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Victoria Harbour Ferry is back with its famous Santa Ballet, choreographed on the water to the music of the Nutcracker, and it s free for all to watch.
This is hard to believe, I know, but it is absolutely true. My own grandson, who is three quarters Tsimshian, was taken by the Ministry of Child Abduction and kept from his family for more than three years. We hired a lawyer and paid more than $30,000 to get him back in a process that saw government workers submit openly dishonest “assessments” in order to justify their actions. While lingering in waiting rooms at their various offices, his white relatives discovered that our own was not an isolated case; the difference was that we had enough money to buy representation, while most First Nations families do not.
Fizzy fun at farm café Island Soda Works is starting Brewtopia, a farm café at 1430 Errington Rd. in Errington. Mandolyn Jonasson, who calls herself the head soda-jerk, will be selling her non-alcoholic naturally fermented probiotic soda pop and tacos. Customers can sit on tables or use picnic blankets that are on hand. The café’s grand opening is July 1. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. Students earn leadership prize Liam Grigg, of Spectrum Community School and Leah Vlassis, of Belmont Secondary School, have won The Keg Spirit Foundation Next Generation Leaders Forum Award with Junior Achievement of B.C.