News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Homelessness

Mayor’s motion to provide space in parking lots for homeless voted down

The quashed motion to trade parking lot space for tax reductions prolongs the chess game for unhoused in Victoria

Addiction

The growing complexity of client needs prompts Cool Aid centre to temporarily shutter.

That outreach work won’t be done at Cool Aid’s new Crosstown development project on the former Tally Ho property on Douglas

Arts

Victoria singer's home targeted by gunshots and arson

By Cameron Welch
September 3, 2024

AP Dhillon apparently marked over collaboration with one of world's biggest actors

Labour

Amid national railway work stoppages, Labour Day highlights Island’s intense labour history

More than a century ago, Island workers fought against shockingly dangerous mining conditions

Climate Change

Canada’s 2023 wildfires were a top global carbon emitter

Robyn Bell
August 29, 2024

The country's worst wildfire season on record released more greenhouse gasses than all but three countries

Climate Change

For the CRD, climate change remains an economic challenge, not a cultural one

The CRD has a response plan to climate change but offers no challenge to the industries causing it.

Environment

Invasive plant species to look out for on Vancouver Island

Learn which plants are ravaging native species—and how to stop their spread.

Municipal

Inflation and aging infrastructure add percentage points to taxes for Saanich

Gaps in asset management a key factor impacting tax hikes for residents