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Catch up on Victoria.

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

May 6, 2023

🌅 Shuttered museum will reopen this month

Plus: Westshore football star drafted #1 in CFL. Weekend events. Island Health & LifeLabs criticized..

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May 5, 2023

🌅 Province tackles "sextortion" with Intimate Images Act

Plus, celebrate Cinco de Mayo at these five local spots

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May 4, 2023

🌅 Goodside makes pastries worth lining up for

Plus: UVic leads clean energy transitions

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May 3, 2023

🌅 More Fairy Creek charges withdrawn, but some arrestees want day in court

Plus: The best happy hours in town

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May 2, 2023

🌅 UVic graduate students stage walkout

Plus: More support for RidgeView residents

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May 1, 2023

🌅 Local MP won't seek re-election

Plus: Parking fees rise. New History Mystery. 104th birthday fundraiser.

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April 30, 2023

🌅 Stuck living in a hospital ward—for years

The system struggles to help a young local. Plus: Police-stop shooting. Sunday events. Sauna relocation.

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April 29, 2023

🌅 Coastal species are living on plastic garbage in open ocean, new part-local research finds

Plus: New ride-hailing in Victoria. Mother found after newborn's death. Police close highway.

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April 28, 2023

🌅 The best seafood in Victoria

Plus, the province is providing temporary housing

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April 27, 2023

🌅 UVic cuts staffing in response to budget shortfall

Open letter asks province to intervene. Plus, Victoria's new fire hall opens

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April 26, 2023

🌅 Hidden gems

Plus, a new house for women, Gerry Dee, and more

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April 25, 2023

🌅 Langford highrise being evacuated over structural concerns—again

Former Danbrook One building issues continue after remediation

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April 24, 2023

🌅 Victoria extends protected Fort bike lanes to Oak Bay border

Plus: The best local patios. Heat & sun arriving this week.

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April 23, 2023

🌅 Extreme heat may hit Island again this summer

Plus: Help a reader find where his grandpa's 1962 photo was taken

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April 22, 2023

🌅 Earth Day: Island projects tackling climate change

Plus: Today's events from around Greater Victoria

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April 21, 2023

🌅 Fungi and Fairy Creek at the AGGV

And go inside a blacksmith’s forge on the Westshore

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April 20, 2023

🌅 Striking workers in Esquimalt and View Royal

Plus, Timothy Durkin fined $600,000

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April 19, 2023

🌅 Fairy Creek blockaders catch a break in court

Plus, expect a property tax increase, Victoria

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April 18, 2023

🌅 Local MLA's Leafs obsession has a Victoria connection

Plus, Keating overpass set to begin, and a web platform helping Indigenous youth

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April 17, 2023

🌅 Even more road speeds could soon drop to 30 & 40km/h

Plus: Allegations that Victoria bylaw is mistreating unhoused locals

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April 16, 2023

🌅 Vic High track-vs-housing dispute being brought to court

Plus: Sunday events & new a new twist on History Mystery

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April 15, 2023

🌅 Island teen's murderer gets life in prison

Plus: Award-nominated stories. 7 years of drug crisis. Soccer & toy fair today

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April 14, 2023

🌅 An 8-10% hike on housing rates for UVic students

Plus, a guide to the best eats at Fisherman’s Wharf

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April 13, 2023

🌅 Canadian rock and roll band makes three Island stops on tour

Plus, the NDP announces its candidate for Langford-Juan de Fuca

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