FIGURE SKATING: Oak Bay Figure Skating Club results from Islands

Results: Pre-Juvenile women: Carmen Andiel, 4th. Juvenile women: Mackenzie Wavryk, 1st. Pre-Novice women: Amanda Wight, 3rd; Isabella Holt, 7th; Olivia Champagne - 10th; Allee Friend, 13th. Novice women: Serekna Geske, 1st; Brianna Antypowich, 2nd. Competitive juvenile dance: Lauren Fines & Eric Streichsbier. Starskate competitors: Elementary... more

• Oak Bay win field hockey Islands in shootout
• Victoria to host Team Russia versus BC Bears international rugby test
• SPORTS IN BRIEF: Saanich figure skaters solid at Islands

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Painter awestruck with nature

Artist flies solo in new gallery show Keith Hiscock can’t sit still. He jumps up from a bench in Morris Gallery, where he’s talking about his upcoming exhibit. He brushes his hand over a canvas, a landscape with billowing clouds. “See some... more

• Arts News in Brief
• Raising a glass for film
• Save-On Centre busy with shows this month

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Scottish society celebrates 150 years with Ceilidh tonight

There's nothing like a good old-fashioned party to celebrate a momentous occasion, especially when Scotland is concerned. The St. Andrew's and Caledonian Society is marking its 150th anniversary in Victoria with a Ceilidh tonight (Nov. 5) at Henderson Hall, 1632 Yale... more

• Scottish society celebrates 150 years with Ceilidh tonight
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• Treatment costs clearer for Oak Bay and others

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CHARLA HUBER: Childhood Olympic memories

When I was six, my hometown of Calgary hosted the 1988 Olympics. The whole city went Olympics crazy. I remember my brother and I had a small collection of Olympic pins and a couple Heidi and Howdy dolls (the Games’ mascots).... more

• EDITORIAL: Moving on from colonial masters
• EDITORIAL: Games protesters need to grow up
• JIM SINCLAIR: Grinch should steal Halloween

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Letters to the editor Nov. 4

De’lish parking a byproduct of doing business Re: Residents complain that popular corner is dangerous (News, Oct. 28) De’lish, the bakery-coffee shop on St Patrick’s Street, appears to have made some of the neighbours fearful because some customers drive to the place. If... more

• Letters for Oct. 30
• Letters to the editor, Oct. 28
• Letters Oct. 21

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Two worlds

Forty-five minutes of highway are a gulf between two very different worlds. A few months ago, I became a crime reporter in Kelowna. My time is now split between the Capital News and the Summerland Review. Travelling back and forth each... more

• The quest for a local apple
• The Den Report, Lions beat 'Riders, now 2-4
• The Den Report, Logan impressing in NFL camp

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