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Habitat for Humanity Victoria to welcome new CEONew CEO hailed as a seasoned leader in non-profit management and community development Habitat for Humanity Victoria is a non-profit that helps families build stability and independence through affordable home ownership. Since 1990, the organization has built 34 homes for 38 families in Greater Victoria. Less than one house every year?
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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Friday, April 4, 2025
Victoria Watcher posted topic Europa Super Circus
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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "Europa Super Circus" in forum "Arts, Culture and Entertainment".
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Tight-wire acrobats, roller skaters, clowns and even the Wheel of Death: Europa Super Circus pitched the high-top tent today at the Saanich Fairgrounds, ready to bring exciting live magic to audiences April 4-13.
"Cirque du Soleil can't come to small towns like this, and that's really one of the beauties of a tent like [the one] Europa Circus has. It's traditional circus of the purest, oldest kind," said aerialist with the show, Ess Hodlmoser.
The performers are from around the world, many from families of multi-generational performers. That includes Erica Cardinali, who made her debut in her family's circus in Portugal, and Jose Armando Ponce Ramos, a fourth-generation performer who has done the Wheel of Death since age nine. If that's not impressive enough, he also holds a Guinness World Record for the most blindfolded turns on the wheel, a massive rotating apparatus upon which Ramos does acrobatics.
https://www.vicnews.com/entertainment/video-high-flying-thrills-as-europa-super-circus-lands-in-saanichton-7927320 (https://www.vicnews.com/entertainment/video-high-flying-thrills-as-europa-super-circus-lands-in-saanichton-7927320)
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Tight-wire acrobats, roller skaters, clowns and even the Wheel of Death: Europa Super Circus pitched the high-top tent today at the Saanich Fairgrounds, ready to bring exciting live magic to audiences April 4-13.
"Cirque du Soleil can't come to small towns like this, and that's really one of the beauties of a tent like [the one] Europa Circus has. It's traditional circus of the purest, oldest kind," said aerialist with the show, Ess Hodlmoser.
The performers are from around the world, many from families of multi-generational performers. That includes Erica Cardinali, who made her debut in her family's circus in Portugal, and Jose Armando Ponce Ramos, a fourth-generation performer who has done the Wheel of Death since age nine. If that's not impressive enough, he also holds a Guinness World Record for the most blindfolded turns on the wheel, a massive rotating apparatus upon which Ramos does acrobatics.
https://www.vicnews.com/entertainment/video-high-flying-thrills-as-europa-super-circus-lands-in-saanichton-7927320 (https://www.vicnews.com/entertainment/video-high-flying-thrills-as-europa-super-circus-lands-in-saanichton-7927320)
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Victoria Watcher posted topic [North Park] 932 Balmoral Rd. (First Met. church) | 128 Rentals + arts centre
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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "[North Park] 932 Balmoral Rd. (First Met. church) | 128 Rentals + arts centre" in forum "City of Victoria".
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With many congregations shrinking, places of worship are looking to expand their role in Canada's communities.
"There's many churches across the country that I think are faced with the same position," says Chris Quigley, director of development at Aryze Developments (https://aryze.ca/).
That position is often having large properties with parking lots that are both expansive and expensive, sitting empty six days a week.
The congregation of the First Metropolitan Church in downtown Victoria left the sanctuary on Quadra Street in 2023. The 1913 Gothic revival church is still a place of worship for three small churches that gather only on Sundays.
"We were approached by the United Church of Canada," says Quigley. The crux of the call was a way to reimagine the 112-year-old church.
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With many congregations shrinking, places of worship are looking to expand their role in Canada's communities.
"There's many churches across the country that I think are faced with the same position," says Chris Quigley, director of development at Aryze Developments (https://aryze.ca/).
That position is often having large properties with parking lots that are both expansive and expensive, sitting empty six days a week.
The congregation of the First Metropolitan Church in downtown Victoria left the sanctuary on Quadra Street in 2023. The 1913 Gothic revival church is still a place of worship for three small churches that gather only on Sundays.
"We were approached by the United Church of Canada," says Quigley. The crux of the call was a way to reimagine the 112-year-old church.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Victoria Watcher posted topic Dave Portnoy
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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "Dave Portnoy" in forum "Online Media".
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https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1902065607815917847 (https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1902065607815917847)
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https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1902065607815917847 (https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1902065607815917847)
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Monday, March 3, 2025
Victoria Watcher posted topic Nanaimo council and politics
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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "Nanaimo council and politics" in forum "Victoria Politics".
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Nanaimo council voted this week in favour of spending $1.8 million to obtain more precise information for possible improvements to its public works facilities.
