Brendan Mayer

Royal Athletic Park was filled with excited festival goers on Sept. 18 during the final day of Rifflandia 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)

Rifflandia music festival to host weddings at Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park

The festival will have its own city hall and a marriage commissioner

Royal Athletic Park was filled with excited festival goers on Sept. 18 during the final day of Rifflandia 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)
Attendees at the 18th annual Bowker Creek Brush-Up in Oak Bay were able to witness Kari Frazer at work. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Local artists shine in Oak Bay at Bowker Creek Brush-Up

The event featured more than 40 artists

Attendees at the 18th annual Bowker Creek Brush-Up in Oak Bay were able to witness Kari Frazer at work. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Piacella performs at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific’s 27th annual Arts and Music in the Gardens festival Sunday (Aug. 13). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Annual festival fills Saanich’s HCP gardens with art and music

The event is the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific’s biggest fundraiser

Piacella performs at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific’s 27th annual Arts and Music in the Gardens festival Sunday (Aug. 13). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Veterans Affairs Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor and Joseph ‘Larry’ Gollner, retired brigadier-general and president of the BC Afghanistan Memorial Society, lay a wreath at Victoria’s B.C. Afghanistan Memorial on National Peacekeepers’ Day. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Greater Victoria marks National Peacekeepers’ Day

Esquimalt’s events will include a Hercules plane flyby

Veterans Affairs Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor and Joseph ‘Larry’ Gollner, retired brigadier-general and president of the BC Afghanistan Memorial Society, lay a wreath at Victoria’s B.C. Afghanistan Memorial on National Peacekeepers’ Day. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Fans signed a book of condolences for Grant Gilbertson at the Peninsula Panthers game in 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)

Grant Gilbertson Memorial Hockey Tournament returns to Saanich Peninsula

The tournament will pay tribute to Grant Gilbertson and Dayton Clarke

Fans signed a book of condolences for Grant Gilbertson at the Peninsula Panthers game in 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)
Beata Friesen crosses the finish line at the 2023 Elk Lake Triathlon. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Elk Lake Triathlon sees increase in participation

Over 400 athletes registered this year

Beata Friesen crosses the finish line at the 2023 Elk Lake Triathlon. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
The Cadboro Bay Festival featured fun activities for the whole family. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Cadboro Bay Festival brings family fun to Saanich

The festival featured games, information displays, music and food

The Cadboro Bay Festival featured fun activities for the whole family. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Cam Prenevost shows off his 1956 Ford Customline at the 2023 Torque Masters Auto Extravaganza. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Car enthusiasts fill downtown Sidney for Torque Masters Auto Extravaganza

Around 80 volunteers helped with the event

Cam Prenevost shows off his 1956 Ford Customline at the 2023 Torque Masters Auto Extravaganza. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Husband and wife Volodymyr Zaretskiy (left) and Anzhelika Terliuga (right) put on a karate seminar in Saanich at Kenzen Karate Sunday (July 30). (Courtesy of Richard Mosdell)

Ukrainian Olympic medalist shares skills, war experience at Saanich seminar

Anzhelika Terliuga is ranked number one in her division

Husband and wife Volodymyr Zaretskiy (left) and Anzhelika Terliuga (right) put on a karate seminar in Saanich at Kenzen Karate Sunday (July 30). (Courtesy of Richard Mosdell)
Ground support services and ride event coordinator Larry Sheets helps Victoria Flying Club visitors exit the B-17 bomber Sunday (July 30). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Second World War planes take flight at Victoria Flying Club

Visitors were able to fly in B-17 and B-25 bombers

Ground support services and ride event coordinator Larry Sheets helps Victoria Flying Club visitors exit the B-17 bomber Sunday (July 30). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Chief maritime enforcement specialist Timothy Suraci will be a part of the first Canadian mission in the Indo-Pacific to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Canadian fishery officers launch mission in North Saanich to fight illegal fishing

This is the first Candian mission of its kind in the Indo-Pacific

Chief maritime enforcement specialist Timothy Suraci will be a part of the first Canadian mission in the Indo-Pacific to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
A dancer takes part in the Yellow Wolf Inter-tribal Powwow Sunday (July 23) at Stelly’s Secondary School. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Large crowds gather at Yellow Wolf Inter-tribal Powwow in Central Saanich

The event will return to its original Wutawnty name in 2024

A dancer takes part in the Yellow Wolf Inter-tribal Powwow Sunday (July 23) at Stelly’s Secondary School. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Robbie Mamalygi brought his 1966 Buick Skylark to the Oak Bay Collector Car Festival Sunday (July 23). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Oak Bay Collector Car Festival shines on with new leadership

Car enthusiasts flock to popular annual event

Robbie Mamalygi brought his 1966 Buick Skylark to the Oak Bay Collector Car Festival Sunday (July 23). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Multidisciplinary artist and Township Community Arts Council Chalk Party organizer Scott Gillies shows off his 3D art at the 2023 event Sunday (July 16). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Esquimalt gets creative at Chalk Party

Local artists’ work was on display at Esquimalt Town Square

Multidisciplinary artist and Township Community Arts Council Chalk Party organizer Scott Gillies shows off his 3D art at the 2023 event Sunday (July 16). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Gary and Sybil Gangas show off their recreation 1903 Waverley Electric during the 2023 Fords and Friends car show Sunday (July 16). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Fine rides on display in Metchosin at Fords and Friends car show

The 42nd annual event was held at the Metchosin Arts and Cultural Centre

Gary and Sybil Gangas show off their recreation 1903 Waverley Electric during the 2023 Fords and Friends car show Sunday (July 16). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Victoria Hand Project fit eight people with prosthetic arms during a recent trip to Ukraine. (Courtesy of Victoria Hand Project)

‘Powerful experience’: Victoria Hand Project returns from Ukraine trip

Team members fit eight people with prosthetic arms during the trip

Victoria Hand Project fit eight people with prosthetic arms during a recent trip to Ukraine. (Courtesy of Victoria Hand Project)
Destination Greater Victoria took part in the 2023 Victoria Pride Parade Sunday (July 9). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

VIDEO: Thousands celebrate Pride in Victoria at annual parade

The parade featured around 140 entries

Destination Greater Victoria took part in the 2023 Victoria Pride Parade Sunday (July 9). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Bet Harmsworth goes out on the water to row almost every day. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

‘My silly habit’: Vancouver Island woman still loves daily rowing at age 92

Bet Harmsworth goes out on the water to row almost every day

Bet Harmsworth goes out on the water to row almost every day. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
BC Transit is rolling out tap-and-go fare options in a Greater Victoria pilot before they’re expanded to 30 other transit systems in the province. A BC Transit bus picks up passengers from a Douglas Street stop during the morning commute. (Black Press Media file photo)

BC Transit says contactless payment coming to Victoria buses this summer

The Victoria Regional Transit System was chosen as the first system to implement Umo

BC Transit is rolling out tap-and-go fare options in a Greater Victoria pilot before they’re expanded to 30 other transit systems in the province. A BC Transit bus picks up passengers from a Douglas Street stop during the morning commute. (Black Press Media file photo)
B.C.’s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Rob Fleming (left) talks to Central Saanich Coun. Gord Newton (right) at a press conference about the Keating flyover overpass on Tuesday (July 4) at the Central Saanich Fire Department. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Minister launches Keating overpass in Central Saanich to improve safety

The project is budgeted to cost $76.8 million

B.C.’s Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Rob Fleming (left) talks to Central Saanich Coun. Gord Newton (right) at a press conference about the Keating flyover overpass on Tuesday (July 4) at the Central Saanich Fire Department. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)