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Mark Brennae

Community

This is a good week to do something nice for a stranger (not that it should only happen now)

Mark Brennae
Feb 14, 2024

It's Random Act of Kindness Week: Have you done something kind for someone?

Dating and Sex

How some of our readers found love

Mark Brennae
Feb 14, 2024

Love takes various forms and gets ahold of us in various ways, from having your future hubby hurl chestnuts at you and your friends to moving in together after a hurricane destroys your home

Good news

Victoria's Michael Saunders joins baseball elite with name etched on Wall of Excellence

Mark Brennae
Jan 26, 2024

Saunders couldn’t have known at age 11 when accompanying his Gordon Head Little League teammates to Seattle to see his first MLB game that one day he would play there.

Infrastructure

New indoor pickleball ‘hub’ to open in March

Mark Brennae
Jan 23, 2024

Westshore facility arrives as local councils try to serve both the sport's growing popularity and neighbours' concerns about space and noise

Ocean

DFO’s new monitoring program proves there’s no free lunch for our resident orcas

Mark Brennae
Jan 19, 2024

“It’s appalling that we’re wasting this much salmon,” Sydney Dixon, a marine specialist at Pacific Wild, tells Capital Daily.

Economy

Christmas lights shine spotlight on downtown businesses: DVBA

Mark Brennae
Jan 10, 2024

“I’m very comfortable saying it greatly exceeded our expectations." - Jeff Bray, CEO of the DVBA

Addiction

What to do if you are helping a stranger who is overdosing

Mark Brennae
Dec 13, 2023

It seems simple, but in the heat of the moment, would you know what to do?

Community

City sets up first indoor pickleball courts in Crystal Garden

Mark Brennae
Dec 11, 2023

With no indoor courts in Victoria, players have had to travel to other municipalities to feed their pickleballing hunger