Christine van Reeuwyk

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Saanich sisters Myla (left) and Leila Bui hope to enjoy bike rides together again as the family looks to customize an adaptive bike for Leila who requires a wheelchair. (1001 cranes 1 Wish/Facebook)

Saanich mom astonished by flood of support, hopes to customize bike for Leila Bui

Tandem bike will allow Leila Bui to cycle with her family

Saanich sisters Myla (left) and Leila Bui hope to enjoy bike rides together again as the family looks to customize an adaptive bike for Leila who requires a wheelchair. (1001 cranes 1 Wish/Facebook)
Oak Bay Marine Group owns and operates Oak Bay Marina (pictured), North Saanich Marina, Ladysmith Marina and Pedder Bay RV Resort and Marina in Metchosin as well as several restaurants. (Black Press Media file photo)

‘Labour shortages’: Iconic Oak Bay Marina eatery closing its doors

The Marina Restaurant at Spewhung (Turkey Head) closes its doors March 5

Oak Bay Marine Group owns and operates Oak Bay Marina (pictured), North Saanich Marina, Ladysmith Marina and Pedder Bay RV Resort and Marina in Metchosin as well as several restaurants. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Oak Bay Beach Hotel now has biosphere certification through the Responsible Tourism Institute. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Oak Bay hotel earns international biodiversity certification

Low flow taps to reduce wastewater to supporting local initiatives, cited as steps to biodiversity

The Oak Bay Beach Hotel now has biosphere certification through the Responsible Tourism Institute. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Jeffrey Ellom, the child and youth education coordinator at the Victoria Compost Education Centre, with one of the outdoor worm composting bins at the Fernwood site. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Victoria educator exposes the secret world of worm herders

Victoria Compost Education Centre hosts free online lesson March 4

Jeffrey Ellom, the child and youth education coordinator at the Victoria Compost Education Centre, with one of the outdoor worm composting bins at the Fernwood site. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Victoria’s Maddy Mathe, who turned 10 on Feb. 14, is the youngest member in her league axe-throwing and recently certified as an official with the World Axe Throwing League. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: B.C. kid among the World Axe Throwing League’s youngest officials

View Royal student eyes up her next target – knives

Victoria’s Maddy Mathe, who turned 10 on Feb. 14, is the youngest member in her league axe-throwing and recently certified as an official with the World Axe Throwing League. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Victoria’s Maddy Mathe, who turned 10 on Feb. 14, is the youngest member in her league axe-throwing and recently certified as an official with the World Axe Throwing League. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Victoria kid is among the youngest World Axe Throwing League officials

View Royal student eyes up her next target – knives

Victoria’s Maddy Mathe, who turned 10 on Feb. 14, is the youngest member in her league axe-throwing and recently certified as an official with the World Axe Throwing League. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Hundreds of people gathered in solidarity for the people of Ukraine on the steps of the legislature in Victoria in a February 2022 rally. A candlelight vigil Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. behind the legislature marks the one-year anniversary of the invasion. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

‘Nowhere to go’: Help Ukraine Vancouver Island sees 300% rise in people seeking aid

Folks fleeing war-torn country now come with nothing

Hundreds of people gathered in solidarity for the people of Ukraine on the steps of the legislature in Victoria in a February 2022 rally. A candlelight vigil Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. behind the legislature marks the one-year anniversary of the invasion. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)
Brad Nelson is developing innovative immunotherapies for cancer at the Deeley Research Centre in Victoria. (Courtesy BC Cancer Foundation)

Made in Victoria T-cells yield promising results in early international cancer trials

BC Cancer embarks on ambitious $500M campaign for research, accessibility

Brad Nelson is developing innovative immunotherapies for cancer at the Deeley Research Centre in Victoria. (Courtesy BC Cancer Foundation)
Oak Bay athlete Ella Crowle and Saanich athlete Olivia Brodie join Team BC at the Canada Winter Games this month. Both athletes qualified in the kumite discipline of karate which makes its debut at the 2023 Games. (Courtesy Varsity Performance Karate)

‘Huge honour’: Greater Victoria athletes tackle inaugural Canada Games karate competition

Oak Bay, Reynolds student make up 2 of 9 members on Team BC

Oak Bay athlete Ella Crowle and Saanich athlete Olivia Brodie join Team BC at the Canada Winter Games this month. Both athletes qualified in the kumite discipline of karate which makes its debut at the 2023 Games. (Courtesy Varsity Performance Karate)
Meghan Page, programmer of volunteers and events at the Monterey centre with a selection of items that bargain hunters could find at the annual rummage sale Feb. 29. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Bargain hunters rejoice, Oak Bay rummage sale returns to Monterey

Monterey Recreation Activity Association sale runs Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Meghan Page, programmer of volunteers and events at the Monterey centre with a selection of items that bargain hunters could find at the annual rummage sale Feb. 29. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Several thousands of dollars worth of rare books were stolen from a business on Fort Street in downtown Victoria. (Russell Books/Facebook)

