Autumn is harvest time, and apples are at the peak of the season. Apple Pie, Apple Sauce, Apple Crumble are all great but to get a perfect taste of all the flavours of the apple crop try a nice tall glass of Apple Cider. Just outside of Victoria, Sea Cider Farm & Cider House is…
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Victoria Public Market at The Hudson
The recently opened Victoria Public Market at The Hudson represents the long dream of the Victoria Downtown Public Market Society. With a goal of a year-round public market the VDPMS finally found the perfect location with the help of Townline Ventures, the redevelopers of the historic Hudson’s Bay Company store. The Hudson has been redeveloped…
New Artist Dougal Bain McLean reaches new Peaks
The road to success is a rocky one for most aspiring music artists, Victoria’s Dougal Bain McLean has taken that literally in his performance of his latest single. The roots-rock singer is one of the Top 20 finalists in the 2013 Peak Performance Project. Dougal aims to make the most of reaching this Peak and…
Rifflandia Festival kicks off for 2013
Victoria is about to come alive with the sound of music as Rifflandia Festival takes over the city. For the next for days, September 12 – 15, venues all across Victoria will host acts from Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes, Courtney Love, Big Boi, Beth Orton, Matt & Kim, Current Swell, Humans, Hot Hot…
Best Western Premier – Prestige Oceanfront Resort
In the rugged West Coast hamlet of Sooke, BC, just an hour outside of Victoria, fishing and forests are the usual pastime and scenery but the Best Western Premier – Prestige Oceanfront Resort breaks the mold. Located just past the centre of the village adjacent to the public boat launch and marina the gleaming white…
Race To The End Of The Earth at Royal British Columbia Museum
Take a break from the heat, take a journey to Antarctica at the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria. Race To The End Of The Earth, curated by the American Museum of Natural History in New York in collaboration with the Royal BC Museum and the Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France, is this summer’s…
Get a TASTE of Victoria
The cork pops off of the fifth annual TASTE Festival later this week. Victoria’s Festival Of Food & Wine kicks off Thursday July 25th with an evening of tastings from over 100 BC wines accompanied by locally inspired cuisine created by Vancouver Island’s top chefs. More than just another wine festival, TASTE is a culinary…