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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.
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🏛️News

Play isn’t just chronicled but celebrated at the National Toy Museum of Canada

For the past 17 years, B. Woodward has run a shop and museum featuring toys and pop culture memorabilia old and new

Jamie Christensen·Saturday, February 13, 2021·6 min

🏛️News

Rape allegations connected to a popular bar lead to a reckoning for Victoria’s restaurant culture

Workers say sexual harassment and assault are endemic among the city’s bars and restaurants—and that their managers know it’s happening

Tori Marlan, Brishti Basu & Jimmy Thomson·Thursday, February 11, 2021·13 min

🏛️News

More Victorians than ever want pets during the pandemic, and shelters are emptying

Owners seeking solace and companionship in animals have adopted record numbers of pets

Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 11, 2021·3 min

🏛️News

Letters to the editor: Clover Point

Readers weigh in on the pros and cons of replacing Clover Point parking with a park

Capital Daily readers·Wednesday, February 10, 2021·4 min

🏛️Health

The Victoria physicist predicting the future of the pandemic

Dr. Dean Karlen has thus far accurately predicted which way the pandemic will go. We talked to him about how he's done it and what he expects now

Brishti Basu·Tuesday, February 9, 2021·7 min

🏛️News

Some First Nations in BC will now get COVID-19 case data from nearby communities

The First Nations that will get data include 14 Nations on Vancouver Island. The agreement, however, is highly restrictive

Brishti Basu·Monday, February 8, 2021·4 min

🏛️News

Letters to the Editor, Feb. 8

A selection of letters we received this week, on forestry and development

Capital Daily readers·Sunday, February 7, 2021·3 min

🏛️Housing

Victoria Airbnbs are disappearing through the pandemic, returning rentals to the market

How the pandemic did what regulators couldn’t, and how that’s played out in the rental market

Leo Spalteholz·Friday, February 5, 2021·6 min

🏛️News

Neighbourhood house empowers thousands of local youth with crucial life skills

Quadra Village Community Centre prepares youth in one of Victoria’s most financially hard-hit neighbourhoods with employment and leadership skills they need to succeed in adulthood

Emily Fagan·Thursday, February 4, 2021·5 min

🏛️News

International puppetry star Ingrid Hansen delighting distanced Victorians

Epidermis Circus premiered last month in the backyard of Phillips Brewery for a drive-in audience

Kiley Verbowski·Wednesday, February 3, 2021·6 min

🏛️News

'Excited and relieved': Victoria safe supply project receives federal funding for 3 more years

The program has reported improved physical and mental health among participants

Brishti Basu·Tuesday, February 2, 2021·9 min

🏛️News

Letters to the Editor, Feb. 1

A selection of letters we received this week, on pollution, policing, and crime

Capital Daily readers·Sunday, January 31, 2021·3 min

🏛️News

Logging change: old-growth harvesting has deep roots on Vancouver Island, but how long can it last?

Logging-dependent communities are facing an existential threat from what conservationists and First Nations say is an overdue change to forestry practices

Andrew Findlay·Saturday, January 30, 2021·14 min

🏛️Food

Victoria’s best restaurants (according to Victorians)

Capital Daily and Tasting Victoria readers chose the city's best views, vegan food, happy hour, winter patio, coffee shop, and more

Jolene Rudisuela·Friday, January 29, 2021·3 min

🏛️News

‘Food security is family security’ — how one Neighbourhood House has delivered thousands of meals in Victoria

The Oakland Community Association has provided more than 3,000 food hampers to families in Victoria since the start of the pandemic

Emily Fagan·Wednesday, January 27, 2021·5 min

🏛️News

Shelter spaces at Victoria arena won’t be ready for move-in until after coldest months

The measure has been lauded by politicians and some advocacy groups, but others say it’s too little, too late

Brishti Basu·Wednesday, January 27, 2021·5 min

🏛️Politics

Vancouver Island's COVID spring, explained

BC is seeing vaccine delays and a high case plateau. On Vancouver Island, worrying trends are emerging

Brishti Basu & Harley Gordon·Tuesday, January 26, 2021·8 min

🏛️News

In ageing Oak Bay, renters still live in a grey area

But behind the "tweed curtain", attitudes are starting to change toward renters, who just a decade ago were perceived as a threat to the staid municipality

Omar Washington·Tuesday, January 26, 2021·7 min

🏛️News

The abandoned boats washing up on Victoria's shores, in pictures

The Dead Boats Disposal Society has spent decades pulling the wrecks out of the water and off the beaches in Victoria

James MacDonald·Thursday, January 21, 2021·4 min

🏛️News

Victoria's amalgamation frustration: why there are still 13 municipalities in BC's capital

The absurdities of the Capital Regional District's municipal patchwork are real—but so are the arguments for decentralized power

Daren Zomerman·Monday, January 18, 2021·20 min

🏛️News

Vancouver Island tourism industry defends fall snowbird ads, attacks proposed travel ban

Border closures and a search for warmer temperatures brought snowbirds flocking to the Island. But have travellers contributed to a surge in COVID-19?

Brishti Basu·Friday, January 15, 2021·8 min

🏛️Health

You asked, he answered: our reader-driven Q&A with Richard Stanwick

Vancouver Island's top doctor answers questions drawn up in consultation with Capital Daily readers

Brishti Basu·Wednesday, January 13, 2021·9 min

🏛️News

What we know (and don’t) about how COVID-19 affects racial minorities on Vancouver Island

Experts say collecting race-based data could help drive better public health decisions, but that isn't happening

Brishti Basu·Saturday, January 9, 2021·12 min

🏛️News

Victoria band Carmanah is driving out the pandemic lull with an innovative project

Converting a 1972 bus to a veggie oil and solar powered touring machine has kept two members busy during a slow time for most musicians

Omar Washington·Monday, January 4, 2021·6 min
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