers on the front lines of health care amid pandemic

Profiles of workers on the front lines of health care amid pandemic

Across B.C., people are working in health care amid a global pandemic. Many cheer them from their balconies and porches each night at 7 p.m. Often in his daily briefings, B.C.
Brothers in ERs living extremes of pandemic — in Victoria, in New York

Brothers in ERs living extremes of pandemic — in Victoria, in New York

Omar Ahmad says he only has to talk to his brother to know what people living on 91Ô­´´ Island have been spared.