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Victoria author Jane Bow finds home for novella with international acclaim

Mark Brennae
September 12, 2024

“The French and British schools I went to could have come out of a Charles Dickens novel,” Bow says. “My teenage years were spent behind the Iron Curtain.”

Ocean

Salish Sea too noisy for killer whales to hunt

Robyn Bell
September 12, 2024

Data show ambient noise from vessels cause changes in hunting behaviour in both Southern and Northern Resident killer whales

Policing

Victoria Police ready for next phase of Pandora-Ellice Safety Plan

Robyn Bell
September 11, 2024

VicPD will no longer escort emergency services for all Pandora calls

Business

Single-use bylaw enacted by Victoria includes opt-out options

Customers ordering food over third-party apps can still request single-use items

Environment

Acute levels of effluent discharged into Baynes Sound by Union Bay shipbreaking operation

Deep Water Recovery could be fined up to $300K after high levels of copper and zinc effluent were found.

Homelessness

Mayor’s motion to provide space in parking lots for homeless voted down

The quashed motion to trade parking lot space for tax reductions prolongs the chess game for unhoused in Victoria

Addiction

The growing complexity of client needs prompts Cool Aid centre to temporarily shutter.

That outreach work won’t be done at Cool Aid’s new Crosstown development project on the former Tally Ho property on Douglas

Labour

Amid national railway work stoppages, Labour Day highlights Island’s intense labour history

More than a century ago, Island workers fought against shockingly dangerous mining conditions