Christine van Reeuwyk

5 days ago | goldstreamgazette.com | Christine van Reeuwyk

A second season of the new video podcast that explores the known, and unknown of Victoria by a pedicab driver and his passengers has been given the green light. “I'm starting to get super excited about all the cool stories we'll get to tell,” journalist Johnny Brenneman said after learning he'd be funded for more of Bon Victoriage.

6 days ago | goldstreamgazette.com | Christine van Reeuwyk

A small but mighty board is celebrating a national second-place finish that helped put Victoria’s historic Tam Kung Temple on the map. The temple finished second place in an online contest that closed Thursday (April 17) – where residents were called on to visit and vote daily –  winning $10,000 from the National Trust for Canada. The only other B.C. site among the 12 up for voting, historic O’Keefe Ranch in Vernon, finished first, scoring $50,000.

1 week ago | goldstreamgazette.com | Christine van Reeuwyk

The show must go on – particularly, the 125th annual Victoria Day Parade – at a time when the city could really use something to celebrate. With funding in question, the Greater Victoria Festival Society's parade faced an uncertain future. But thanks to funds already allocated for an event that will no longer happen, the city was able to add $25,000 to the $17,000 already granted through its traditional budgeting process.

1 week ago | goldstreamgazette.com | Christine van Reeuwyk

Mariann Burka blames, in part, the truncated community input ahead of the draft official community plan. As a result, individual neighbourhoods weren’t adequately consulted, she said while protesting outside Victoria City Hall on Thursday. In particular, her neighbourhood will be hurt, after having a scant two-hour session to provide input early in the official community plan (OCP) review, said Burka, spokesperson for the James Bay Coalition.

1 week ago | goldstreamgazette.com | Christine van Reeuwyk

With years of practise under his belt, when Mark McDonald sits down at the organ, it’s like pulling out a palette and paintbrush – creating a canvas of varying sounds and effects. “This sense of being able to play such a large instrument and make so much sound, from the oldest of loud to the quietest of quiets, I love that,” said the organist at Christ Church Cathedral. “The organ is such a unique instrument.