How to Design a Workplace that Works

A lot of people spend more of their waking hours at their workplaces than at home, yet most offices just aren’t the sort of venues...
Day of Visibility

Victoria venues will #LightUpLive for Entertainment Community

A movement that started in the UK has traveled the globe and landed on Vancouver Island, thanks in part to the efforts of a...

Island Motorsport Resort Revs Up for Spring 2016 Launch

Set in Vancouver Island’s temperate and scenic Cowichan Valley, the Vancouver Island Motorsport Resort (VIMR) is on schedule to become Canada’s premier, all-year motorsport...

Blue Grouse Winery Helps Children in Need in Cowichan Valley

For the month of April, Blue Grouse Estate Winery will donate $1 from every bottle of wine sold to the Nourish Cowichan Society. Nourish was...

A Big Score for Sport Tourism: The IIHF World Juniors Comes to Victoria

There’s always a lot going on in a hockey locker room that fans aren’t aware of when the puck drops. The same can be...

Empress 1906 Gin’s Purple Hue is the Colour of Success

When Peter Hunt set out to create a gin to celebrate the centennial of Victoria’s historic Fairmont Empress Hotel, he chose both classic and...

Bin 4 Owner Makes the Big Time

Some of North America’s leading entrepreneurs started out by reinterpreting a simple concept: the burger. That’s exactly what Sarah Blackmore and her partners did...
Interior of Malahat Skywalk

View from the Treetops: Partnership pays off for Malahat Nation

The Malahat Skywalk, a 600-metre elevated boardwalk and spiral tower overlooking the Salish Sea, opened in July 2021. The $17-million project, which began construction...
MacMillan Provincial Park

Tourism Vancouver Island’s Industry-Leading Transition Helps Local Businesses Thrive

Tourism Vancouver Island recently announced its transition from a destination management organization to a social enterprise called 4VI.  This rebrand is not only the first...

Local Company Ocean Rodeo Goes Against the Flow

Back in 1977, anyone watching Richard Myerscough and Ross Harrington at Elk Lake on a blustery winter day would have had no idea what...