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Robert Randall
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Flaneur. Former Saanich Arts Culture & Community Wellness Committee, Past co-chair Open Space Art Soc., Downtown Residents Assoc. & Downtown Adv. Comm.; 9th place 2008 Victoria civic election. Artist, Designer, Writer, Picture Framer.
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It's uncanny.
It is said that Argentine president Javier Milei resembles the entire cast of "Are You Being Served" in one.
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Victoria Times, July 27, 1959
Peanuts daily strip published in the Victoria Times, July 27, 1959 Violet: What are you two standing here looking so worried about? Charlie Brown: We're afraid of the future! Violet: Are you worried about anything in particular? Charlie Brown: Oh no, we're worried about everything. Linus: Yes, our worrying is very broadminded!
November 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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OK #yyj I took this photo of the ceiling of a well-known building in the heart of Downtown Victoria. Where is it?
Ceiling of well-known building in Downtown Victoria. Odd that you've never seen it before!
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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1960: the first highrises are proposed for James Bay and residents raise concerns over spot zoning and lack of an overall plan.
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Years ago I was rummaging in a garbage pile inside the abandoned Sears Automotive Centre at Hillside Mall in Victoria and found this 1988 original hand-drawn coffee-stained Bob Krieger editorial cartoon. 🖌️
Theme is timeless.
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A torn, stained original pen and ink drawing by Vancouver Province editorial cartoonist Bob Krieger from 1988 showing two elderly food bank clients, one of whom-in the Wall Street spirit of the era-proposes a “merger”.
October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Again, BC right wingers are going off about how they think Indigenous people should be grateful for being civilized.
#bcpoli
October 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Derived from indoor baseball, and popular with military officers and others during the off season, softball exploded in popularity 100 years ago.
#softball
First mention of the game of "softball" in the Vancouver Province newspaper, May 15, 1925.
October 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Exactly 20 years ago today I was in Paris!
Watercolour by Robert Randall of the Eiffel Tower and surrounding district, September 2005.
September 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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A poster created for an upcoming production of "The Moors". I hope I've captured the play's absurdist dark comedy.
Theatre Inconnu, Victoria BC, Canada
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Poster by Robert Randall for the upcoming production of The Moors.
September 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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1963 Ottawa restaurant review:
#ottawa
Unfavourable 1963 restaurant review of the Grill at the Chateau Laurier. Any double-entendres are unintended and the result of your dirty mind.
August 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Can't afford summer in Paris so we settled on a late dinner on Oak Bay Avenue.
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August 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Aug 31, 1972:
Canadian Press, Aug 31, 1972. Proposed Air Canada fares
August 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Exactly 90 years ago in Victoria:
This sounds like a terrible, terrible idea.
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VICTORIA DAILY TIMES FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1935 Efforts to teach a monkey to skate will be made at the Victoria Roller Rink Saturday afternoon. Miss Gauthier has purchased "Rombo" from Texas and invites children to see him have his first lesson Saturday afternoon.
August 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Cycling to work this morning on Mt. Doug X road I heard a giant crunch and saw a huge dust cloud--a tractor trailer on a slick curve crashed into Galey Farms on Blenkinsop.
#saanich
Looking north on Blenkinsop. Tractor trailer heading south hit a power pole and slammed into Galey Farms. Workers are seen here directing traffic away from the downed power lines as the dust settles.
August 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Current Port Renfrew wave gauge. Black line is predicted, red line is actual. Wave was predicted at 11:30 pm but you can see the waves don't get jaggy until 1 am. Not enough to raise water level-just a couple of cm--but noticeable on the graph.
#yyj #tsunami
From the Port Renfrew tidal gauge: https://tides.gc.ca/en/stations/08525 Showing the mild but noticeable effects of the Russian tsunami on local waters. The predicted arrival coincided with our low tide and when the tide rose overnight the erratic wave forms can be seen on the graph as a jagged red line compared to the smooth line of regular tides.
July 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Victoria Colonist Feb. 17, 1980:
Victoria Colonist Feb. 17, 1980: Disco grooming trends for young Victoria men
July 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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July 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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July 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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1911, Vancouver Province reports on a Montreal lecture: evergreen headline.
July 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Victoria's theatre district in 1946 as depicted by Jack Shadbolt. The Plaza theatre was demolished to make way for the Atrium office complex at Yates and Blanshard.
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1946 painting by Victoria artist Jack Shadbolt showing the Victoria theatre district on Yates Street east of Blanshard.
June 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Hitler decent chap says Victoria Times
June 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Even in 1931, Mickey Mouse cartoons came on before the adult dramas.
March 8, 1931 Victoria BC Colonist
June 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Vancouver Province April 17, 1969
May 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Free foam for model making.
April 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Has an infamous Victoria celebrity surfaced under a new identity?
April 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM