Ahistoric two-storey apartment block sliced in half a year ago and carefully moved from Richmond Avenue to Rockland is whole again and one of four character rental homes, all upgraded by the same owners.
“Definitely five stars. I don’t think it could be better,” said Victoria Coun. Pamela Madoff, who has a special interest in heritage. She praised Mike Sweet, of Black Horse Contracting, and Harry Newton, of Newtco Realty, for buying and taking on the enormous job of fixing up the circa-1880 building.
Many old Victoria houses have been moved to the Gulf Islands or up-Island, Madoff said. “To see this one not only staying in the city, but staying in the neighbourhood, that’s when you start to think that sometimes maybe the stars do align.”
A physical distancing sign is seen during a media tour of Hastings Elementary school in Vancouver, Wednesday, September 2, 2020. British Columbia s education minister hopes the government will be able to entirely avoid school closures under any scenario but it would defer to advice from public health officials should COVID-19 cases worsen. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward Mask rules for schools are too complicated The new rules for masks in schools remind me of the old KISS principle we used to use in the world of selling: “Keep it simple, stupid!” As if kids are not confused enough with all of these rules, regulations and endless signs. We are telling them, some of you can wear masks, others not, wear them here, don’t wear them there!
October 6th, 2015
To celebrate our 15th Birthday, members of the DiS team highlight a record from DiS lifetime that they feel was overlooked.
These are personal picks, and we kept the definition of lost very loose. Some chose under-appreciated albums from reasonably well-known acts. Others went for exceptional records in niche genres. And a few went for records that were adored by DiS, talked about kindly for a few weeks and then didn t seem to get much coverage from the rest of the media.
NEW LOOK
Released: 2011 via !K7
Chosen by - Gemma Samways: Have you listened to the New Look album yet? What started out as a friendly recommendation from a trusted source, quickly turned into regular nagging and, latterly, reproaches as I repeatedly forgot to listen to the New Look album. When I finally did - about four months after its release - I approached the task with a needlessly petulant go on then, impress me attitude. The point of all this is not that I don’t like being nagg