VICTORIA OPENS NEW WATERFRONT MARKET

Victoria\’s new Public Market at the Hudson showcases Vancouver Island bounty (grown, fished or produced), embracing all that is local and seasonal in this year-round marketplace. It officially opened in mid-September, and features permanent/semi-permanent tenants and a commercial kitchen prepped for classes, special dinners and urban agricultural workshops and events. The market makes its home in a former Hudson Bay department store, a sprawling 1,672 square-metre space set on the city\’s waterfront. (http://www.victoriapublicmarket.com)