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Illustration of a Nanaimo bar

Food and Drink

How the Nanaimo Bar Got Its Name

Retracing the steps of one of Canada’s most iconic homegrown desserts.

Transportation

The Vancouver Island Concours d’Elegance 2019 Showed Vintage Cars At Their Absolute Best

An offshoot of the famous Pebble Beach Concours, this second Canadian venue is set to become a prime calendar event.

Food and Drink

Westholme Tea Farm

Home Brew.

Westholme’s owners take pride in doing everything by hand. Embracing a minimalist aesthetic that replicates nature’s lines in muted hues, her work celebrates tea culture around the world and honours centuries of tradition.

Inventor Ann Makosinski

Community

Inventor Ann Makosinski

Imagination and creation.

The Victoria native who invented a flashlight that runs off the heat of a human hand.

Black Tulip Hats

Style

Black Tulip Hats

Heightened headgear.

Worn and weathered hats take on new lives in Braeden Paterson’s hands.

royal bc museum archives

Community

Behind the Scenes at the Royal BC Museum

More to see.

While museum visitors explore two floors of permanent exhibits reflecting British Columbia’s human and natural history, the majority of the collection is tucked away.

Business

Victoria International Marina

Dockside.

An expansive facility for luxury superyachts on the British Columbia capital’s north shore.

Essay

A Rural Life in Lettuce

Island shopping.

The Duncan farmers’ market is the epitome of small-town charm—craft stalls, local gossip, eccentric characters, and all.

Community

The Butchart Gardens

Fields of floral.

With over 900 plant varieties, this National Historic Site of Canada is a not-to-miss Victoria attraction.