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Mark Brennae

Tech

Scamming reminder: It's happening out there and online

Mark Brennae
Feb 13, 2025

Capital Daily recently ran a poll asking readers if they’ve ever been the victim of an online scam and 28% of respondents said they had.

Homelessness

Coldest Night of the Year walk: steps forward from an ever-present chilling challenge

Mark Brennae
Feb 12, 2025

“Right now, we're seeing the numbers are just so challenging, so getting those funds in place through Coldest Night is really crucial,” Rachel Hesketh, Our Place Society.

Municipal

Taking the plunge: Victorians vote Yes to a new Crystal Pool

Mark Brennae
Feb 9, 2025

Referendum results of 59% Yes and 61% North give clear mandates

Community

Judicial review request rescinded, North Saanich pickleball saga plays on

Mark Brennae
Feb 7, 2025

“Now it's not before the courts, so the gates are open again. The arguments can be raised to reopen the pickleball courts.” — North Saanich Coun. Jack McClintock

Vancouver Island

Pickleball community gets a new online hub

Mark Brennae
Feb 3, 2025

Nielsen, an avid pickleballer who lives in Victoria, says he kept hearing the same question over and over: "Where can we play?"

Travel

Some of our readers enjoy camping under the stars—and under the radar

Mark Brennae
Jan 31, 2025

Others slept on restaurant floors, in “a tree house in Western Australia, or “on a beach under my overturned row boat.”

Housing

Island’s tallest tower proposed for Blanshard and Pandora

Mark Brennae
Jan 27, 2025

A major gain for the city, the builder says, are the 321 proposed units that would help contribute up to 30% of Victoria’s annual housing targets and the 99 propounded two- and three-bedroom units which would surpass what is needed yearly for family housing.

Community

Victoria choir pitch hits a chord to help bridge memory gap

Mark Brennae
Jan 17, 2025

With January being Alzheimer's Awareness Month, the Voices in Motion Choir is putting out the call for new members