This year, the Greater Victoria Public Library System asked for a global municipal contribution increase of 5.9% based on budgets supplied by each of its 10 main branches. Provincial funding
Virginia Prince was a pioneer for transgender recognition. In 1960 she began publishing the magazine Transvestia. She passed away in 2009 in Los Angeles.
David Nikirk delivered newspapers in the Duncan area on horseback in 1967. TIMES COLONIST FILES
James White handles the oars to help Jack Vaio deliver the Victoria Daily Times in the area around Haultain Street and Belmont Avenue after torrential rains caused massive flooding on Jan. 22, 1935. The two men were in front of Economy Meat Market at 1442 Haultain St. as they worked their way through the neighbourhood with a goal of getting a newspaper to every doorstep, whether the occupant was a subscriber or not. TIMES COLONIST FILES On Monday, June 9, 1884, a new newspaper arrived on Vancouver Island. It was the Victoria Daily Times, the creation of three local businessmen who were active in politics with the Liberal party.