Catch up on Victoria.
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March 12, 2024
Possible short-term reprieve for short-term rentals
Plus, taxes are going up no matter where you live in the CRD
Read the edition →March 11, 2024
More signs of summer drought
School bus fees on the way? UVic teams finish top 10 in Canada
Read the edition →March 10, 2024
Time change still hasn't changed
Unique brunches to try in town. Heartbreak on the hardwood. More wild weather. Sunday events.
Read the edition →March 9, 2024
CRD's ambitious $2 billion water plan
Saanich looks into 'noise cameras.' Rat bites woman. Big cigarette bust. Royals reach playoffs.
Read the edition →March 8, 2024
Director calls cut on decision to cancel play
Plus: BC Transit loses two years on 2040 e-bus timetable
Read the edition →March 7, 2024
Residential school play pulled mid-run in Fernwood
Plus: International Women's Day Events, more ferry sailings, downtown Salvation Army closes
Read the edition →March 6, 2024
City bike lanes may become a little busier
Plus: Langford councillors concerned about where the money's going to come from
Read the edition →March 5, 2024
Project climate-proofing Island rivers gets UN nod
Plus: New Island Health cancer treatments, gulls flock to spawning herring
Read the edition →March 4, 2024
The streetcars of Victoria
Intercity bus returns. New pinball pizzeria. Snowfall on Island. Sooke downtown densifies.
Read the edition →March 3, 2024
Can you hear the ocean?
Ships, shoes, & spirits. Senior saved from fire. Black history. Awards for local distilleries.
Read the edition →March 2, 2024
Toxic drug deaths still BC’s leading cause of unnatural death
Victoria honours its best in sports. Severed porpoise tail on Dallas. Another fatal crash.
Read the edition →March 1, 2024
Questions abound after another child dies in BC foster care
Plus, 2 dead in separate tragedies on area roadways
Read the edition →February 29, 2024
Protesters shut down Lockheed Martin in Esquimalt
Plus: CRD water plan criticized, orcas hunt for sea lions near Qualicum
Read the edition →February 28, 2024
For HarbourCats, it's a field of bad dreams
Plus, VicPD chief says gangs are recruiting near schools
Read the edition →February 27, 2024
Esquimalt considers new policing options
Plus: Wayde Compton on BC and Island Black writers, famous elk dies, Camosun hosts volleyball champs
Read the edition →February 26, 2024
Back to back to back champions
UVic's 3-peat. Where to get afternoon tea. “Wet flurries” today. Locals bear witness to war's effects
Read the edition →February 25, 2024
'Tiny Town' returns to RAP
Plus Air travellers lose Lynx
Read the edition →February 24, 2024
Victoria ramps up zero-waste initiatives
Plus: Sidney's new bike repair kits, UVic womens basketball make semifinals
Read the edition →February 23, 2024
Provincial budget projects record $7.9B deficit
Plus, Saanich surveys for safer streets
Read the edition →February 22, 2024
Rifflandia finds new home
Plus: Victoria's long walk-in wait times, orca visits Ogden Point, hitchhiking chicken
Read the edition →February 21, 2024
Province puts housing first in throne speech
Plus, Tom Moore opens up another delicious eating option
Read the edition →February 20, 2024
Can Island wine salvage BC's season?
Plus, Salt Spring's first schoolteacher, ferry footage on a billion computers, K-OS in town, and more
Read the edition →February 19, 2024
The stories of Island families
City budget updates. Formal police complaint. Missing person search. Octopus babies.
Read the edition →February 18, 2024
Breaking up the winter with Family Day
Plus, Oak Bay to redo its sewer system and Vic rental scammer gets jailtime
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