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Sunday10am - 8:30pm
Monday5:30am - 10pm
Tuesday5:30am - 10pm
Wednesday5:30am - 10pm
Thursday5:30am - 10pm
Friday5:30am - 10pm
Saturday8am - 8:30pm


The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 to 28 August 1994. The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the Games in 1958. Namibia participated in its first Games after gaining independence from South Africa in 1990, and the Caribbean island of Montserrat also made their Games debut. It was also Hong Kong's last appearance at the Games before the transfer of sovereignty from Britain to China. The official mascot of the Games was an anthropomorphic killer whale named Klee Wyck. Klee Wyck, meaning the laughing one, was a nickname given to Canadian painter and sculptor Emily Carr by the Ucluelet First Nation.Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, shooting, weightlifting, and wrestling.
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