The city wants detailed designs and cost estimates for the proposed upgrades, which failed to win public support when taxpayers faced alternative approval processes in recent years. Nanaimo's general asset management reserve fund would provide $1.314 million, another $162,000 would come out of the sewer operating reserve and $324,000 would be supplied through the water operating reserve fund.
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/nanaimo-to-spend-18m-looking-into-public-works-upgrades-10306808 (https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/nanaimo-to-spend-18m-looking-into-public-works-upgrades-10306808)
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Nanaimo council voted this week in favour of spending $1.8 million to obtain more precise information for possible improvements to its public works facilities.
The city wants detailed designs and cost estimates for the proposed upgrades, which failed to win public support when taxpayers faced alternative approval processes in recent years. Nanaimo's general asset management reserve fund would provide $1.314 million, another $162,000 would come out of the sewer operating reserve and $324,000 would be supplied through the water operating reserve fund.
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/nanaimo-to-spend-18m-looking-into-public-works-upgrades-10306808 (https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/nanaimo-to-spend-18m-looking-into-public-works-upgrades-10306808)
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
Victoria Watcher posted topic Esquimalt by-election 2025
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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "Esquimalt by-election 2025" in forum "Victoria Politics".
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As the battle for an Esquimalt council seat begins, Esquimalt Chamber of Commerce president Holly Courtright (https://www.hollyforcouncil.ca/?utm_source=victoria%20news&utm_campaign=victoria%20news%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) is putting her name in the ring with a platform focused on housing, fiscal responsibility and maintaining services.
"This is a critical time for Esquimalt. We have a growing community with a growing demand on services. Fiscal decisions made over the next five years are critical and will impact Esquimalt for decades to come," Courtright said in a news release.
Courtright points to her deep roots in Esquimalt through her work in "many capacities" for the township, and says she was the CUPE Local union president before leaving to establish her own real estate business.
https://www.vicnews.com/local-news/chamber-president-looking-for-spot-on-esquimalt-council-7846098 (https://www.vicnews.com/local-news/chamber-president-looking-for-spot-on-esquimalt-council-7846098)
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We have a growing community with a growing demand on services.
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I always wonder about statements like this. I grew up in a municipality. Lived in ones all my life. I can't remember anyone in my family pressing for more municipal "services". We just wanted the roads and the water and the traffic lights and sewers to work. And the swimming pool to be a decent temperature. No particular extra demands.
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As the battle for an Esquimalt council seat begins, Esquimalt Chamber of Commerce president Holly Courtright (https://www.hollyforcouncil.ca/?utm_source=victoria%20news&utm_campaign=victoria%20news%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral) is putting her name in the ring with a platform focused on housing, fiscal responsibility and maintaining services.
"This is a critical time for Esquimalt. We have a growing community with a growing demand on services. Fiscal decisions made over the next five years are critical and will impact Esquimalt for decades to come," Courtright said in a news release.
Courtright points to her deep roots in Esquimalt through her work in "many capacities" for the township, and says she was the CUPE Local union president before leaving to establish her own real estate business.
https://www.vicnews.com/local-news/chamber-president-looking-for-spot-on-esquimalt-council-7846098 (https://www.vicnews.com/local-news/chamber-president-looking-for-spot-on-esquimalt-council-7846098)
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We have a growing community with a growing demand on services.
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I always wonder about statements like this. I grew up in a municipality. Lived in ones all my life. I can't remember anyone in my family pressing for more municipal "services". We just wanted the roads and the water and the traffic lights and sewers to work. And the swimming pool to be a decent temperature. No particular extra demands.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Victoria Watcher posted topic Sooke residents in line for $1,000 FireSmart rebates
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Victoria Watcher has just posted a new topic entitled "Sooke residents in line for $1,000 FireSmart rebates" in forum "Urban Issues".
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Sooke residents can receive up to $1,000 in rebates for protecting their homes and properties from fire.
Under the FireSmart Rebate Program, residents can be reimbursed up to 50 per cent of the cost of initiatives like removing combustible vegetation and debris, upgrading landscaping with fire-resistant plants, replacing combustible decking and materials with non-combustible alternatives and installing ember-resistant vents and screens.
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/sooke-residents-in-line-for-1000-firesmart-rebates-10259358 (https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/sooke-residents-in-line-for-1000-firesmart-rebates-10259358)
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Sooke residents can receive up to $1,000 in rebates for protecting their homes and properties from fire.
Under the FireSmart Rebate Program, residents can be reimbursed up to 50 per cent of the cost of initiatives like removing combustible vegetation and debris, upgrading landscaping with fire-resistant plants, replacing combustible decking and materials with non-combustible alternatives and installing ember-resistant vents and screens.
https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/sooke-residents-in-line-for-1000-firesmart-rebates-10259358 (https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/sooke-residents-in-line-for-1000-firesmart-rebates-10259358)
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