Newsletter archive

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.

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January 27, 2025

Beloved restaurant finally returns

Seabed can keep carbon: UVic study. Life-saving local transplants. Cookware company's sudden shutdown.

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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.

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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.

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January 24, 2025

Vic protester faces deportation

Changes down at the dump and is stealth camping a thing?

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January 23, 2025

Dine Around returns tomorrow

Local First Nations receive grants for education and community support, killer otter, hero dog.

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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.

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January 21, 2025

Climate activist may be victim of bureaucratic bungling

Planet parade on view and BC putting down fewer black bears

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January 20, 2025

Will you challenge this 75km trail?

New ocean tech projects. A "planetary parade" above & underwater volcano below.

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January 19, 2025

Victoria's best mocktails

Music fest ends. Murder trial resumes. Ambulance warning. Orca grief.

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January 18, 2025

Music for memory loss

Orca mother still pushing dead calf. Gulf Islands fire displaces family. Rebates in jeopardy?

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January 17, 2025

VicPD use-of-force numbers released

North Park residents continue their battle with the city; and the fire chief smells smoke

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January 16, 2025

Goldstream conservation threatened by development

Dashcam footage sought in bizarre three-wheel truck chase, three injured in Sooke crash.

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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

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January 14, 2025

Police presence at Langford council meeting

BC camping reservations open up, Saanich physician assistants a first for BC

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January 13, 2025

Wild cougar visits hot tub

1,000+ rescues. Royals undefeated. Excavator tips. Teachers defend school board.

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January 12, 2025

Taking a cold plunge

Top restaurant openings of past year. 2024 on the 'Shore. Helping LA. Meet the goats. Garden theft.

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January 11, 2025

School board at risk

Book bonanza at GVPL and VicPD overspends on protest coverage

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January 10, 2025

BC firefighters to head to LA 'wasteland'

Crystal Pool poll a month away; BC Conservatives contest election results

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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.

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January 8, 2025

Sea sponge soaking up climate info

Our second story will make you hungry, Blanshard will make you late

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January 7, 2025

Trudeau's legacy on Island and beyond

Could Bigfoot be living on the Island?

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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.

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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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