Catch up on Victoria.
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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
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.
Read the edition →January 4, 2025
South Island's most expensive homes
UVic's new health tool for drinking, toddler waits 14 hours for care, YYJ parking prices double.
Read the edition →January 3, 2025
Orca mom loses another calf
Plus, our top 5 stories of 2024, a stranded corgi, and the new home-flipping tax
Read the edition →December 23, 2024
Your holiday wishes answered
The best light-up displays. Events this week. Xmas on a ship. New orca baby.
Read the edition →December 22, 2024
The best restaurants in Victoria
Grinch stolen. Oak Bay on BC's naughty list. Holiday weather. Celeb dog & Stick of the Year.
Read the edition →December 21, 2024
BC gets a new LG
BC Ferries rescues another boater. Fake nurse sentenced. Coroner scrutinized over local teen's death
Read the edition →December 20, 2024
UVic prof honoured with Order of Canada
FortisBC on gas push, VicPD arrest 42 people, recover $10K stolen merchandise, and more
Read the edition →December 19, 2024
Islanders smoke and drink more than the rest of BC
Yuletide ride is back in Centennial Square, Central Saanich officer dies by suicide after his arrest, more vessels for BC Ferries.
Read the edition →December 18, 2024
Outreach groups say 13 unhoused people recently died
2 Central Saanich police officers charged with sexual assault
Read the edition →December 17, 2024
Saying goodbye to 'John from Langford'
Victoria's Chelsea Green: US wrestling champion, and Terry Fox on the $5 bill
Read the edition →December 16, 2024
Mail resumes tomorrow
Mars bomber abandons final flight (again). Neighbours are slowly stealing cat, Saanich family claims. Xmas tree salesman elected.
Read the edition →December 15, 2024
Massage worker guilty on 5 counts
Orca in harbour. Wild winds. Raccoon study. Holiday events today.
Read the edition →December 14, 2024
Heading to the polls about the pool
BC NDP & Greens sign deal. Saanich kid "will be back"...with a Schwarzenegger-style donation.
Read the edition →December 13, 2024
Victoria company looks to stir up its industry
It's Friday the 13th
Read the edition →December 12, 2024
Fewer toxic drug deaths, but still far too many
VIU chemists working to make boats less toxic to fish, seniors advocate says BC failing its oldest residents.
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