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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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Every story we’ve filed on Victoria and the South Island — newest first. 1,836 and counting.

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An Oak Bay redevelopment may actually decrease density

A development meant to help densify Oak Bay may do the opposite

Ryan Hook·Monday, February 14, 2022·14 min

🏛️Features

The Jordan River was once brimming with salmon, until three industries changed it forever

Restoration efforts are slow going, but changes in industrial practice could help bring it back

Jolene Rudisuela·Sunday, February 13, 2022·17 min

🏛️Features

How Saanich Peninsula's Shoreline Medical Society has been fighting the doctor shortage

The practice has grown from five doctors to 25 in five years

Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 10, 2022·5 min

🏛️Features

The pickleball coup

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

🏛️News

Fairy Creek lawyers asking BC court to throw out charges based on RCMP conduct

Lawyers to submit evidence of assault, unnecessary use of force, sexual harassment, intimidation and more in fight to have charges dropped

Katharine Lake Berz·Friday, February 4, 2022·9 min

🏛️Features

Oak Bay has 28,000 new residents: Bowker Creek’s chum salmon eggs

Meet the people leading the Bowker Creek Salmon resurgence

Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 3, 2022·5 min

🏛️Features

‘Mass disabling event’: advocates fear tsunami of long COVID patients as Omicron spreads unchecked

There are still a lot of unknowns about the post-viral syndrome, and COVID long haulers are struggling to find support

Brishti Basu·Tuesday, February 1, 2022·11 min

🏛️Explainer

Here’s what you need to know about Saanich’s plan for an Uptown core

The plan includes new density and transit options, and a reimagining of Oak Street

Martin Bauman·Monday, January 31, 2022·5 min

🏛️Features

It takes a village to build a village: prototype Conestoga hut created to model new option for safe sheltering in Victoria

Community members look to ‘start a conversation’ about the need for more emergency shelters

Emily Fagan·Thursday, January 27, 2022·5 min

🏛️News

Fairy Creek injunction is back in place by order of the BC appeal court

The original injunction expired in October, but a temporary injunction has been active since

Zoë Ducklow·Wednesday, January 26, 2022·6 min

🏛️Features

The Littles’ last stand: how a modest farm stand got a couple into a neighbourhood jam

Katherine and James Little fought the bylaw, and they won

Isa Perkins·Tuesday, January 25, 2022·10 min

🏛️News

ElderDog Victoria helps seniors keep their canine companions

The Victoria pawd, currently 100-strong, is looking to expand

Emily Fagan·Thursday, January 20, 2022·3 min

🏛️News

Real estate crowd investment comes to the CRD

Investors can chip in as little as $1 to be part of a house purchase in Sooke. But what will it mean for superheated local real estate markets?

Zoë Ducklow & Jimmy Thomson·Monday, January 17, 2022·5 min

🏛️Arts

Victoria author Wendy Proverbs's tween book captures the pain of distance in the Sixties Scoop

Aggie and Mudgy brings an accessible, unconventional lens to local Indigenous author’s family history

Emily Fagan·Thursday, January 13, 2022·4 min

🏛️Features

What happened to Poole’s Land?

An eco-village and hippie commune awaits its next chapter

Martin Bauman·Wednesday, January 12, 2022·14 min

🏛️News

Omicron is upending Vancouver Island hospitals and schools

Health workers say they’re stretched past the breaking point, while teachers feel their concerns are ignored

Brishti Basu·Sunday, January 9, 2022·13 min

🏛️News

‘Moving Day’ film about former Beacon Hill Park residents to premiere to sold-out crowd

A year in the making, the Existence Project’s film shows an intimate look at the end of 24/7 sheltering

Emily Fagan·Friday, January 7, 2022·4 min

🏛️News

Alleles Design Studio prosthetics fuse fashion with function

A Victoria couple is refashioning the prosthetic design industry

Brishti Basu & Arrthy Thayaparan·Thursday, January 6, 2022·12 min

🏛️News

Capital Daily readers help raise more than $170,000 for Victoria’s neediest families

The Capital Daily Holiday Donation Drive surpassed its original goal of $150,000, raising more than $170,000 for local families in need, as part of our collaboration with the United Way Southern Vancouver Island to benefit Neighbourhood Houses in Greater Victoria

Capital Daily Staff·Friday, December 31, 2021·2 min

🏛️News

In Pictures: 2021 in Victoria

How Capital Daily saw Victoria this year, from Fairy Creek to abandoned boats to the heat dome

James MacDonald·Thursday, December 30, 2021·11 min

🏛️News

As cold weather persists, Victoria shelters are understaffed

Activists and community groups are filling in gaps where government shelters fall short

Ryan Hook·Wednesday, December 29, 2021·6 min

🏛️News

Victoria healthcare workers brace for Omicron’s impact on nearly full hospitals

Island Health is pleading with workers to take extra shifts, while some doctors and nurses say the province isn’t following the science on staff protection

Brishti Basu·Wednesday, December 22, 2021·10 min

🏛️News

An effort to preserve a tiny Vic West street reveals a city’s ongoing dilemma

Can Victoria protect its heritage and be affordable?

Martin Bauman·Tuesday, December 21, 2021·7 min

🏛️News

Vancouver Island is awash with Omicron. What are authorities doing to slow it?

Data from other jurisdictions show the Island is in for a rough month to come, but authorities are still denying basic facts about the virus

Brishti Basu·Sunday, December 19, 2021·16 min
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