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It’s an annual rite of passage, a time when the nearly naked and somewhat afraid plunge together into bone-chilling waters, however briefly, in the spirit of cleansing the past and making a compact with their new year’s resolutions.

We asked Adrian Lam, Darren Stone and Bruce Stotesbury to pick their three favourite photos from the past year. We think you'll enjoy their selections

Young adults with developmental disabilities will have an opportunity to maximize their potential thanks to a new program from the Garth Homer Society funded by the Victoria Foundation.

By the time you read this, another Black Friday will be in the books and Cyber Monday will be just around corner. Recent imports from our friends to the south, the mega-shopping days that follow U.S.

Children at the elementary school level will now have the opportunity to learn about healthy and respectful relationship skill-building, thanks to Peace Kids, a new pilot program offered by SWOVA (Saltspring Women Opposed to Violence and Abuse).

Another in our occasional series of historical images and postcards from Greater Victoria and around Vancouver Island

Historical images from Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island

After oil pipeline executives questioned how much First Nations depend on salmon, leaders decided to show them

Sabrina Blanchard grew up a member of the Selkirk First Nation in the Yukon. Now, she is embarking on a career as a licensed professional nurse working in the neuroscience unit at Victoria General Hospital. Blanchard’s recruitment was part of an Island Health effort to create a workforce reflective of the population of Vancouver Island, including its First Nations people. But make no mistake, she is not part of a quota — she is all about health care.

Historical images from Greater Victoria and Vancouver Island