Catch up on Victoria.
Missed a morning? Find the stories, events, and useful local intel from recent editions, newest first.
May 30, 2023
🌅 Free transit for some this week
Plus: Uber is almost here, memories of Pic-A-Flic, Island teen wins the big cheese, Cirque is back
Read the edition →May 29, 2023
🌅 Broader logging limits proposed to protect rare bird
Plus: Best local fine dining. Bike week begins. Vacancy tax expands.
Read the edition →May 28, 2023
🌅 Byelection called for former Horgan seat—and it’s only weeks away
Plus: Farming edible flowers. School bus shortages. Sunday events.
Read the edition →May 27, 2023
🌅 New plan aims for sustainable, walkable Saanich
Plus: Library asbestos update. Local doctor only taking older patients. Gas prices keep rising.
Read the edition →May 26, 2023
🌅 Pets are being surrendered in Victoria
Plus: Van Gogh is coming to town, a spot prawn festival, and more.
Read the edition →May 25, 2023
🌅 Living in a van in Victoria
Plus: Angel investors fund a local tech startup
Read the edition →May 24, 2023
🌅 No more movies
Plus, #NoMowMay is not the way to go
Read the edition →May 23, 2023
🌅 ER shortages hitting South Island hospitals again
Plus: Langford-based team Canada escaped relegation. Multiple serious car crashes over May Long
Read the edition →May 22, 2023
🌅 Behind the scenes: How local teams fight oil spills in Island waters
Plus: Esquimalt makes world's best vermouth. Local mothers start early-childhood app.
Read the edition →May 21, 2023
🌅 Downtown's $1M revitalization
Plus: Taxi bylaw set to change. Parks get protected status. Peninsula hospital staffing issues.
Read the edition →May 20, 2023
🌅 Welcome, long weekend
Plus: Oak Bay worker identified after fatal crash. UVic researchers find provinces failing own alcohol policies. Charges in masked bottle depot robbery.
Read the edition →May 19, 2023
🌅 Victoria Day events all weekend long
Plus, 35 toxic drug deaths in April alone
Read the edition →May 18, 2023
🌅 $10M for active transportation
Plus: Local vitamin startup looks to expand, Rifflandia tickets go on sale
Read the edition →May 17, 2023
🌅 A star-studded lineup
Plus: Candidates set for Langford-Juan de Fuca seat
Read the edition →May 16, 2023
🌅 Ponzi scheme charges against local mortgage broker
Plus, the property tax increase in the Saanich budget and more
Read the edition →May 15, 2023
🌅 New details on Island company's Australian plane crash
Plus: 104-year-old completes 104 laps. Juan de Fuca trail completes upgrades. Students win accolades for app.
Read the edition →May 14, 2023
🌅 The lives of Island mothers & grandmothers
Plus: What do the fish say? Local scientists are eavesdropping underwater.
Read the edition →May 13, 2023
🌅 Victoria approves 2023 budget
Plus: The best local brunches. Another Duncan-area RCMP shooting. Weekend events.
Read the edition →May 12, 2023
🌅 Should we prepare for flooding and wildfires?
Plus, Victoria's Jimbo on Drag Race All-Stars, and the Canucks are coming.
Read the edition →May 11, 2023
🌅 Uber is coming
Plus: Over $1M in scholarships for UVic Indigenous law students
Read the edition →May 10, 2023
🌅 A new design festival kicks off today
Plus, why an SD61 trustee is on leave
Read the edition →May 9, 2023
🌅 BC nurses call for systemic changes
Plus: Audit of BC Housing complete
Read the edition →May 8, 2023
🌅 Paramedic shortages still plague rural Island communities
But remedies may be coming. Plus: Video captures Island avalanche. 11 lawsuits against mortgage company.
Read the edition →May 7, 2023
🌅 Ancient fossils in a Sooke cliff face
Plus: Locals attend UK coronation. Garden clubs of Victoria. Building declared fire hazard after problems in 75 inspections.
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