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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

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March 11, 2024

More signs of summer drought

School bus fees on the way? UVic teams finish top 10 in Canada

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March 10, 2024

Time change still hasn't changed

Unique brunches to try in town. Heartbreak on the hardwood. More wild weather. Sunday events.

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March 9, 2024

CRD's ambitious $2 billion water plan

Saanich looks into 'noise cameras.' Rat bites woman. Big cigarette bust. Royals reach playoffs.

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March 8, 2024

Director calls cut on decision to cancel play

Plus: BC Transit loses two years on 2040 e-bus timetable

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March 7, 2024

Residential school play pulled mid-run in Fernwood

Plus: International Women's Day Events, more ferry sailings, downtown Salvation Army closes

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March 6, 2024

City bike lanes may become a little busier

Plus: Langford councillors concerned about where the money's going to come from

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March 5, 2024

Project climate-proofing Island rivers gets UN nod

Plus: New Island Health cancer treatments, gulls flock to spawning herring

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March 4, 2024

The streetcars of Victoria

Intercity bus returns. New pinball pizzeria. Snowfall on Island. Sooke downtown densifies.

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March 3, 2024

Can you hear the ocean?

Ships, shoes, & spirits. Senior saved from fire. Black history. Awards for local distilleries.

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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.

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March 1, 2024

Questions abound after another child dies in BC foster care

Plus, 2 dead in separate tragedies on area roadways

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February 29, 2024

Protesters shut down Lockheed Martin in Esquimalt

Plus: CRD water plan criticized, orcas hunt for sea lions near Qualicum

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February 28, 2024

For HarbourCats, it's a field of bad dreams

Plus, VicPD chief says gangs are recruiting near schools

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February 27, 2024

Esquimalt considers new policing options

Plus: Wayde Compton on BC and Island Black writers, famous elk dies, Camosun hosts volleyball champs

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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

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February 25, 2024

'Tiny Town' returns to RAP

Plus Air travellers lose Lynx

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February 24, 2024

Victoria ramps up zero-waste initiatives

Plus: Sidney's new bike repair kits, UVic womens basketball make semifinals

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February 23, 2024

Provincial budget projects record $7.9B deficit

Plus, Saanich surveys for safer streets

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February 22, 2024

Rifflandia finds new home

Plus: Victoria's long walk-in wait times, orca visits Ogden Point, hitchhiking chicken

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February 21, 2024

Province puts housing first in throne speech

Plus, Tom Moore opens up another delicious eating option

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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

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February 19, 2024

The stories of Island families

City budget updates. Formal police complaint. Missing person search. Octopus babies.

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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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