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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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Addiction

Here’s How Much Victoria’s Cruise Ships Are Polluting

By Tristin Hopper
September 8, 2019

Analysis by The Capital found that 31 ships emitted a cumulative 11,406 tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2019

Federal Election 2025

Understanding government: What can provinces do about US tariffs?

Various factors affect how BC can respond to the US trade war and how it can conduct business with other provinces

Data

Victoria is Way Younger Than You Think. Blame Langford.

Once home to the most-senior filled cities in Canada, Greater Victoria now isn’t even in the top five

Health

Nearly Half of Victoria Seven-Year-Olds Not Up-to-Date on Immunizations

Victoria and Salt Spring Island show rock-bottom rates of childhood vaccination

Vancouver Island

What Vancouver Island Would Look Like As An Independent Country

It would have the economy of El Salvador, the population of Bhutan and the physical size of Belgium

Energy

Why Vancouver Island Gas Prices Are So High

Second only to Vancouver, Islanders are paying the highest gas prices in Canada, and it’s not all because of taxes

Cartoon

Adrian Raeside on B.C.’s Many, Many New Taxes

In first submission for The Capital, the veteran cartoonist takes on the ever-spiraling B.C. property tax burden

Politics

How Victoria’s Political Allegiances Have Changed Over 70 Years

Now strictly a battleground between Greens and NDP, it wasn’t too long ago that Victoria was a safe place for Liberals and even the Reform Party

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