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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 1,259 · Tuesday, June 30, 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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🏛️News

Racism is a Victoria problem: report

Seventy per cent of respondents reported feeling 'isolated, lonely and unsafe in Victoria' as a direct result of racism

Brishti Basu·Friday, May 21, 2021·10 min

🏛️News

New recovery centre empowers youth at risk of homelessness with harm reduction and life skills

Threshold Housing Society takes unique approach to addictions treatment offered nowhere else on Vancouver Island

Emily Fagan·Thursday, May 20, 2021·4 min

🏛️News

'Autonomy of choice': as vaccines arrive, will remote work continue into the future?

Some found solace through working from home, but KWENCH’s success demonstrates the need for human connection

Josh Kozelj·Wednesday, May 19, 2021·6 min

🏛️Environment

What the Caycuse blockade looks like on the ground as RCMP begin arrests

Seven protesters were arrested on Tuesday as RCMP begin to enforce an injunction to clear the way for logging companies

Emily Vance·Tuesday, May 18, 2021·7 min

🏛️News

How Victoria could flip the script on density

How to make space

Jimmy Thomson·Tuesday, May 18, 2021·17 min

🏛️News

Province co-ordinated with Pacheedaht over Fairy Creek statement, according to emails

Emails obtained by Capital Daily detail co-ordination. At the time, the province denied working with the First Nation

Jimmy Thomson·Monday, May 17, 2021·5 min

🏛️News

Andy Charles, the Scia’new First Nation man with nine lives

60-year-old shares how he’s found a new life after traumatic brain injury

Aaron Guillen·Monday, May 17, 2021·7 min

🏛️Business

Pagliacci’s has held the keys to sustaining a local family business for 42 years

From Howie Siegel to his son, Solomon, Pagliacci’s has warmed the hearts of Victorians across generations

Josh Kozelj·Friday, May 14, 2021·9 min

🏛️Sports

Vancouver Island's Olympic athletes, in photos

We checked in with the athletes who live, work, and train on the Island as they prepare for the upcoming games

James MacDonald·Thursday, May 13, 2021·13 min

🏛️News

Decades-long restoration project helps Oak Bay footpath get back to its roots

Friends of the Brighton Walkway have turned a space once used to dump refuse into a haven for native plants

Emily Fagan·Thursday, May 13, 2021·4 min

🏛️News

Metalhead Software acquisition bears out South Island tech scene dream

What global video game leader EA SPORTS’s interest in Victoria says about the region’s sector

Josh Kozelj·Tuesday, May 11, 2021·6 min

🏛️Environment

‘Too close to home’: bats across the Island face a looming threat that has devastated bats elsewhere

A deadly fungal disease has been identified just 100km away from the Island

Aaron Guillen·Monday, May 10, 2021·8 min

🏛️News

Newly net-zero home in Oaklands has a little footprint but a big impact

Homeowner, entrepreneur, and City of Victoria Climate Champion Wendy Littlefield hopes to inspire her local and global neighbours

Kiley Verbowski·Monday, May 10, 2021·8 min

🏛️News

UPDATED: What the leaked COVID-19 report tells us about Vancouver Island

Data transparency has been top-of-mind for independent researchers, who say even after the report was leaked they have no access to raw data

Brishti Basu·Sunday, May 9, 2021·7 min

🏛️News

What CMHC’s first-time homebuyers’ incentive extension amounts to in Victoria

For people trying to get into the runaway housing market? Not much. But for housing prices? Also not much

Leo Spalteholz·Sunday, May 9, 2021·4 min

🏛️News

How Fernwood Coffee Company overcame the pitfalls of coffee culture to become a Victoria staple

The business is a roastery, cafe, and popular neighbourhood stop all into one

Josh Kozelj·Thursday, May 6, 2021·7 min

🏛️News

Choir by wire: local singing ensembles evolve to share in song in spite of pandemic

Singing groups find community, support through virtual rehearsals and online forum

Emily Fagan·Thursday, May 6, 2021·5 min

🏛️News

Supportive housing at Mount Edwards has not destroyed its neighbourhood, four years later

As plans are implemented across the CRD to house people, can the integration of Mount Edwards be used as a template?

Josh Kozelj·Wednesday, May 5, 2021·14 min

🏛️Features

The International Role of Canada’s Pacific Fleet

From seizing narcotics to providing intelligence, the Royal Canadian Navy works with dozens of nations worldwide to support a rules-based international order

Emily Vance·Tuesday, May 4, 2021·8 min

🏛️News

How the Pacific Fleet secures Canada's waters, borders, and business

From forest fires to drug smuggling to zebra mussels: if it threatens domestic security, the Royal Canadian Navy is on the lookout

Emily Vance·Tuesday, May 4, 2021·9 min

🏛️Features

More people go missing in BC than anywhere else in Canada. No one knows why

Police don’t track missing-persons cases by race, but on Red Dress Day, a Vancouver Island Indigenous leader says that’s not acceptable

Jolene Rudisuela·Tuesday, May 4, 2021·15 min

🏛️News

Video shows confrontation at Fairy Creek blockades, signalling an escalation as first charges laid

In a video shared by the Rainforest Flying Squad, a group of 10 loggers confronts a group of blockaders. It wasn't the first or only such confrontation as the blockade continues

Harley Gordon & Jimmy Thomson·Tuesday, May 4, 2021·5 min

🏛️Health

‘We may have averted disaster’: Island COVID-19 cases decline but healthcare staff feeling the pressure

Hospitalizations haven't fallen yet as daily cases have, and healthcare workers are exhausted

Brishti Basu·Monday, May 3, 2021·8 min

🏛️Sports

West Shore rugby players take stand against toxic high-performance culture at Rugby Canada

Athletes decry culture of 'anxiety, depression, racism, eating disorders, low self-worth, [and] mental illness'

Nina Grossman·Monday, May 3, 2021·4 min
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