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Events happening in Greater Victoria in June

Emily Edwards
May 29, 2026

There's jazz in the air this month, and the street markets are all in for the season.

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B.C. Ferries

BC Ferries ‘confident’ crew shortages won’t be an issue ahead of busy summer season

Robyn Bell
May 15, 2024

The company anticipates 8M passengers and 3.2M vehicles between June and Sept.—a 7% increase over last year.

Homelessness

Vancouver’s Crab Park brings its encampment protest to Victoria

“The idea is to have no tents in any parks anymore,” said Coun. Jeremy Caradonna. “Tents are not the solution.”

Community

Alice Munro, Nobel-winning author who once lived in Victoria, dies at 92

Her publisher, Random House Canada said Munro died Mon. in her home in Port Hope, Ont.

Events

Mother’s Day events in Greater Victoria

Robyn Bell
May 10, 2024

From garden tours and live music, to brunch and dinner options, there are lots of ways to celebrate the mother figure in your life.

Drugs

Overdoses in BC harder to treat with rise of benzodiazepines in toxic drugs

Robyn Bell
May 9, 2024

Benzos were linked to nearly 50% of all toxic drug deaths on the Island in 2023

Community

Buccaneer Days starts spring this weekend in Esquimalt

Mark Brennae
May 9, 2024

Also new this year is a park-and-ride with a shuttle (by donation) leaving the parking lot on Canteen every 30 minutes. There’s also a bike valet with all donations going toward sports groups at Esquimalt High.

Community

Turn out the lights, the pickleball is over on these North Saanich courts

Mark Brennae
May 8, 2024

The Wain Park pickleball court was officially closed effective as of 7:30 yesterday morning, mere hours after an overflow crowd packed the city council’s chamber, many there to appeal the closure.

Indigenous

Yintah wins Best Canadian Documentary at the Rogers Hot Docs Festival

Documentary on Wet’suwet’en struggle to protect the land was ten years in the making

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