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Catch up on Victoria.

Missed a morning? Find the stories, events, and useful local intel from recent editions, newest first.

October 23, 2024

UVic takes aim at coffee cups

Plus, Sonia Furstenau remains Green and Jordan Peterson is incoming

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October 22, 2024

The Great Esquimalt Baker

What's going on with BC's election count? Suspicious man arrested at Central Middle School yesterday. Search continues for driver in Bamfield road washout.

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October 21, 2024

Local recount can decide BC election

Taxi driver killed in downtown crash. Food under $10. New BC area code. Storm closes Hwy 14.

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October 20, 2024

🗳 Oct 20 - And the election winner is...

still not settled. But one local result could decide BC's fate. Plus: Wild weather, & local sports teams' last stands.

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October 19, 2024

It's voting day in BC

Atmospheric river set to drench the Island. New rental project in Turner Building moves forward with Vic council.

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October 18, 2024

One last pre-election primer for your perusal

Plus, could we get a floating museum in the Inner Harbour?

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October 17, 2024

A Million Acts of Love

More promises from CRD candidates as election approaches. Thousands of BC species at risk.

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October 16, 2024

Promises made and to be voted on

Plus Kudos for UVic, named No. 2 in Canada

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October 15, 2024

Massage assaults trial begins

8 cafes to try this fall. Antarctic research. Advance voting continues. Whale up close. Movies on the Island.

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October 14, 2024

Your best aurora photos

Trail season ends. Schools grow fastest in BC. Election projections for Island ridings. Family stories. Runners' successes.

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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.

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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.

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October 11, 2024

Lots of change for local ridings

Plus federal pharmacare bill big win for AccessBC

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October 10, 2024

Underwater robot making maiden voyage near Island

Conservatives' leader Rustad changes overdose story

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October 9, 2024

Rustad calls Victoria's downtown situation 'not normal'

Plus: Geez, didn't this Sidney marsh seem a bit bigger before?

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October 8, 2024

Victoria dragon boaters are world champions

Fall food events this October, landslide victory for Langford-based national rugby team.

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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

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October 6, 2024

How rabbits are helping to fight cancer

10 local Thanksgiving meals. 2 developments in receivership. Elvis-loving senior makes 100+ sculptures.

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October 5, 2024

Victoria-Beacon Hill candidates face off

Recycling construction waste. New slide for Commonwealth Pool.

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October 4, 2024

Another entertainment venue bites the dust

And more disappointing news from the killer whale front

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October 3, 2024

Chinatown Museum is here to stay

Hotel near YYJ on its way, a peculiar find on an Elk Lake trail.

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October 2, 2024

First Nations' Truth and Reconciliation Day snub

Plus, the legislature may need up to $900M in repairs

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October 1, 2024

"We wrap our relatives in love"

BC rejects local exemptions on housing density. Box of kittens found at Thetis Lake.

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September 30, 2024

From a classroom to a stadium

Local Sept 30 events expand. Vic ocean companies win US awards. School funding crunch.

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