BC Ferries has been cancelling sailings on a regular basis thanks in part to a severe staff shortage. Photo: James MacDonald / Capital Daily
🚌Features
Worker shortages are now endemic in the industry—but warnings started decades ago Part five of our series, Pay Check
Tori Marlan·Wednesday, March 30, 2022·16 min
Workers prepare the seaweed farm off Sidney. Photo: James MacDonald / Capital Daily
🌲News
The kelp aquaculture industry is picking up off Vancouver Island’s coast—but some are wary of introducing another monoculture to the sea
Alec Lazenby·Tuesday, March 29, 2022·7 min
Mount Washington at sunrise. Photo: Sergej Krivenko / Capital Daily
🏛️Features
Mount Washington managers are loading lifts and bussing tables due to ongoing staff shortage. Part 4 of our series, Pay Check
Andrew Findlay·Monday, March 28, 2022·9 min
Photo: Jimmy Thomson / Capital Daily
💼News
Victoria nurses cite short staffing, payroll issues, abuse as reasons for leaving the industry. Part 3 of our labour series, Pay Check
Brishti Basu·Thursday, March 24, 2022·9 min
Clasina van Bemmel. Photo: Emily Fagan / Capital Daily
🏛️Features
The Compassion in Action Fund gives local charities $5,000 a year to support women, children, and animals
Emily Fagan·Thursday, March 24, 2022·4 min
James MacDonald / Capital Daily
🏛️News
New spaces will help those most in need—though some ask whether voluntary admission is enough
Evert Lindquist·Monday, March 21, 2022·6 min
2% Jazz has joined a growing movement of living-wage employers. But not all service-industry companies are following their lead, and for workers, it can mean choosing between work and affordability. Photo: James MacDonald / Capital Daily
🏛️Features
What happens when a city becomes too expensive for its labour force? Part two in our series, Pay Check
Martin Bauman & Jackie Lamport·Monday, March 21, 2022·8 min
Photo: Jimmy Thomson / Capital Daily
🏠News
Temporary patio liquor licences are set to expire in June. For restaurants, they’ve been a lifeline—and owners are afraid of losing them
Brishti Basu·Friday, March 18, 2022·5 min
Brishti Basu / Capital Daily
🏛️News
NOMI is being developed for the Island and lower mainland
Emily Fagan·Thursday, March 17, 2022·5 min
Illustration: Jimmy Thomson. Photo: James MacDonald / Capital Daily
🏛️Explainer
Research predicts BC will have enough workers in the next 10 years—but tell that to businesses desperate for workers. We look at the data. First in our new series, Pay Check
Jolene Rudisuela·Thursday, March 17, 2022·10 min
🩺News
Singing ensemble is donating 200 concert tickets to Island Health workers
Emily Fagan·Thursday, March 10, 2022·5 min
Jimmy Thomson / Capital Daily
🏛️Politics
The city says it wants to make Government a ‘people-priority street’
Martin Bauman·Wednesday, March 9, 2022·6 min
🩺News
There’s room for optimism as the province announces its plan to remove restrictions, but this comes with new risks: BA.2 and the need to protect the most vulnerable
Brishti Basu·Wednesday, March 9, 2022·7 min
James MacDonald / Capital Daily
🏛️News
We round up the latest developments across the CRD
Capital Daily Staff·Sunday, March 6, 2022·3 min
Wyeth and Wesley have known one another now for 17 years. Photos: Submitted.
🤝News
Through Big Brothers Big Sisters Victoria, the pair say they’ve found a second family
Emily Fagan·Thursday, March 3, 2022·4 min
Morgan Maher is among the Lasquetians who have decided to get vaccinated despite their misgivings. Photos: Zoë Ducklow / Capital Daily
🩺Features
The island made headlines recently for its hardline anti-vax community, but there’s more to running a community than fighting over vaccines
Brishti Basu·Sunday, February 27, 2022·21 min
Lauren Roworth, a 12th grader at Lambrick Park Secondary School, has been fundraising for Wear2Start. Photo: Submitted
🤝News
The fundraiser passed its initial $5,000 goal within the first week
Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 24, 2022·3 min
Nick Pyenson, the Smithsonian Institution’s curator of fossil marine mammals, compares the skeletons of ancient whales to the life-sized model of a North Atlantic right whale displayed at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC.
🌲Features
An exposed prehistoric seafloor is a hotspot for ancient whale remains, and now an international team is helping unravel their mysteries
Devon Bidal·Friday, February 18, 2022·22 min
A new fence and security guard are now blocking the path between the two beaches. Photo: Jackie Lamport / Capital Daily
🏠News
The path between Taylor Beach and Weir Beach was taken for granted for decades—until new fencing and security guards appeared
Tori Marlan·Friday, February 18, 2022·5 min
Photos: Ariel Reyes Antuan / Submitted
🍽️Features
More than 90 burlap sack gardens and 1,500 kg of food have been distributed through their programs
Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 17, 2022·4 min
The house at 960 Foul Bay Road is proposed for redevelopment—but that move could actually decrease the neighbourhood's density, rather than increasing it. Photo: Jimmy Thomson / Capital Daily
🏠News
A development meant to help densify Oak Bay may do the opposite
Ryan Hook·Monday, February 14, 2022·14 min
The original power station on the Jordan River. Photo: Jolene Rudisuela / Capital Daily
🌲Features
Restoration efforts are slow going, but changes in industrial practice could help bring it back
Jolene Rudisuela·Sunday, February 13, 2022·17 min
Photo: Shoreline Medical (Submitted)
🩺Features
The practice has grown from five doctors to 25 in five years
Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 10, 2022·5 min
Pickleball players and tennis players have been squaring off on Mayne Island over use of the courts. Photo: Justine Apostolopoulos / Capital Daily
⛰️Features
How the struggle for control of a Gulf Island's racquet racket led to a local organized revolt
Ben Mussett·Monday, February 7, 2022·18 min
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