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Hermann's Jazz Club on track to reopen this fall

Robyn Bell
August 26, 2026

Arts on View Society says a major phase of the club's renovation is now complete.

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COVID-19

The Attractions, Parks, Galleries, Gardens and Museums That Are Back Open in Greater Victoria

By Lee Walker
June 13, 2020

Get your Butchart fix, visit an art gallery, go axe throwing or even take in a movie

Crime

The behind-the-scenes story of how ignored warnings at William Head allowed a killer to escape

By Tori Marlan
June 13, 2020

Our months-long investigation into the correctional system failures now alleged to have resulted in a Metchosin man murdered in his home

Housing

Victoria City Council Reluctantly Bails Out the Fairfield Hotel

By Sean Craig
June 12, 2020

City had given the notoriously chaotic and run-down facility $500,000 in 2017, only to see minimal improvements followed by its premature closure

Overdose Crisis

May Was BC’s Deadliest Month Ever for Overdoses

By Cameron Welch
June 12, 2020

The month’s 170 overdose fatalities alone surpassed the province’s total COVID-19 deaths

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.

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