Five sunken boats and big pieces of three others were pulled from the depths around Oak Bay Marina over the weekend — drawing cheers from crowds on the docks and shore as some of the wreckage . . .
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No hearing date has been set. On Thursday, the City of Victoria said in a statement: “We are confident in our position that council’s decision was reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances. The matter is currently before the courts and we look forward to the hearing to have the matter resolved.” Pt. Ellice filed the suit in January. On Tuesday, Supreme Court Justice Catherine Murray allowed Trio to be added to the case as a respondent, similar to the City of Victoria, because of its stake in the outcome. The case revolves around a planned silo on the Trio site where a state-of-the-art cement plant was installed in 2018.
The H1N1 flu pandemic, which lasted from February 1918 to April 1920, killed about 50 million people around the world. It infected 10 times that number, in four waves. It remains the most severe pandemic in history but by Christmas 1920, the world had moved on. There was still much to be done as we recovered from the Great War. Its impact was still being felt in Victoria. Craigdarroch, at the time a home for men injured in the First World War the “maimed and sick returned men,” as the Victoria Daily Times put it was busy. A special dinner was offered to the men on Christmas Eve. Trays for bed patients were loaded with delicacies to suit the most fastidious appetite. Miniature trees were placed at each bedside. The next morning, the Silver Band of the Salvation Army played carols. Miss Thain’s orchestra played during dinner.