Rare and valuable tomes stolen in Victoria bookstore break and enter

Police chief praises officers who ‘booked’ a suspect

Several thousands of dollars worth of rare books were stolen from a business on Fort Street in downtown Victoria. (Russell Books/Facebook)
Black Press Media reporter Austin Westphal scopes the firearms on display at the Victoria Police Department to weed the real from the fake during a VicPd show and tell Feb. 9. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

‘Like clockwork’: VicPD says fake guns almost as common as the real thing

Victoria police officers seize average of 8 firearms per month in 2022

Black Press Media reporter Austin Westphal scopes the firearms on display at the Victoria Police Department to weed the real from the fake during a VicPd show and tell Feb. 9. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Convicted of conspiring to kill his mother and grandmother more than 30 years ago, Darren Gowen – formerly Huenemann – is on day parole, extended six more months in a recent parole board decision. (Parole Board of Canada photo)

Saanich man who planned gruesome murders of mom, grandmother gets extended day parole

Darren Huenemann was 18 when he convinced his classmates to kill his family over inheritance

Convicted of conspiring to kill his mother and grandmother more than 30 years ago, Darren Gowen – formerly Huenemann – is on day parole, extended six more months in a recent parole board decision. (Parole Board of Canada photo)
Sgt. Kirstin Stuart tests the waters at Willows Beach. The Oak Bay officer is among those who will take the plunge to support Special Olympics athletes during an event in Saanich Feb. 19. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Polar Plungers dive into fundraiser to get B.C. Special Olympians back in action

Vancouver Island Polar Plunge hits Cadboro-Gyro Beach Feb. 19

Sgt. Kirstin Stuart tests the waters at Willows Beach. The Oak Bay officer is among those who will take the plunge to support Special Olympics athletes during an event in Saanich Feb. 19. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Bouquets with thought are a hot topic in florals this year leading into the busiest single day in sales – Valentine’s Day. (Courtesy Brown’s the Florist)

Big, bold, personalized bouquets on trend for modern ‘all inclusive’ Valentine’s Day

Landing on a Tuesday eases delivery stress for floral outlets on busiest day of the year

Bouquets with thought are a hot topic in florals this year leading into the busiest single day in sales – Valentine’s Day. (Courtesy Brown’s the Florist)
Dell Marie Wergeland, president of the CRW Society and Dr. Bridget Stirling, president of ICROSS Canada during the Jan. 25 packing of the latest container headed from Greater Victoria to help those living in Ukraine. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Greater Victoria finds 5 generators to help people in war-torn Ukraine

Compassionate Resource Warehouse ships container to Poland for on-the-ground aid

Dell Marie Wergeland, president of the CRW Society and Dr. Bridget Stirling, president of ICROSS Canada during the Jan. 25 packing of the latest container headed from Greater Victoria to help those living in Ukraine. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Saanich resident Adelaide Clark, 10, plates her award-winning roasted pork belly and vegetables with pear ginger sauce. The Frank Hobbs student won third place in the BC junior-level students category of the 2022 Field to Fork Challenge (Courtesy of Dominique Rochefort)

Saanich kid cooks up award-winning meal from the freezer and late-season garden

Frank Hobbs elementary student scores $200 and a swag bag of prizes in provincial competition

Saanich resident Adelaide Clark, 10, plates her award-winning roasted pork belly and vegetables with pear ginger sauce. The Frank Hobbs student won third place in the BC junior-level students category of the 2022 Field to Fork Challenge (Courtesy of Dominique Rochefort)
Ann Makosinski is currently collecting perspectives to inform her pending book The Inventing Mindset, alongside finishing that degree at UVic and judging a major Samsung STEM competition. (Christine van Reeuwk/News Staff)

Saanich’s Google science wonder kid is now a modern Renaissance woman

10 years later, Ann Makosinski looks to pen her first book – The Inventing Mindset

Ann Makosinski is currently collecting perspectives to inform her pending book The Inventing Mindset, alongside finishing that degree at UVic and judging a major Samsung STEM competition. (Christine van Reeuwk/News Staff)
The signal says walk, but piles of icy snow say otherwise at the corner of Blanshard and Broughton in Victoria after a December 2022 snowfall. (Black Press Media file photo)

‘No access’: People with disabilities keep an eye on Greater Victoria forecast for snow

Snow and ice severely limit those with mobility, sight or hearing disabilities

The signal says walk, but piles of icy snow say otherwise at the corner of Blanshard and Broughton in Victoria after a December 2022 snowfall. (Black Press Media file photo)
Richard Waller ladles soup into containers for diners to take away with the recently implemented bag lunch program at The Soup Kitchen in Victoria. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Victoria soup kitchen serves up sandwiches, smiles, compassion

Service group hands out 32,724 meals in 2022, a 10% increase from 2021

Richard Waller ladles soup into containers for diners to take away with the recently implemented bag lunch program at The Soup Kitchen in Victoria. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)