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Retaining Wall Crumbles In Victoria Near Oak Bay
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017 - 4:15 PM
A 6-foot tall retaining wall on Oak Bay Ave. collapsed near where it merges with Fort Street
Filed under: Victoria BC, Oak Bay
Rats Love Compost: Victoria Can Curb Rats and Mice With These Tips
Saturday Oct 28, 2017 - 11:33 AMCity of Victoria is hit with a massive vermin infestation. There are a number of factors contributed to the rodent problem. There are some things you can do!
Filed under: Victoria BC
Group Aim To Toss All of Victoria Council
Friday Oct 27, 2017 - 12:30 AMA group of citizens committed to improving the way the city is being run in Victoria and would like to take a pulse on what people like and what people would like to change.
Filed under: Victoria BC
Chase Thomas Hufnagle for Break & Enter
Thursday Oct 26, 2017 - 10:21 AMChase Thomas Hufnagle, former Blue Steel honorable mention, is wanted in connection with a recent break-and-enter in James Bay.
Filed under: Greater Victoria
Armed and Dangerous Man in Saanich
Wednesday Oct 25, 2017 - 5:04 PMMichael Godolphin, 37, is wanted on a charge of robbery with a firearm after incidents at the London Drugs in the Saanich Centre and the Lochside Trail.
Filed under: Greater Victoria, Saanich BC
Jysk Just Got Closer to Victoria
Wednesday Oct 25, 2017 - 5:11 PMJysk is opening a new location nearby Duncan BC: 
Duncan Mall
Duncan
250 Trunk Road, Duncan,
BC V9L 2P2
Don't miss out on the great deals!
Filed under: Greater Victoria
Victoria and Record Snowfall
Friday Dec 9, 2016 - 12:49 PMFor the record: The first big dump in our 120 years of records came as 53.3-cm (21-inch) that fell on Groundhog Day, February 2, 1916.
The second on Valentine's Day (February 14), 1923: 50.8 cm (20 inches).
The dreaded Blizzard of '96 was dumped 65 cm (25.6 inches).
Prior to official weather record keeping, the biggest snowfalls reportedly fell on Victoria in 1880, 61 cm (24 inches); and 1887, 91 cm (36 inches).
Here are the records month-by-month:
- Jan 13, 1971 - 29cm
- Feb 17, 1989 - 26cm
- Mar 03, 1960 - 21cm
Filed under: Victoria
BC Ferries Fares (2016)
Friday Jul 15, 2016 - 6:32 PMI don't know about you, but the only thing worse than being a captive on Vancouver Island, is trying to get off of Vancouver Island. There is this cryptic way that BC Ferries stores their fare information. I say: "here, I converted it to HTML-- something BC Ferries couldn't do."
Filed under: information, BC Ferries
The Doctors Is Not In
Thursday Mar 24, 2016 - 1:44 PM
Three clinics were closed. VIHA posted nice little signs. I wish VIHA had put more attention to patient care than printing an distributing little signs to all of the clinics.
Filed under: Medicine, Health care, VIHA
Make Mike Mayor
Monday Jun 30, 2014 - 1:14 PM
Sweat trickled down my back as I sat fuming in my car. Ahead of me, traffic was jammed tight. Six lumbering, mostly-empty buses were jockeying for position at a singular bus stop, preventing any traffic from crossing the intersection.
Filed under: 90-Days, Politics, Victoria
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Iceland: The Plan For Iceland
Thursday Aug 10, 2017 - 11:20 AM
Iceland: A place like this feels like it has more opportunities for wonder: less tread upon by man and; more shadows where magic can spring from.
Tech, Pop-Culture and Marketing
We're Not Worthy
Monday Oct 17, 2016 - 1:20 PM
I have asked myself: “why isn’t anything happening for me?” Maybe it’s a simple matter that I haven’t done anything that would make me worthy of success.
Don't Get Burned In Victoria's Hot Real Estate Market
Friday May 6, 2016 - 9:22 PM
There is a lot of hype about the real estate market in Victoria. The key is to not get burned when you sell your house in Victoria BC.
The Doctors Is Not In
Thursday Mar 24, 2016 - 1:44 PMThree clinics were closed. VIHA posted nice little signs. I wish VIHA had put more attention to patient care than printing an distributing little signs to all of the clinics.
Business Models Built on Free
Wednesday Mar 16, 2016 - 12:33 PMIn the book, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price", Chris Anderson lists fifty examples on free business models. These are broken into three groups, Direct Cross-Subsidies, Two-sided markets, and Freemium.2015: It Was The Year Everything Changed
Monday Dec 28, 2015 - 1:50 PM
In 2015, I learned that I am an emotional Rasputin. I learned some other stuff, too.
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Last Christmas
Thursday Dec 20, 2018 - 6:04 PMThis Christmas I think about past Christmases. Every day is indelible and unique. So is every Christmas.
Thoughts, Growth and Personal Stuff
Applicant Nations And The Map of Benevolence
Friday Sep 29, 2017 - 1:18 AM
When something is taken from you, you can press to get it back. If someone wrongs you, you want to have your side of the story heard.
Show Me Your Boobs
Saturday Apr 15, 2017 - 2:08 AM
Get a friend request, then five minutes later comes,“... Show me your tits.” This goes from one request for boobs to an onslaught of begging and pleading. This is not an isolated situation.
The Mandela Effect
Sunday Apr 2, 2017 - 2:59 PM
What happens on the higher dimension that changes us in our third dimension? Does anything bleed out from our nearby alternate universes? Are we experiencing worlds we cannot see in our day-to-day lives?