Catch up on Victoria.
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February 17, 2024
No snow, but there is a winter festival this long weekend
Plus, middle school rainbow crosswalk vandalized
Read the edition →February 16, 2024
Saanich going after Big Oil
Plus, VicPD drug bust busted, and some sad Vic radio news
Read the edition →February 15, 2024
Langford councillor harassed at home
Plus: Random Acts of Kindness Week, Victoria condo fire, missing Central Saanich woman
Read the edition →February 14, 2024
Amalgamation process set for Victoria and Saanich
Plus we share our readers' love stories, and mass firings at YYJ
Read the edition →February 13, 2024
Colwood gets new art centre
Valentine's date ideas, Royals' comeback slowed, photography exhibit coming to RBCM
Read the edition →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.
Read the edition →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.
Read the edition →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
Read the edition →February 9, 2024
Island bird wins in its day in court
Plus, it's an Island health-care first, and Vic man sues wife
Read the edition →February 8, 2024
Lunar New Year in Victoria
Plus: Expanded funding for View Royal treatment centre, Island musicians score Juno nods.
Read the edition →February 7, 2024
First Nations language centre loses its funding
Plus, Langford to host 1st Island FanCon
Read the edition →February 6, 2024
Victoria rent 3rd highest in Canada
Plus: South Island restaurants among best in Canada, Whitecaps get Island name
Read the edition →February 5, 2024
Victoria's brush with Grammy glory
Winter biking bonanza. Local whisky wins awards. Pedestrian killed. Turtle in distress. New UVic faculty?
Read the edition →February 4, 2024
Is it spring already?
Record warmth & blossoms blooming. The race to build enough schools. Car fetches record price.
Read the edition →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
Read the edition →February 2, 2024
Pacheedaht First Nation signs deal with CRD
Plus, Groundhog Day: Van Isle Violet will predict
Read the edition →February 1, 2024
Black History Month kicks off
Plus: William Head tearing down security towers, former Vic student wins massive lawsuit
Read the edition →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
Read the edition →January 30, 2024
15 Fairy Creek protesters sued for $10M
Plus: UVic's sustainable jet project, 99-year-old swimmer sets records
Read the edition →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.
Read the edition →January 28, 2024
Stonehenge in Victoria
Plus: Canada's most vegan-friendly city. Beware bears. Award season inspires Indigenous actors on Island.
Read the edition →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.
Read the edition →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.
Read the edition →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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