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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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Health

Island Health Asks People to Stop Harassing Its Staff Over False Rumours Of A Racist Employee

By Sean Craig
June 11, 2020

Online mobbing spurred by a racist post from a woman who was falsely alleged to work for the health agency

Homelessness

Why BC Homeless Communities Were Spared By COVID-19

By Anna J. James
June 11, 2020

Despite fears they would be among the hardest hit by the pandemic, North America’s street communities emerged relatively unscathed

Policing

Victoria Police Chief Rebuffs Calls for Police Defunding

By Sean Craig
June 11, 2020

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

COVID-19

INFOGRAPHIC: Every Canadian Killed by COVID-19 To Date

By Tristan Pratt
June 6, 2020

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

COVID-19

Victoria Hardest-Hit City for Relative Unemployment in English Canada

By Cameron Welch
June 6, 2020

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

Homelessness

Inside Victoria’s New Temporary Hotels for the Homeless

By Anna J. James
June 4, 2020

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

City Hall

Victoria Rushes to Close Government Street to Car Traffic

By Sean Craig
June 4, 2020

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

COVID-19

BCers Accessing Mental Health Resources in Record Numbers

By Sean Craig
June 3, 2020

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

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