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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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Education

Wage announcement not a panacea for child-care access woes in Victoria

The wage enhancement indirectly addresses two core issues that limit the province’s ability to fulfill the British Columbia Early Learning and Child Care Agreement

Transportation

Helijet plans to go electric in 3 years

Mark Brennae
November 3, 2023

Victoria helicopter service to fly quiet, zero-emission eVOTLs in about 3 years

Indigenous

The makings of a traditional Coast Salish pit cook

Robyn Bell
November 3, 2023

Camosun College hosted the pit cook for students from the Centre for Indigenous Education & Community Connections

Vancouver Island

Victoria author Jean Paetkau is killing it with her new murder mystery

Mark Brennae
November 3, 2023

She’s wanted to write a murder-mystery since she was 16. She did it in her early 50s.

Environment

Land acquisition in the CRD is about green space and the 'green' it accrues

Park purpose service is the focus of the CRD’s purchase of the former Royal Oak Golf Course. Consider it as much an environmental decision as a portfolio management one, for now.

Drugs

Panel recommends increased access to safer supply as toxic drug deaths rose on the Island

Robyn Bell
November 1, 2023

A non-prescription safer supply among recommendations from BC Coroner's Service panel

Drugs

Under shifting legislation, people who use drugs are caught between rules & risks

As BC tightens public drug use rules, exemptions around possession may be losing their intended impact

Travel

Cruise ship season ends with nearly a million tourists this year

Mark Brennae
October 29, 2023

Record-high for visitors as industry recovers rapidly from pandemic hiatus

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