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Making the News a lavishly illustrated look at our history

The book will be released in time for the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Book Drive Feb. 23 and 24. It will then be exclusively available at select ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Safeway stores, the Bay, Zellers and Home Outfitters for a month, going into general release after that.

Daily and weekly plans

The A2 feature is called This Day in TC History, and it will highlight our reporting of an event on that day in history over the last 150 years.

History online

The early editions are now being processed. They are fragile, and their age makes it difficult to incorporate OCR technology — optical character recognition. It is this element that will allow you to search the back copies for names and events.

TC readers spread $225,250 worth of Christmas cheer

Readers sometimes complain that newspapers never report on the good news. It's nice to be able to refute that contention whenever we can, especially when the news is as good as it is today.

Christmas Fund: Young musicians strum and fiddle for worthy cause

On a Saturday, at Hillside Shopping Centre, there were two happy crowds. One lineup, as might be expected, was for a red-suited guy with a fluffy white beard. Not far away, another group encircled a young fiddler and an even younger guitarist.

Our sense of goodwill gets lost in the hubbub

I counted about a dozen appeals in recent weekend papers for help. There are any number of groups and individuals out there with great ideas and they all need help. Nonetheless, count this article as one more appeal.

Christmas Fund: Staff and owner forgo fancy Christmas party, support charity instead

Merry Maids donates $1,000 to TC Christmas Fund

TC Christmas Fund: Business of giving

Companies in the capital region focus on helping people in need

Christmas Fund: Chorus will spread cheer in Sidney

Fifty-five members of the Peninsula Singers will make merry this Christmas season by gathering at Mary Winspear Centre this weekend to offer three seasonal performances -- and raise money for the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Christmas Fund.

Christmas Fund: Vista 18 staff serve for a good cause

A warm savoury pancake breakfast being held at Vista 18 on Saturday comes with all the seasonal toppings -- a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus and charitable proceeds.