News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Homelessness

A limited number of emergency mats put street-entrenched people in the eye of a storm

“We need more shelter spaces and supportive housing,” — Grant McKenzie, Our Place Society

History

UVic to preserve largest archival collection on transgender history

Robyn Bell
November 18, 2024

The school received $400K+ in funding to digitize 512 video and audio documents

BC Election 2024

Cabinet ministers sworn in at Government House

New ministers will have big shoes to fill and big problems to address right out of the gate

Environment

How a river became a person—with help from UVic environmental lawyers

Mark Brennae
November 17, 2024

Peruvian-Canadian doc that helped shape key Amazon case screens Nov. 18 at Cinecenta

Events

Quadratic Sound working with city to fix zoning issues that led to events shutdown

Robyn Bell
November 15, 2024

The city is liaising with bylaw and fire to determine if events can be reinstated at the multi-purpose music space.

Environment

Winners of 2024 Ecostar Awards announced

Robyn Bell
November 15, 2024

All 15 winners have contributed to making Vancouver Island a greener, more sustainable place to live and travel.

Homelessness

Unhoused downtown: 'What do we do with our stuff?'

First their tents went, then a storage spot for their belongings got shut down.

Indigenous

WSÁNEĆ chiefs call for immediate moratorium on commercial herring fishing in the Salish Sea

Robyn Bell
November 13, 2024

The chiefs have called on a moratorium for years, saying fish populations need time to recover