The Fairmont Empress Hotel is an icon of Victoria, indeed a human-made icon of the entire Pacific region of Western Canada and the U.S. Pacific Northwest. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) Use the ...

It's visiting the past and its old-world charm - attributes embodied by Victoria's Empress Hotel. For almost a century, the Empress (now the Fairmont Empress) has survived economic depressions ...

Victoria's Fairmont Empress Hotel will be behind scaffolding until the spring as renovations are needed for the picturesque building after decades of damage from ivy growth. The leafy plant gave ...

While preparing for the exhibition, curators made a startling discovery in the dressing room of Wilhelm’s wife, Empress Augusta Victoria (pictured above with her great aunt, Queen Victoria).

VICTORIA — Afternoon sunshine streams into the Fairmont Empress Hotel’s iconic high tea room in Victoria, but it cannot lift the sombre mood brought on by the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Prince Bismarck has withdrawn his resignation, solely from the consideration that the domination of Empress Victoria would speedily lead to the break-up ... View Full Article in Timesmachine ...