🎭Books
“I just found him to be a really interesting, thoughtful, knowledgeable musician, and I was a Soundgarden fan, going back to the mid-80s, basically from their first appearance on vinyl.”
Mark Brennae·Sunday, June 14, 2026·7 min
🎭Arts
“Victoria’s creative community is on the brink of a devastating loss," says Logan Ford, executive director of the Vancouver Island Visual Arts Society.
Mark Brennae·Tuesday, June 9, 2026·5 min
🤝CommunityVisual brief
Community
Mice in the classrooms: Saanich’s SD63 battling rodent problem
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🤝Education
The number of traps full has been coming down, so that leads me to believe that the population of rodents is going down with it,” said Rob Lumb, SD63’s director of facilities.
Mark Brennae·Wednesday, June 3, 2026·4 min
🎭Arts
Visitors will be able to spot cats peering through windows, lounging in their yards, or doing cat things on their own cat time.
Mark Brennae·Tuesday, May 26, 2026·6 min
🎭Sports
Events such as the Pickleball Festival and the Sooke Paddle Battle are examples of a sport gone mad: Suddenly, everyone’s playing pickleball.
Mark Brennae·Friday, May 22, 2026·6 min
Victoria's The Choirs YYJ, under the direction of Marc Jenkins, performs at the Podium opener at UVic’s Farquhar Auditorium. Photo: Andy Rice
🎭News
You can catch free pop-up concerts on the steps of the legislature and on the lower causeway of the Inner Harbour.
Mark Brennae·Wednesday, May 13, 2026·6 min
🏛️Politics
Szpak, who served as a councillor for 24 years, was 73.
Mark Brennae·Monday, May 4, 2026·6 min
AMS event #3168-2026 caught from Port Alberni. Screenshot: Tony Hagen / American Meteor Society
🏛️News
Astronomers speculate it likely broke up into pieces in northern Oregon or southern Washington.
Mark Brennae·Tuesday, April 28, 2026·2 min
Victoria council chambers. Photo: James MacDonald / Capital Daily
🏛️News
Manak is one of several potential candidates for local office who are now making the call on whether to run.
Mark Brennae·Tuesday, April 14, 2026·3 min
Volunteers collect invasive English ivy at UVic. Photo: GVGT
🌲News
It sure is easy to feel that giving back to nature can create some seriously positive vibes.
Mark Brennae·Monday, April 6, 2026·2 min
Spirit of Vancouver Island. Photo: BC Ferries
🚌News
“We know this is not the level of service people expect from us,” said BC Ferries president Nicolas Jimenez.
Mark Brennae·Thursday, April 2, 2026·2 min
Jim Lister, president of Phillips Brewing & Malting Co., is flanked by Victoria MP Will Greaves and Thom Riley of the BC Craft Brewers Guild. Photo: Mark Brennae / Capital Daily
🍽️News
The federal government has extended the cap on annual alcohol excise tax increases, meaning companies that produce beer, wine, and spirits will pay 2% instead of a higher rate in line with inflation.
Mark Brennae·Tuesday, March 31, 2026·3 min
Shell on Fort. Photo: Mark Brennae / Capital Daily
🏛️News
Regular gas was priced at around $2.06 per litre at most Victoria stations yesterday, and a penny or two cheaper elsewhere in the area
Mark Brennae·Monday, March 30, 2026·2 min
Pro-Palestinian protesters at the legislature in 2021. Photo: Colin Smith / Capital Daily
🚌News
Effective April 4, VicPD will no longer provide traffic control or related police resources for the street portion of the demonstration, the police service announced yesterday.
Mark Brennae·Tuesday, March 24, 2026·4 min
🏠HousingVisual brief
Housing
Death comes to Craigdarroch Castle
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🏠News
Another funerary ritual of the Victorian era involved something, or someone, called a sin-eater who would be called in to spiritually cleanse a dead person’s soul, even at times using the expired body as a table.
Mark Brennae·Tuesday, November 25, 2025·5 min
The YMCA/YWCA in downtown Victoria. Photo: Mark Brennae / Capital Daily
🎭News
The city is in talks with Concert Properties, the Y facility’s owner, to operate the pool, providing a five-year stopgap as a replacement for the Crystal Pool.
Mark Brennae·Monday, October 27, 2025·2 min
BCGEU members, led by Paul Finch, the union president, march in Victoria. Photo: Flickr
💼News
The union and province have signed a return-to-work agreement, and the union has agreed not to strike for 30 days while negotiations resume.
Mark Brennae·Sunday, October 26, 2025·3 min
Mural on Pacific House in Esquimalt. Photo: Mark Brennae / Capital Daily
🏠News
A large mural is going up on the east-facing side of the Pacific House condo, and artist Liesl Petersen says three years after she applied to do the work, it’s finally close to being finished.
Mark Brennae·Thursday, October 23, 2025·5 min
BCGEU members rallied yesterday in downtown Victoria. Photo: Mark Brennae / Capital Daily
💼News
Negotiations began in January to replace a collective agreement that expired on March 31.
Mark Brennae·Monday, September 1, 2025·3 min
Members of the Victoria chapter of Direct Action Everywhere staged monthly protests in front of the Fairmont Empress. Photo: Direct Action Everywhere
💼News
Karin Nelson, a Saanich resident, started two petitions that appear to have been pivotal in helping force the policy change.
Mark Brennae·Monday, September 1, 2025·3 min
Del Manak speaks at change of command ceremony at Government House. Screenshot courtesy VicPD YouTube channel
🏛️News
Retiring after 35 years of policing, Del Manak was chief for nine and a half of his 32 years at VicPD.
Mark Brennae·Wednesday, August 27, 2025·4 min
Dragon boaters race in the Inner Harbour. Photo: Colin Smith / Canada Dry Victoria Dragon Boat Festival
🏛️News
Thousands of spectators will line the Inner Harbour to watch 30+ teams compete in international-standard dragon boats.
Mark Brennae·Tuesday, August 5, 2025·4 min
Jean Paetkau undergoes treatment for ovarian cancer. Photo: Jean Paektau
🎭News
Novelist Jean Paetkau says women should recognize the symptoms and share them with their doctors.
Mark Brennae·Saturday, August 2, 2025·4 min
The Victoria General Hospital. Photo: Brishti Basu / Capital Daily
🩺News
The BC Conservative Caucus points to Island Health having the biggest increase in the number of patients running out of patience and then walking out of the hospital.
Mark Brennae·Wednesday, July 23, 2025·3 min