Christine van Reeuwyk

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West Shore high school Belmont is home to the first raspberry shake installed in the region. (Black Press Media file photo)

Raspberry shakes make earthquakes more than a drill for south Island students

SchoolShake puts seismographs in the classroom, resources in teachers’ hands

West Shore high school Belmont is home to the first raspberry shake installed in the region. (Black Press Media file photo)
Ray Young upcycles old wood pallets into incredible things, including libraries like this Oak Bay book box that matches its Hampshire Road human-sized home, through his company I Used To Be A Pallet. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Retired Greater Victoria consultant crafts wasted wood into libraries

Ray Young started I Used To Be A Pallet while reconnecting with his dad

Ray Young upcycles old wood pallets into incredible things, including libraries like this Oak Bay book box that matches its Hampshire Road human-sized home, through his company I Used To Be A Pallet. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
R.J. Forbes of Old Farm Market, left, and Geoff Martin of Slaters Meats hand off a full dinner to Sheana Jackson who plans to share it with friends. (Photo by Glen Butcher)

‘I cried’: Anonymous gift sets table for Saanich single mom to host dinner

Oak Bay contest winner means Christmas feast for several families

R.J. Forbes of Old Farm Market, left, and Geoff Martin of Slaters Meats hand off a full dinner to Sheana Jackson who plans to share it with friends. (Photo by Glen Butcher)
Soie Liao-Briere, who turns 17 on Dec. 30, is trained in assembly to help change lives through the Victoria Hand Project. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Victoria Hand Project inspires teen to improve 15 more lives in Ukraine

Hand project provides prosthetic arms to amputees in need worldwide

Soie Liao-Briere, who turns 17 on Dec. 30, is trained in assembly to help change lives through the Victoria Hand Project. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Left: Diane Buchanan Holland collects new and often handmade toques to hand out to those facing housing or other challenges in winter. Right: The tree one mom had planted on the shores of Bowker Creek in honour of her late son Brennan. (Diane Buchanan Holland/Facebook)

Mom brings new toques to Greater Victoria streets to honour her late son

Street nurse, shelters hand out gifted headware to local residents

Left: Diane Buchanan Holland collects new and often handmade toques to hand out to those facing housing or other challenges in winter. Right: The tree one mom had planted on the shores of Bowker Creek in honour of her late son Brennan. (Diane Buchanan Holland/Facebook)
Amanda Farrell-Low with the wind phone at Royal Oak Burial Park in Saanich. She led the initiative to have the phone installed, spurred by the loss of her brother in 2012. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Saanich wind phone offers ‘profound’ way to grieve lost loved ones

Woman plans payphone in Royal Oak Burial Park to honour memory of her brother

Amanda Farrell-Low with the wind phone at Royal Oak Burial Park in Saanich. She led the initiative to have the phone installed, spurred by the loss of her brother in 2012. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
In 2021, after staff at the Chabad Centre for Jewish Life and Learning discovered antisemitic graffiti, notes of love appeared instead. (Black Press Media file photo)

Oak Bay mayor speaks out against rising antisemitism in Greater Victoria

Jews are the religious group in Canada most likely to be targeted for hate crimes: Statistics Canada

In 2021, after staff at the Chabad Centre for Jewish Life and Learning discovered antisemitic graffiti, notes of love appeared instead. (Black Press Media file photo)
Cathy Bailey, Emily Pridham, and Tania Fritz wrap gifts for the Christmas program that ensures seniors in need receive something Christmas morning. (Courtesy Eldercare Foundation)

Seniors struggling to make ends meet on the rise in Greater Victoria

Program ensures older residents in long-term care find joy on Christmas

Cathy Bailey, Emily Pridham, and Tania Fritz wrap gifts for the Christmas program that ensures seniors in need receive something Christmas morning. (Courtesy Eldercare Foundation)
Curtis Becker (aka The Grinch) paddles the Gorge Waterway in 2020. He returns to lead others in a fun paddle Dec. 23 at 11 a.m. (Photo by Yvonne Becker)

Grinch leads Saanich paddle to spread cheer with trip down the Gorge

The Grinch Paddles the Gorge hits the water Dec. 23 at 11 a.m.

