Club Kwench Gets Set to Expand Coworking Culture

What started as an idea to weave Victoria’s unique cultural fabric into the lives of its working population has metamorphosed into a “next-level” coworking...
Amazon's Local Stake AbeBooks

Amazon’s Local Stake: AbeBooks

One of Victoria’s great e-commerce successes has been owned by Amazon since 2008. AbeBooks — originally the Advanced Book Exchange — started shortly after...

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...

Allan Danylyshyn, The Watch Technician with a Heart of Gold.

Allan Danylyshyn is this month’s winner of The Victoria Hospitality Award (VHA), presented by the Victoria Hospitality Awards committee to notable individuals from Victoria...

Huntington Manor Inn Employee Drives the Extra Mile to Create Customer Satisfaction

Chris Jordan works for the Huntingdon Manor Inn and is the most recent winner of the Victoria Hospitality Award (VHA) which is awarded monthly...

Chris Stephen of Lilaberry Goes into ‘Mom Mode’ for Struggling Travellers

Chris Stephen of Lilaberry Home & Decor is this month's recipient Victoria Hospitality Awards (VHA) for going above and beyond expectations to meet the...

The Modern Barber

Welcome, gentlemen, to the quiet revolution — in barbering. We are, appropriately enough, in a house behind a hedge in rural Metchosin, partially shielded from...

DoubleTree Employee Lends Helping Hand (and His Golf Clubs) to Make Customer Happy

Francois Courbon of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel is the latest recipient of the Victoria Hospitality Award, which recognizes those in the local hospitality...

The Changing Face of Tourism

What does it mean to be a city? Should it be measured by its boundaries, gardens or history? What about its climate or its...

Retail Reset

To stay relevant in a world increasingly skewed to e-com, shopping centres and their retailers are bridging the gap between in-store and online shopping...