After some weather delays, West Shore Arts Council unveiled a new mural as part of a nationwide project, with the aim of creating connections between Canadians from coast to coast.

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Work started in April 2021 with artists able to sign up to paint a canvas. West Shore Arts Council also distributed canvasses to local artists and students from Belmont Secondary. Those canvasses were then assembled into one image by Lewis Lavoie, to represent the nature of Western Canada.

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The final 8-by-16-foot mural was erected on the outside wall of the Victoria Public Library branch on Langford Lake Road.

It had originally been scheduled to be put up on April 4 but was delayed due to high winds.

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