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Events happening in Greater Victoria this July

Emily Edwards
July 3, 2026

Stages across the region pulse with everything from Afro-Cuban jazz to acoustic Grateful Dead to award-winning blues.

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Housing

Progress and problems in the plan to house Victoria’s unsheltered population

By Brishti Basu
March 18, 2021

David Eby and unsheltered Victorians look forward toward a month of turmoil

Environment

How to make an acid-proof oyster

By Andrew Findlay
March 17, 2021

Oyster farms face a fading future in acidifying oceans. But a Vancouver Island research program is trying to breed oysters that can resist the change

Know Your Neighbour

Rising livestream star Ashelyn Latam is building an inclusive community from home

by Jamie Christensen
March 16, 2021

Game-streaming site Twitch provides a meagre living and little moderation—but is helping Latam reach thousands

COVID-19

Three Victorians on their pandemic year

The pandemic's effects have been felt in every facet of society. We speak to three people about how they've managed this year

COVID-19

The frustrated and the faithful: Victoria’s religious leaders divided on how to deal with provincial restrictions

by Aaron Guillen
March 15, 2021

One congregation hasn’t met since last March, while another remains open to indoor small groups

COVID-19

Vancouver Island's race between variants and vaccines

By Brishti Basu
March 13, 2021

The Island has contained the variant cases that it knows of so far, but vaccination is still in the early stages

In your words

Letters to the editor, March 13

On Beacon Hill, vaccine call centre, transportation, and old-growth logging (so nothing controversial, in other words)

Good news

Trailblazing initiative looks to empower Indigenous women investors

By Emily Fagan
March 12, 2021

Upon discovering she was the first Indigenous woman to be a private investor in Canada, this UVic grad made it her mission not to be the last

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