4 September 2010, 5:55 am
The B.C. Federation of Labour is renewing calls for a higher minimum wage and has found a pair of allies in the B.C. Restaurant and Food Services Association and Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce.... Read More »
4 September 2010, 12:20 am
NEW YORK -- The scene was simply scary: Victoria Azarenka, a 21-year-old on the rise in the WTA rankings, paused about a half-hour into her second-round match Wednesday at the U.S. Open, then staggered, stumbled and collapsed to the court.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 3:04 pm
Michael Jarosz of Victoria has emerged as the top 18-year-old sailor in Canada. After four days and 12 races of swirling winds, splashing saltwater and stomach-churning waves, Jarosz and sailing partner Quinn Lessing of Port Moody returned victorious from the 2010 Sea Cadets National Regatta.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 3:00 pm
Mario Lemieux, former prime minister Kim Campbell and Burton Cummings had them running back to Rideau Hall on Friday as Gov.-Gen. Michael Jean presided over her final Order of Canada ceremony.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 10:00 am
Kerry Crofton travels with a land line phone, purposely stays in hotels that don’t offer wireless Internet in rooms and, when she gives her talk Tuesday night on the topic of wireless radiation, it will be in a downtown Vancouver venue selected because it purportedly has no such radiation.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 5:58 am
TORONTO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Toronto's resource-heavy main stock index looked set to rise for an eighth consecutive session on Friday, as commodity prices surged after U.S. jobs data came in stronger than expected.... Read More »
3 September 2010, 5:30 am
Iron Creek Capital Corp. is pleased to announce progress on the Victoria Joint Venture with Hochschild Mining Holdings Ltd. . The Victoria property, which covers 37km of continuous strike length of the highly productive Domeyko Fault Zone in northern Chile, is located approximately midway between th... Read More »
1 September 2010, 11:14 am
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 09/01/10) - Editors Note: There is a photo and a video associated with this Press Release. This fall one of Conde Nast's reader's best hotels in Canada , The Magnolia Hotel & Spa, has produced a perfect pairing of wine country by day and boutique hotel by ni... Read More »
1 September 2010, 10:11 am
Victoria Banks will be opening for country superstar Reba McEntire on Halloween night at CN Centre.... Read More »
1 September 2010, 7:57 am
Victoria set a record for rain Tuesday as did Vancouver as the skies opened for the first heavy drenching in weeks.... Read More »