Catch up on Victoria.
Missed a morning? Find the stories, events, and useful local intel from recent editions, newest first.
June 8, 2023
🌅 Do you have $35,000,000?
Plus: Campfire bans, local counselling expands, World Ocean Day, and more
Read the edition →June 7, 2023
🌅 Unprecedented wildfires
Plus: Free transit, a virtual reality art installation, & no more Pacific Buffet
Read the edition →June 6, 2023
🌅 Your driver has arrived
Plus: Drag Sundays final show, bike lanes plan dropped, and more
Read the edition →June 5, 2023
🌅 How fast can you get to Alaska?
1,200km race kicks off. Plus: Pride month begins
Read the edition →June 4, 2023
🌅 South Island old growth logging deferrals extended
Plus: Summer ice cream. More local events. Disability jobs funding. Baseball begins.
Read the edition →June 3, 2023
🌅 Our "big blue backyard"
Ocean events & local summer fests launch jam-packed June. Plus: Arena hosts Canada hoops. Saanich ex-staffer stole files, province alleges
Read the edition →June 2, 2023
🌅 Two local mayors face off
Plus, $196K for a garden upgrade, and more
Read the edition →June 1, 2023
🌅 Safer roads are on their way
Plus: Wine fest tickets on sale, and Cascadia Seaweed gets $1.5M
Read the edition →May 31, 2023
🌅 Saanich tightens the leash on dogs in the park
Plus, Uber gets ready to hit the road
Read the edition →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
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