by Nicholas Burton-Vulovic | Oct 10, 2013 | Local, News
In the early hours of Monday, Oct. 7, Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin stood before a small crowd of firefighters and onlookers outside City Hall and ushered in the start of the city’s annual Fire Prevention Week. Held across Canada, the campaign reminds Canadian households...
by Nicholas Burton-Vulovic | Oct 10, 2013 | Local, News
The inside of St. Ann’s Academy, once crumbling from rot and disuse, now paints a warmer picture of growth and renewed importance. Although the 1920s-themed interior is the product of a $16.7-million renovation project started in 1993, and not an actual legacy of the...
by Nicholas Burton-Vulovic | Oct 3, 2013 | Local, News
The Victoria Regional Transit Commission (VRTC) is seeking feedback from users on its plan to improve service in the city. The Transit Future Bus—an out-of-service vehicle retrofitted to serve as an educational open-house facility—will make eight stops in Greater...
by Nicholas Burton-Vulovic | Dec 6, 2012 | Humour
WASHINGTON D.C. — Following a brief meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper yesterday afternoon, President Barack Obama announced that America will proceed with a controversial plan to import Canadian humour to the American market at production-level...
by Nicholas Burton-Vulovic | Nov 29, 2012 | Humour
Many of you already know I’m not a B.C. native. I hail from Ontario, often referred to as the Best Province, the Centre of Canada, the Canadian Heartland or my favourite, The O-Dot. I was more than surprised when, upon arriving in the second most beautiful place on...