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OAK BAY BISTRO Address: 2250 Oak Bay Ave., Victoria Tel: 250-598-1441 Hours: Open daily Major credit cards and Interac accepted. Wheelchair accessible. Five stars, out of five --- I have mixed feelings about the evolution of Oak Bay Avenue.

Like many self-loathing anglophiles, I am conflicted by equal parts admiration and aversion to all things British.

When I was still in the dating scene -before wisps of grey appeared -I used to conduct a test on first dates.

BAJA SURF GRILL Address: 535 Yates St. Tel: 250-590-6693 Hours: Open daily. Lunch 11: 30 a.m. - 2 p.m.; dinner from 5 p.m. until late, nightly. Major credit cards and Interac accepted. Wheelchair accessible.

Yes, it's that time again. Every year - or so it seems - 91原创s head to the polls to choose their next federal government and this spring is no exception. The to start boning up on the ridings, candidates and issues on 91原创 Island.

Q A few years ago, armed with an Indian cookbook I received as a present, I set out to make some delicious Indian dishes. This went well, mostly, until I hit some recipes calling for mustard oil.

OPENING Rio (Cineplex Odeon, Empire University 4, SilverCity, Star) When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.

Like many oenophiles, I embrace just about any reason to raid the wine cellar. Dinner parties, birthdays and writing a column for the Times 91原创 all provide welcome licence.

Museum hosts environmental film festival

British Columbia's New Democrats are in the final days of a leadership race they say is less about naming a new Opposition leader than it is about selecting the province's next premier-inwaiting.