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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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Healthcare

Two bucks an hour: pay for many BC paramedics stuck in a previous era

By Jolene Rudisuela
December 10, 2020

Many BC paramedics are paid on a system that only pays if they get a call—and they say it's driving people away

Economy

Are you part of Victoria's One Percent?

By Snejana Vorona
December 9, 2020

Analysis of recent economics data shows a widening gulf between average workers and the top. That has been shown to sow social discontent and even worsen the spread of COVID-19.

Overdose Crisis

Lifesaving drug test not available to users on Vancouver Island

By Brishti Basu
December 8, 2020

Fentanyl test strips are approved for use at home—but you can only get them in Vancouver and the BC Interior, baffling experts

Environment

Will your mask end up in the sea? 

By Tim Ford
December 7, 2020

A new study estimates more than 1.5 billion masks will enter the oceans this year. 

History

The dark money that built Victoria's Craigdarroch Castle

By Ann Edelstein
December 6, 2020

The Dunsmuir fortune was built on deadly mine conditions, strike-breaking, racist fearmongering, and stolen land

COVID-19

A COVID-19 vaccine is coming. The waiting list will be long.

By Harley Gordon
December 3, 2020

The Pfizer vaccine could be approved within a week. What happens next?

Housing

You’re 64 and you’ve spent half your life incarcerated. Where can you call home?

By Anna J. James
December 1, 2020

Capital Daily spent a year following a “lifer” as he navigated the subsidized housing system in BC

Snow

North Island ski hill documentary, Frozen in Time, a tale of community when we need it most

By Anna J. James
November 27, 2020

Open two days a week and run by volunteers, Mt. Cain is still ripping ahead despite COVID losses

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