Curtis Becker (aka The Grinch) paddles the Gorge Waterway in 2020. He returns to lead others in a fun paddle Dec. 23 at 11 a.m. (Photo by Yvonne Becker)
Children hit the sledding hill off Mills Road in North Saanich near Victoria International Airport after a late-December snowfall in 2021. (Black Press Media file photo)

Expect a holly jolly green Christmas this year in Victoria

Environment and Climate Change Canada compiles historic snowfall records

Children hit the sledding hill off Mills Road in North Saanich near Victoria International Airport after a late-December snowfall in 2021. (Black Press Media file photo)
Dispatch services mark the highest increase in the 2024 Oak Bay police budget. (Black Press Media file photo)

Dispatch fees behind 4.4% increase in Oak Bay draft 2024 police budget

‘That stands out as the highest increase in any category by far’

Dispatch services mark the highest increase in the 2024 Oak Bay police budget. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Sun Dome Planetarium as seen through a constellation on the observatory deck at the Centre of the Universe, a public interpretative centre at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich. (Black Press Media file photo)

Saanich stargazers count fundraiser in terms of trips around Pluto

Friends of the observatory create classroom wonder for students at the Centre of the Universe

The Sun Dome Planetarium as seen through a constellation on the observatory deck at the Centre of the Universe, a public interpretative centre at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Saanich. (Black Press Media file photo)
Sidney fire department will cruise the community collecting food, and open its back lot for drop-offs in the annual food drive on Dec. 16. (Town of Sidney fire department/Facebook)

Drive-thru or drop-off, Peninsula firefighters call on community for food

‘Many local families and seniors just can’t cover all their expenses’

Sidney fire department will cruise the community collecting food, and open its back lot for drop-offs in the annual food drive on Dec. 16. (Town of Sidney fire department/Facebook)
Designer Sherry Kerr fine tunes a mantel at Victoria’s Craigdarroch Castle to prepare for Christmas. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Langford decorator infuses Craigdarroch Castle with Christmas

Victoria castle ready for the holidays

Designer Sherry Kerr fine tunes a mantel at Victoria’s Craigdarroch Castle to prepare for Christmas. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Rainbees and Honeybows: A Vancouver Island Fairy Tale is among the titles in the Greater Victoria Public Library 2023 Emerging Authors Collection. (Courtesy Wendy Picken)

Sidney author-illustrator turns 4,000-word poem into family favourite book

Greater Victoria Public Library now accepting applications for 2024 Emerging Authors Collection

Rainbees and Honeybows: A Vancouver Island Fairy Tale is among the titles in the Greater Victoria Public Library 2023 Emerging Authors Collection. (Courtesy Wendy Picken)
The 2021 trench dug to study the newly uncovered XEOLXELEK-Elk Lake fault. (Photo by Andrew Schaeffer)

‘Really exciting’: Earthquake fault line discovered across Saanich Peninsula

Fault is site of single large earthquake – magnitude 6.1 to 7.6 – about 4,700 to 2,300 years ago

The 2021 trench dug to study the newly uncovered XEOLXELEK-Elk Lake fault. (Photo by Andrew Schaeffer)
While coho aren’t on the agenda yet, elementary students from the Oak Bay area release chum fry into Bowker Creek each spring. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Volunteer stewards tracking tire toxins in Vancouver Island waterways

Volunteers part of Island-wide study of chemical presence and impacts

While coho aren’t on the agenda yet, elementary students from the Oak Bay area release chum fry into Bowker Creek each spring. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Timothy Keeling, 38, was last seen Nov. 26, in downtown Victoria. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)

Saanich dive team searches waters off Oak Bay in missing man mystery

Timothy Keeling, 38, was last seen Nov 26; his vehicle was found in the 300 block of Beach Drive

Timothy Keeling, 38, was last seen Nov. 26, in downtown Victoria. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)
Victoria wood turner Peter Hackett turns a piece in his Rockland home studio. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Wood artist turns 250-year-old Victoria Garry oak into mementos

No shortage of wood in the region, says turner Peter Hackett

Victoria wood turner Peter Hackett turns a piece in his Rockland home studio. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
The project to add a flyover at Keating Cross Road and the Pat Bay Highway in Central Saanich is on time and budget according to the Ministry of Transportation. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Speeders, utilities among challenges during Pat Bay overpass construction

Crosswalk, signage added to combat traffic woes during flyover build

The project to add a flyover at Keating Cross Road and the Pat Bay Highway in Central Saanich is on time and budget according to the Ministry of Transportation. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)