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Hero Toys

Real Life Toy Story: How a Lost BC Dolly Survived An Epic Ocean Odyssey to Return Home

By Sean Craig
May 26, 2020

Florence the doll endured rain, sleet, passing ferries and winter storms as she followed a convoluted course across the Salish Sea to safety

City Hall

Contentious City Hall Meeting Ends With Victoria Order Protecting Unoccupied Tents

By Sean Craig
May 22, 2020

“We are basically ordering the creation of a new tent camp in Beacon Hill Park with this motion,” said Councillor Geoff Young, the motion’s sole dissenter

COVID-19

Shift to Takeout Has Resulted in "Overflowing" Garbage Cans

By Sean Craig
May 22, 2020

On Vancouver Island alone, COVID-19 has spawned tonnes of extra takeout garbage

Overdose Crisis

Province-Backed Anti-Overdose App Criticized As Out-Of-Touch

By Anna J. James
May 22, 2020

As one recovering addict told The Capital, when you’re looking to inject drugs “it’s not like you’ll look around for Wi-Fi” 

COVID-19

Love in the Time of Coronavirus: What Health Experts Are Saying About Re-Entering the Dating Market

By Nykole King
May 21, 2020

Abstention is ideal, but experts caution that celibacy as public policy can only last for so long

COVID-19

Vancouver Island Beachgoers Being Hit With Mysterious Texts Ordering Them to Self-Isolate

By Sean Craig
May 20, 2020

Texts are triggered by cell phones picking up US towers, but federal agencies could not confirm to The Capital that they were the ones sending it 

COVID-19

As Victoria’s Tent Cities are Dismantled, A New Neighbourhood Braces for the Consequences

By Anna J. James
May 17, 2020

Topaz Park immediately became an epicentre of crime and disorder, and Burnside-Gorge now fears the same fate will befall them

COVID-19

Transportation Numbers Have Plummeted. Here's How Much.

Bike lane traffic, airport passengers, ferry ridership, commercial ship arrivals: All of them are now showing noticeable dips in activity.

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