Catch up on Victoria.
Missed a morning? Find the stories, events, and useful local intel from recent editions, newest first.
January 28, 2025
Island's tallest building proposed
Quadratic Sound says events won't return, climate activist deported, stolen drum goes home.
Read the edition →January 27, 2025
Beloved restaurant finally returns
Seabed can keep carbon: UVic study. Life-saving local transplants. Cookware company's sudden shutdown.
Read the edition →January 26, 2025
Islander who helped change Canadian Constitution dies at 80
Restaurant with a perfect 5-star rating. 2,000+ animals helped. No nom for Pam.
Read the edition →January 25, 2025
BC's class-action opioid lawsuit moves forward
Ferry terminal catches fire. Vic council disagrees on Crystal Pool referendum ads, BC residents feeling financially paralyzed, vegan-themed events today.
Read the edition →January 24, 2025
Vic protester faces deportation
Changes down at the dump and is stealth camping a thing?
Read the edition →January 23, 2025
Dine Around returns tomorrow
Local First Nations receive grants for education and community support, killer otter, hero dog.
Read the edition →January 22, 2025
Top Island issues for Eby's cabinet
BC Ferries to open new restaurant, community cooks soup for woman with cancer, weathered boat ramp reveals Songhees archeological site.
Read the edition →January 21, 2025
Climate activist may be victim of bureaucratic bungling
Planet parade on view and BC putting down fewer black bears
Read the edition →January 20, 2025
Will you challenge this 75km trail?
New ocean tech projects. A "planetary parade" above & underwater volcano below.
Read the edition →January 19, 2025
Victoria's best mocktails
Music fest ends. Murder trial resumes. Ambulance warning. Orca grief.
Read the edition →January 18, 2025
Music for memory loss
Orca mother still pushing dead calf. Gulf Islands fire displaces family. Rebates in jeopardy?
Read the edition →January 17, 2025
VicPD use-of-force numbers released
North Park residents continue their battle with the city; and the fire chief smells smoke
Read the edition →January 16, 2025
Goldstream conservation threatened by development
Dashcam footage sought in bizarre three-wheel truck chase, three injured in Sooke crash.
Read the edition →January 15, 2025
Langford has cops in the council; 1 person banned
Uptown to be the hub; and Christy Clark will not be prime minister
Read the edition →January 14, 2025
Police presence at Langford council meeting
BC camping reservations open up, Saanich physician assistants a first for BC
Read the edition →January 13, 2025
Wild cougar visits hot tub
1,000+ rescues. Royals undefeated. Excavator tips. Teachers defend school board.
Read the edition →January 12, 2025
Taking a cold plunge
Top restaurant openings of past year. 2024 on the 'Shore. Helping LA. Meet the goats. Garden theft.
Read the edition →January 11, 2025
School board at risk
Book bonanza at GVPL and VicPD overspends on protest coverage
Read the edition →January 10, 2025
BC firefighters to head to LA 'wasteland'
Crystal Pool poll a month away; BC Conservatives contest election results
Read the edition →January 9, 2025
Masks are back in BC health-care settings
Major factors affecting Victoria housing, record number of impaired drivers in Saanich last year, unlicenced Island midwife charged with manslaughter.
Read the edition →January 8, 2025
Sea sponge soaking up climate info
Our second story will make you hungry, Blanshard will make you late
Read the edition →January 7, 2025
Trudeau's legacy on Island and beyond
Could Bigfoot be living on the Island?
Read the edition →January 6, 2025
Sea lion out on highway again
Trudeau out? Otter surfer. A plan to attract doctors. Cyclist hit. Islander up for Golden Globe.
Read the edition →January 5, 2025
A week of fires
Island's first 2025 baby + BC's top baby names. Driver at large after 3-wheel getaway.
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