Photo by Hilla Kerner of a vigil held in Vancouver in 2022 to pay respects to 10 B.C. women killed as a result of domestic violence that year.  Maybe things start as typical bickering among couples, or maybe the rage blows up out of nowhere. The aggressor slaps, pushes and punches before grabbing their partner around the neck, squeezing tight as they gasp for air. And in that moment, a life just might change forever. Restricted blood flow to the brain caused by strangling leads to a brain injury. The “invisible” injury may go unrecognized by the person who has ...

A family legacy dating back to 150 years fuels a donation that will sustain the Second Chance Cafe in Saanich for years to come. Growing up in the Cridge family comes with stories of community works dating as far back as great, great, great grandfather Bishop Edward Cridge whose work alongside wife Mary led to the creation of the BC Protestant Orphans Home in Victoria in 1873. The orphanage shifted focus by 1970 and became The Bishop Cridge Centre for the Family, altered in 1980 to what it’s called today, The Cridge Centre for the Family. It developed from an ...