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Brush up your Salish: Expand your vocabulary with these Coastal First Nations terms
Get closer to your Vancouver Island home by learning the terms literally shaped by the Salish Sea
Capital Daily Staff·Wednesday, October 7, 2020·6 min
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“It’s only … in jail that he sees a doctor”: Parents of homeless Victorians speak
Even a dedicated support network cannot be enough to keep a severely mentally ill son off the streets
Anna J. James·Tuesday, October 6, 2020·5 min
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EXCLUSIVE: Unsealed police documents reveal previously unknown details about the death of Lindsay Buziak
Obtained in a court action by Capital Daily, the documents allow the most comprehensive picture yet of Buziak’s last days
Zander Sherman·Friday, October 2, 2020·15 min
Health
How a new rapid COVID-19 test could change everything
The return of tourism, care home visits and even music festivals could now be on the horizon
Harley Gordon·Thursday, October 1, 2020·5 min
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Inside Victoria’s newest tent city
With 112 tents and counting, park behind Crystal Pool becomes latest stop on merry-go-round of Victoria tent encampments
Anna J. James·Wednesday, September 30, 2020·3 min
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“I called 75 times”: Severe backups at testing call centre hinder Island’s COVID-19 response
While rapid testing was key to BC’s early success in fighting COVID-19, this has now given way to some of the longest wait times in the country
Tori Marlan·Monday, September 28, 2020·5 min
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COVID-19 cases are spiking again. Here’s why it's different this time.
The second wave of COVID-19 is shaping up to be way less deadly than the first
Harley Gordon·Sunday, September 27, 2020·6 min
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The one thing that could save Tofino
The Big One will kill 1,850 if it hits Tofino at the height of summer. The only thing that can stop it is getting ignored.
Daren Zomerman·Friday, September 25, 2020·10 min
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How to hold an election in the middle of a pandemic
For starters, you'll have to bring your own pencil
Capital Daily Staff·Wednesday, September 23, 2020·4 min
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Visualizing BC's "hidden" COVID-19 victims
Beyond its confirmed COVID-19 fatalities, since lockdowns began BC has seen several hundred more deaths than would be typical
Snejana Vorona·Sunday, September 20, 2020·3 min
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How a roadside zoo unleashed a lizard invasion on Victoria
Known as Rudy’s Pet Park, the 60s-era attraction was singularly responsible for the now-ubiquitous common wall lizards swarming the Capital Region
Omar Washington·Saturday, September 19, 2020·5 min
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Tired of the smoke? Blame bad forestry policy
Years of disrupting the forests' natural burn cycle has predictably yielded the apocalyptic firestorm now choking the West Coast with haze
Harley Gordon·Thursday, September 17, 2020·5 min
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Can you really just have a python live in your backpack?
Following up on the ball python who died in Victoria after repeatedly escaping from the bag of its apparently homeless owner.
Tori Marlan·Wednesday, September 16, 2020·4 min
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Haunting photos of Victoria under the smoke
This has not been a good year for Vancouver Islanders who like to breathe freely
James MacDonald·Tuesday, September 15, 2020·2 min
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What happened when the BC government started selling cannabis
Licensing delays, layoffs, shuttered businesses, raids.
Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin·Thursday, September 10, 2020·8 min
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PHOTOS: Inside the tenting community at Beacon Hill Park
We recently spent time in the park and spoke to campers.
Anna J. James·Monday, September 7, 2020·2 min
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Meet the Rig Diggers: Current and former addicts who collect used needles in Victoria
They usually find eight per shift. Last week they broke a record.
Anna J. James·Tuesday, September 1, 2020·5 min
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Why tent encampments, like music festivals, may not be legal at Beacon Hill Park
A lawsuit by the Friends of Beacon Hill Park is looking to sue the City of Victoria into evicting Beacon Hill Park's tent encampments
Thomas Guerrero·Sunday, August 30, 2020·6 min
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The human cost of COVID-19 lockdowns
Social distancing has saved thousands of lives, but it’s ruined thousands of others
Harley Gordon·Saturday, August 29, 2020·8 min
Features
The destructive conspiracy theory that Victoria unleashed upon the world
In the 1980s some of the world’s most powerful institutions were taken in by stories, begun in Victoria, of a global Satanic underground abducting and abusing thousands of children
Jen Gerson·Friday, August 28, 2020·25 min
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How a Victoria nonprofit obtained Canada's first medical exemption for magic mushrooms
Psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic" mushrooms, has been banned in Canada since 1974
Anna J. James·Wednesday, August 26, 2020·3 min
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GRAPHS: How crime has risen in downtown since the onset of COVID-19
While property crime is way up, other crimes are actually way down
Snejana Vorona·Wednesday, August 26, 2020·2 min
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GRAPHIC: How many BC could have lost to COVID-19
If BC had been hit like Quebec, 3,000 would be dead instead of 200
Snejana Vorona·Tuesday, August 18, 2020·3 min
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Should our waters have all these American yachts in them?
At any one time, there’s usually a boat or two in the Inside Passage flying the stars and stripes
Anna J. James·Monday, August 17, 2020·4 min