“I just can't see that in any sense of reality,” Chief Constable Del Manak told city councillor Ben Isitt

The scale of the loss can be hard to grasp. So we visualized it.

Victoria's all-important service and hospitality industries have been hit particularly hard

Clean rooms, round-the-clock outreach workers, and semi-regular fires

Shutdown, which will divert 2,500 vehicles daily, intended to help downtown recovery

Stresses of COVID-19 have caused a 100% increase in mental health referrals in some cases

Encampments will remain, but be urged to move into other parts of the park

More than two months after their sudden closure, the Royal Theatre, Craigdarroch Castle, Saanich Commonwealth Place and others remain eerily empty