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Market Square: Where Grit, Trade, and Cultures Collided

Market Square: Where Grit, Trade, and Cultures ...

After the gold rush subsided in the mid-1860s, Market Square looked to re-invent itself as a genteel, white-only commercial hub; but that’s not exactly how things turned out.

Market Square: Where Grit, Trade, and Cultures ...

After the gold rush subsided in the mid-1860s, Market Square looked to re-invent itself as a genteel, white-only commercial hub; but that’s not exactly how things turned out.

Victoria’s Harbour Taxis: Little Boats with Big Personality

Victoria’s Harbour Taxis: Little Boats with Big...

Anyone travelling aboard a Harbour Taxi is joining a thirty-plus year tradition that's as iconic to Victoria as afternoon tea at the Empress. 

Victoria’s Harbour Taxis: Little Boats with Big...

Anyone travelling aboard a Harbour Taxi is joining a thirty-plus year tradition that's as iconic to Victoria as afternoon tea at the Empress. 

Thunderbird Park: Victoria’s Living Monument to Indigenous Art and Culture

Thunderbird Park: Victoria’s Living Monument to...

Today more than ever, spaces like Thunderbird Park embody the mission of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) whose Calls to Action continue to guide national and provincial...

Thunderbird Park: Victoria’s Living Monument to...

Today more than ever, spaces like Thunderbird Park embody the mission of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) whose Calls to Action continue to guide national and provincial...

Beige by Day, Blue by Night: Victoria’s "Blue Bridge" Makeover Story

Beige by Day, Blue by Night: Victoria’s "Blue B...

Six years of planning, three bridge designs to choose from, a raise-lower time of four minutes (versus twenty minutes with the old bridge), and $105,000,000 spent, and this was what...

Beige by Day, Blue by Night: Victoria’s "Blue B...

Six years of planning, three bridge designs to choose from, a raise-lower time of four minutes (versus twenty minutes with the old bridge), and $105,000,000 spent, and this was what...

Victoria’s Royal Carillon: A Towering Gift That Rings With Gratitude

Victoria’s Royal Carillon: A Towering Gift That...

The sweet music we hear in the Harbour comes from the Netherlands Centennial Carillon; a towering structure, and one that boasts a 27-metre spiral staircase, 62 bells, and some serious...

Victoria’s Royal Carillon: A Towering Gift That...

The sweet music we hear in the Harbour comes from the Netherlands Centennial Carillon; a towering structure, and one that boasts a 27-metre spiral staircase, 62 bells, and some serious...

Emily Carr: A Impactful Life of Art, Nature, and Words

Emily Carr: A Impactful Life of Art, Nature, an...

Carr painted totem poles, longhouses, and forested landscapes in a unique way; not as static relics, but as living expressions of cultural vitality.

Emily Carr: A Impactful Life of Art, Nature, an...

Carr painted totem poles, longhouses, and forested landscapes in a unique way; not as static relics, but as living expressions of cultural vitality.