Politics

Politics

What happened when the BC government started selling cannabis

By Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin
September 11, 2020

Licensing delays, layoffs, shuttered businesses, raids.

Politics

How Victoria’s Political Allegiances Have Changed Over 70 Years

Now strictly a battleground between Greens and NDP, it wasn’t too long ago that Victoria was a safe place for Liberals and even the Reform Party

Politics

The Bizarre Tale of How John A. Macdonald Got Elected Victoria MP

By Tristin Hopper
October 25, 2019

As Canada goes to the polls today, The Capital revisits what still stands as the weirdest federal election result Victoria has ever delivered

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Why don’t Canadians care when their politicians sleep around?

By Tristin Hopper
September 19, 2019

New research out of UVic finds that as long as politicians aren’t misspending their money, voters don’t seem to mind