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Hand-drawn panorama of Victoria's Inner Harbour — lighthouse and cherry blossom on the left, a ferry on the water, Parliament and the park on the right.
Issue 1,276 · Friday, July 17, 2026PrivacyTermsEthics© Capital Daily Media Ltd. Victoria, BC
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Thursday, July 16

🌅 34 homes on Esquimalt Rd share one dining room

The whole first floor is common space, from an eight-table hall to a kids' playroom.

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Wednesday, July 15

🌅 Streams on the Island hit the 10th percentile

Campfires banned across most of the Island Thursday, with dry lightning due Wednesday

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Tuesday, July 14

🌅 A Peers worker called the same ad 5 times

Nobody picked up. What that silence tells us about Victoria's sex trade outreach.

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Monday, July 13

🌅 A Duncan school sold for $3.15M to a mystery buyer

The regional district wanted it for a shelter and says it never got its meeting

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Sunday, July 12

🌅 Rogers cut 230 jobs. Ocean 98.5's hosts are out

AJ and Mira signed off Thursday, then learned their morning show was over

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Saturday, July 11

🌅 A Wharf Street sidewalk sits over a 20-foot drop

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Friday, July 10

🌅 Victoria's Pride parade expects 80,000 Sunday

Nurses picket Vic General Sunday, Royal Jubilee Tuesday, some surgeries pushed

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Thursday, July 9

🌅 UCLA's world champs play Canada in Victoria July 22

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