Catch up on Victoria.
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October 13, 2024
The world's best wildlife photo
was taken on the Island. Local football's big win. Campaign-office bomb threat. Dog survives deadly crash.
Read the edition →October 12, 2024
Local schools' student surge
Vic barber in US knife-throwing tourney. Great white shark washes up. See the aurora borealis. Busy long weekend ferries.
Read the edition →October 11, 2024
Lots of change for local ridings
Plus federal pharmacare bill big win for AccessBC
Read the edition →October 10, 2024
Underwater robot making maiden voyage near Island
Conservatives' leader Rustad changes overdose story
Read the edition →October 9, 2024
Rustad calls Victoria's downtown situation 'not normal'
Plus: Geez, didn't this Sidney marsh seem a bit bigger before?
Read the edition →October 8, 2024
Victoria dragon boaters are world champions
Fall food events this October, landslide victory for Langford-based national rugby team.
Read the edition →October 7, 2024
4 locals get Order of Canada
5 Public Market restaurants. A local in the "Super Bowl of sailing." Fire prevention week. Election registration day. Taxi leaves behind hospital patient
Read the edition →October 6, 2024
How rabbits are helping to fight cancer
10 local Thanksgiving meals. 2 developments in receivership. Elvis-loving senior makes 100+ sculptures.
Read the edition →October 5, 2024
Victoria-Beacon Hill candidates face off
Recycling construction waste. New slide for Commonwealth Pool.
Read the edition →October 4, 2024
Another entertainment venue bites the dust
And more disappointing news from the killer whale front
Read the edition →October 3, 2024
Chinatown Museum is here to stay
Hotel near YYJ on its way, a peculiar find on an Elk Lake trail.
Read the edition →October 2, 2024
First Nations' Truth and Reconciliation Day snub
Plus, the legislature may need up to $900M in repairs
Read the edition →October 1, 2024
"We wrap our relatives in love"
BC rejects local exemptions on housing density. Box of kittens found at Thetis Lake.
Read the edition →September 30, 2024
From a classroom to a stadium
Local Sept 30 events expand. Vic ocean companies win US awards. School funding crunch.
Read the edition →September 29, 2024
30 years by bike
"Tragic situation" shuts community. 7 local meal services. Kids not safe crossing street, parents say. Sports results.
Read the edition →September 28, 2024
We approach National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Vic city council considers how small a small apartment should be
Read the edition →September 27, 2024
Someone's stealing a Conservative candidate's election signs
And a photo emerges of a Colwood councillor in blackface
Read the edition →September 26, 2024
Victoria gets B grade in latest Vital Signs
Inquiry into 2019 death results in recommendations for Island Health, workplace death at Westshore construction site.
Read the edition →September 25, 2024
2 million bones for Vic's Humane Society
Plus, a primer for the Oct. 19 provincial election, and an incredible orca encounter
Read the edition →September 24, 2024
Victoria's best books 2024
Moose Hide Campaign receives $50K grant, blue-green algae advisory, upset over bike lanes.
Read the edition →September 23, 2024
35 Victorians get medals
Fall fire predictions. Local wins $1 million lottery.
Read the edition →September 22, 2024
BC election kicks off
New bus colours. Mistrial in Sooke shooting. Corroded electric cable in Gorge.
Read the edition →September 21, 2024
Province orders new safety plan for Victoria schools
BC streets may get noise cameras. Weekend events. Bear Mountain in receivership.
Read the edition →September 20, 2024
Canadian Medical Association in Victoria to apologize
Plus, the return of Muggins, the charity dog
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