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Hand-drawn panorama of Victoria's Inner Harbour — lighthouse and cherry blossom on the left, a ferry on the water, Parliament and the park on the right.
Issue 1,258 · Monday, June 29, 2026PrivacyTermsEthics© Capital Daily Media Ltd. Victoria, BC
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‘They were trying to figure out how to stay alive’: Disability advocates slam heatwave response

A dissenting voice on the provincial heat dome review panel says measures for disabled people were minimized in the final report, while Human Rights Watch and others are calling for better protections for the next heatwave

Brishti Basu·Monday, June 6, 2022·6 min

🏛️News

Council roundup: Press Building rezoning, climate action, and a million-dollar park expansion

Here’s what is happening at local councils this week

Capital Daily Staff·Sunday, June 5, 2022·7 min

🏛️News

Farnworth announces BC heat alert system, dodges questions on further policy changes

‘This is not the silver bullet,’ he says, one year after heat killed 595 in BC

Martin Bauman·Sunday, June 5, 2022·3 min

🏛️News

Life's Work wades into the 'sick cosmic joke' of caring for a parent with dementia

Artist B.A. Lampman depicts her experience with her mother's care through comics, paintings, writing and more

Carrie Swiggum·Thursday, June 2, 2022·4 min

🏛️News

Meet some of the people bringing food to Victorians—for free

From food shares to small producers and how they prepare thousands of meals a week

Jolene Rudisuela·Thursday, June 2, 2022·8 min

🏛️Explainer

Vancouver Island is in a risk area for Lyme Disease. Here’s where the risk is highest.

Climate change has expanded the range of blacklegged ticks—but the Island still fares better than much of Canada

Hanna Hett·Thursday, June 2, 2022·3 min

🏛️News

Island UPCCs, PCNs, and CHCs are at just 39% of staffing goals—the lowest in BC

Health minister defends progress, says quality of care without recent investments ‘would have been considerably less’

Capital Daily Staff·Wednesday, June 1, 2022·3 min

🏛️Opinion

Canada’s Online News Act must be transparent, fair, and include news innovators

Without amendments, Bill C-18 risks disproportionately benefitting large news organizations and shutting out digital startups and independent media.

Capital Daily Staff·Monday, May 30, 2022·4 min

🏛️News

Victoria has a bike theft problem. Here’s how to fix it.

From secure lockers to bike valets, and what the City of Victoria is doing

Martin Bauman & Hanna Hett·Monday, May 30, 2022·12 min

🏛️News

BC becomes first Canadian jurisdiction to decriminalize possessing small amounts of certain illicit drugs

Critics say the announcement is a step in the right direction but the maximum amount that can be carried is too low

Brishti Basu·Monday, May 30, 2022·5 min

🏛️News

Island snowpacks are 90% higher than normal. Is that good or bad news for us?

Cool, wet spring could bode well for surviving summer droughts, hydrologist says

Martin Bauman·Saturday, May 28, 2022·3 min

🏛️Features

Tori Marlan wins CAJ award—her fourth award for her Sooke Harbour House investigation

The Man Who Stole a Hotel has won awards and recognition nationally and internationally

Capital Daily Staff·Saturday, May 28, 2022·2 min

🏛️News

Police reform could have improved Victoria airport incident response

The airport shutdown earlier this week could’ve been handled better if police had shared information faster and used resources close at hand, says MLA Adam Olsen

Brishti Basu·Friday, May 27, 2022·4 min

🏛️Features

How a piano found its way back home after 80 years

The Takata family left some of their possessions, including a piano, with friends in Victoria when they were forced into an internment camp in 1942

Jolene Rudisuela·Thursday, May 26, 2022·11 min

🏛️News

‘It may never happen’: Vote reversal could turf Victoria’s ‘missing middle’ initiative

Council votes to refer initiative back to public engagement

Martin Bauman & Brishti Basu·Thursday, May 26, 2022·5 min

🏛️Capital Ideas

Nicholas Kristof on the hidden solutions to Victoria’s increasingly visible problems

Kristof will be speaking in Victoria on June 27, part of Capital Daily's speaker series

Jimmy Thomson·Wednesday, May 25, 2022·9 min

🏛️Features

‘The unstoppable wave’: how youth climate activists are making a difference

New award aims to inspire more youth to take steps against climate change

Jolene Rudisuela·Thursday, May 19, 2022·6 min

🏛️News

Patients and nurses are feeling the squeeze of staffing shortages—but they don't feel free to talk about it

Shortages have meant overworked staff, a slide in patient care, and even temporary hospital ward closures

Brishti Basu·Wednesday, May 18, 2022·9 min

🏛️Features

How a Victoria choir is helping people living with dementia

Research on Voices in Motion showed singing with the choir reduced some symptoms of dementia by half

Jolene Rudisuela·Thursday, May 12, 2022·6 min

🏛️News

Father of murdered real estate agent Lindsay Buziak sued for defamation

Buziak's father, Jeff, is among three people named in the lawsuit filed in BC Supreme Court. In exclusive interviews, the Zailo family is speaking out for the first time in more than a decade

Zander Sherman·Wednesday, May 11, 2022·10 min

🏛️News

Sooke’s Official Community Plan might not get passed before October election, Mayor says

Council to review the draft OCP page by page

Zoë Ducklow·Monday, May 9, 2022·3 min

🏛️Features

Off-leash dog debate out-of-hand at Cadboro Bay beach

Whether dogs should or shouldn’t wear a leash has become so contentious at this neighbourhood beach, police have gotten involved

Ryan Hook·Monday, May 9, 2022·7 min

🏛️News

Police announce fines—but no criminal charges—in December hit-and-run caught on video

A lawyer tells us the bar for criminal charges is difficult to meet, even with video evidence

Jolene Rudisuela·Thursday, May 5, 2022·5 min

🏛️Features

Gaining Momentum: local volleyball club brings home first provincial gold

Victoria's Momentum Volleyball launched six years ago with a goal of teaching the sport differently

Jolene Rudisuela·Thursday, May 5, 2022·4 min
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