Environment
Victoria's Birds Are Disappearing. Here's Why.
The barn owl and the skylark were among the bird species notably missing from this year's Christmas bird count
Jamie Sarkonak·Monday, December 30, 2019·9 min
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The Christmas Eve Murder That Shocked 19th Century Victoria
A man was gunned down in cold blood outside a Christmas Eve mass, in what police suspected was a botched assassination
Tristin Hopper·Monday, December 23, 2019·6 min
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How to Bring Down Vancouver Island Gas Prices
Right now, a litre of Victoria gas is $1.32 to Edmonton’s $0.82
Ian King·Wednesday, December 18, 2019·9 min
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The Rejected Plan to Build a Bypass Around the Malahat
New report, swiftly rejected by province, lays out how drivers would be able to avoid the treacherous mountain highway
Capital Daily Staff·Monday, December 16, 2019·5 min
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How Harbour Air Beat Everyone Else to the Electric Aviation Revolution
Electric planes work for Victoria and Vancouver in a way that they just don't anywhere else
Capital Daily Staff·Tuesday, December 10, 2019·6 min
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Why Vancouver Island will never get a bridge to the Mainland
Giving 500,000 people a more convenient ride to Vancouver would be the single most daunting engineering project in Canadian history
Tristin Hopper·Thursday, December 5, 2019·9 min
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B.C. Ferries Aren't As Expensive As You Think
We compared them to car ferries around the world, and everyone from Brits to Italians are paying more
Capital Daily Staff·Monday, December 2, 2019·4 min
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Victoria’s Cruise Ship Conundrum
As it positions itself as one of Canada’s greenest cities, Victoria has simultaneously been boosting an industry condemned around the world for its pollution
Capital Daily Staff·Sunday, December 1, 2019·12 min
Housing
Here's How Unaffordable Victoria Really Is
There are fewer Millennials owning homes in Victoria than even Toronto or Vancouver
Leo Spalteholz·Thursday, November 28, 2019·5 min
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What Victoria’s Megaprojects Will Cost in Interest
Servicing the debt for the Johnson Street Bridge and the Wastewater Treatment Plant will ultimately cost more than $50 million
Capital Daily Staff·Tuesday, November 26, 2019·3 min
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Scandal-Plagued Prince Andrew Still Retains Two Vancouver Island Ceremonial Titles
Non-profits around the world are rejecting the Duke of York's patronage amid renewed scrutiny over Andrew's ties to convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein
Tristin Hopper·Sunday, November 24, 2019·3 min
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Had the Nazis Won, This Was the Canadian Childhood Planned for Queen Elizabeth II
There is good reason to believe that the current site of Royal Roads University once stood ready to accept a refugee King George VI and his family
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa·Thursday, November 21, 2019·9 min
Politics
Why Canada Doesn't Allow Private Healthcare
As a B.C. lawsuit to legalize private healthcare wraps up this week, we review how it got this way
Tristin Hopper·Wednesday, November 20, 2019·6 min
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Why Amsterdam Might Be a Horrible Model for Building a Carbon-Free City
Yes, Amsterdammers cycle everywhere, but they also live in a flat, dense, comparatively affordable city (that’s wracked with bike theft)
Thomas Guerrero·Tuesday, November 19, 2019·6 min
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Victoria City Council's Proposed 55 Per Cent Pay Raise Is Wildly Out of Step with Similar Cities
On almost every metric, it's hard to find any council in Canada proposing to pay itself as much
Capital Daily Staff·Sunday, November 17, 2019·4 min
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The Most Surreal Pictures in the Victorian World
Hannah Maynard wasn't just one of the only female photographers in the British Empire. She did things with film that European masters could only dream of.
Tristin Hopper·Thursday, November 14, 2019·5 min
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What Climate Change Is Expected to do to Victoria
As Victoria pursues plans to sue for the damage of climate change, we probed what those damages would be
Caitlin Stall-Paquet·Tuesday, November 12, 2019·5 min
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Carbon Dioxide into Stone: UVic’s Revolutionary Plan to Reverse Climate Change
B.C.-led team to pioneer technology to suck greenhouse gases from the air and entomb them deep under the ocean
Tristin Hopper·Monday, November 4, 2019·4 min
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What If the Sludge Pipeline Breaks?
Victoria’s 19-kilometre pressurized sewage sludge pipeline is designed not to rupture, but that doesn’t mean it’s not impossible
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa·Sunday, November 3, 2019·6 min
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Fight the Deer, or Make Peace?
Four years after a community declared war on deer, the deer are winning
Jolene Rudisuela·Sunday, November 3, 2019·10 min
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Canada’s Jack the Ripper
Victoria in 1899 was no stranger to killing, but this was a new and horrifying kind of murder
Tristin Hopper·Wednesday, October 30, 2019·10 min
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The Bizarre Tale of How John A. Macdonald Got Elected Victoria MP
As Canada goes to the polls today, The Capital revisits what still stands as the weirdest federal election result Victoria has ever delivered
Tristin Hopper·Thursday, October 24, 2019·6 min
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How Victoria Became One of Canada’s Most Dangerous Places to Be a Bird
Sanctioned colonies of feral cats are all over Greater Victoria, and the effect on songbirds has been disastrous
Jamie Sarkonak·Wednesday, October 23, 2019·9 min
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The Plan to Get Greta Thunberg to Victoria without Fossil Fuels
It’s a Jacob’s Ladder of sail, rowboats, bicycles and electric cars, but the offer stands
Tristin Hopper·Wednesday, October 23, 2019·5 min