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Catch up on Victoria.

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

February 17, 2024

No snow, but there is a winter festival this long weekend

Plus, middle school rainbow crosswalk vandalized

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February 16, 2024

Saanich going after Big Oil

Plus, VicPD drug bust busted, and some sad Vic radio news

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February 15, 2024

Langford councillor harassed at home

Plus: Random Acts of Kindness Week, Victoria condo fire, missing Central Saanich woman

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February 14, 2024

Amalgamation process set for Victoria and Saanich

Plus we share our readers' love stories, and mass firings at YYJ

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February 13, 2024

Colwood gets new art centre

Valentine's date ideas, Royals' comeback slowed, photography exhibit coming to RBCM

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February 12, 2024

Innovations from local women

Clean air, solar energy, & more. Complex project caught in limbo. More senior women losing homes. Island's Super Bowl actor.

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February 11, 2024

Suspicious fires, past & present

Where to see Super Bowl. Island named BC's most resilient. Bad ski season. Blonde raccoon. Sunday events.

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February 10, 2024

MAID may be to die for but it's still not for everyone

Vic unemployment numbers. Bonnie booers protest VFF doc. Dinner deals' final days. "Floatel" visits Island

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February 9, 2024

Island bird wins in its day in court

Plus, it's an Island health-care first, and Vic man sues wife

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February 8, 2024

Lunar New Year in Victoria

Plus: Expanded funding for View Royal treatment centre, Island musicians score Juno nods.

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February 7, 2024

First Nations language centre loses its funding

Plus, Langford to host 1st Island FanCon

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February 6, 2024

Victoria rent 3rd highest in Canada

Plus: South Island restaurants among best in Canada, Whitecaps get Island name

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February 5, 2024

Victoria's brush with Grammy glory

Winter biking bonanza. Local whisky wins awards. Pedestrian killed. Turtle in distress. New UVic faculty?

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February 4, 2024

Is it spring already?

Record warmth & blossoms blooming. The race to build enough schools. Car fetches record price.

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February 3, 2024

A gap in the bike lane network

BC releases safer supply report. Ferry route changes. Oil leak at Swan Lake. Local kid gets NHL VIP treatment

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February 2, 2024

Pacheedaht First Nation signs deal with CRD

Plus, Groundhog Day: Van Isle Violet will predict

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February 1, 2024

Black History Month kicks off

Plus: William Head tearing down security towers, former Vic student wins massive lawsuit

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January 31, 2024

Property taxes going up as council approves city budget

Plus, Sidney to add EV parking spaces, BC Transit's old buses force cancellations

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January 30, 2024

15 Fairy Creek protesters sued for $10M

Plus: UVic's sustainable jet project, 99-year-old swimmer sets records

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January 29, 2024

Should cities create their own medical clinics to fight the shortage?

Victoria's best mocktails. Victoria city budget day. Cat found after 3 months in woods. The true cost of shipping in the Salish Sea.

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January 28, 2024

Stonehenge in Victoria

Plus: Canada's most vegan-friendly city. Beware bears. Award season inspires Indigenous actors on Island.

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January 27, 2024

Massive project approved—but its years of hurdles aren't over

Plus: Victoria baseball star gets great honour. BC restricting cells in schools. Videos of past blizzards. Sidney camping ban.

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January 26, 2024

Patient 'dumping' exposes acute health-care conundrum

On this day 324 years ago, huge wave hit West Coast. Centennial Square renos update. Seal vs. octopus. Pizza pop-up.

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January 25, 2024

470 Islanders killed by drugs last year

Plus: Dine Around is back, Langford traffic calming strategy, double rainbow magic

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