The seat of government, the working harbour, and most of the city's late-night life — packed into thirty walkable blocks.
Culture · Mark Brennae
The city is in talks with Concert Properties, the Y facility’s owner, to operate the pool, providing a five-year stopgap as a replacement for the Crystal Pool.
2m · Monday
Business · Mark Brennae
Negotiations began in January to replace a collective agreement that expired on March 31.
3m · Monday
Safety · Mark Brennae
City responds to rising public safety concerns by hiring additional personnel and funding community safety initiatives.
4m · Tuesday
Culture · Mark Brennae
If both theatres were to close, it would leave the IMAX in the Royal BC Museum as the lone theatre screening major releases, and Silver City at Tillicum the closest multiplex cinema.
3m · Monday
Mon Jun 8
12:00
Market Square does summer early: $5 patio pints and a DJ before the tourists find it. Comes early, fills by one.
Thu Jun 11
19:30
Emerging local dancers you won't get to see local for long, in a real theatre. Worth booking around.
Sat Jun 20
19:00
The Victoria Symphony's annual outdoor opener — bring a blanket and a friend who needs converting.
The places, organizations, and venues that make this neighbourhood itself.
The provincial assembly building, daily tours, summer lawn programming.
Currently in mid-rebuild; the IMAX is still open.
The city's oldest public space — and now its most reliable patio cluster.
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Tips, leads, openings, closures, weird things you noticed on your walk — we read everything. Confidential by default.
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