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Builders welcome CRD permit changes but question efficiency gains
Casey Edge of the Victoria Residential Builders Association thinks Kulmala hit the nail on the head when he said what really matters is how the new bylaw is carried out.
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Co-founder Craig Frew says he thinks he speaks for many parents when he says it’s difficult to put together a summer plan for their kids because there's no centralized place to compare the myriad options.
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Casey Edge of the Victoria Residential Builders Association thinks Kulmala hit the nail on the head when he said what really matters is how the new bylaw is carried out.
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The BC Greens are urging a boycott of The Jim Pattison Group over the company's potential real estate deal with ICE, concerning human rights and corporate accountability.
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Mayor Sid Tobias says councils have been left "without a meaningful role in shaping legislation" that alters their authority.
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Top restaurants will set three-course menus at deliciously low prices, delighting locals and visitors alike.
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Another funerary ritual of the Victorian era involved something, or someone, called a sin-eater who would be called in to spiritually cleanse a dead person’s soul, even at times using the expired body as a table.
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WSANEC hereditary chiefs have been calling on the DFO to place a moratorium on herring fishing in the Georgia Strait for over a year.
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Centurion recently filed an amendment to its civil claim, saying the city was negligent in its approval of the building’s occupancy licence and sale to the property company.
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A large mural is going up on the east-facing side of the Pacific House condo, and artist Liesl Petersen says three years after she applied to do the work, it’s finally close to being finished.
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Victoria’s Vital Signs is Greater Victoria’s annual report card on the health and vitality of the capital region—determining what’s working well and what needs more attention in all areas of life.
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As the Clayoquot protections reach a quarter-century, a new protest in the woods is aiming to achieve the same results.
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At 1Up, parents find more than a thrift store or a drop-in centre, they find connection.
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The report found notable shifts among Victoria's homeless community, including a rise in safety concerns around shelters and an increase of substance use.
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How the Indigenous-led non-profit QomQem is combining traditional and modern approaches to help people struggling with homelessness.
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The injunction was approved last Friday and could be enforced at any time.
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A local non-profit that provides support for people who have mental health illnesses
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Local leaders say if campers can’t get a reservation at a Tofino or Ucluelet campground, they should consider booking a hotel or motel or delaying their trip to the West Coast.
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A weekend getaway to Tofino this summer could cost the amount of a one-week all-inclusive trip to Mexico.
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South Island Indigenous Midwifery Service, or SIIMS, has shown its services reduced child apprehensions by the Ministry of Children and Family Development by around 70%.
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Victoria author-journalist Mark Leiren-Young remembers seeing Jaws as a kid in a movie theatre in Vancouver and being 'frigging terrified.' He wasn’t alone.
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Victoria Native Friendship Centre was told money would be set aside to double shelter capacity, but BC Housing says the application was filed wrong.
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With a little ingenuity, patience and problem solving, almost any destination is possible
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For years, Victoria struggled to enforce limits on non-compliant AirBnBs and other STRs. A new provincial push may change that
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South Island mayors, First Nation chiefs, and MLAs have said the bill could allow new projects to skip environmental and Indigenous consultations.
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