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Wildfires

Tired of the smoke? Blame bad forestry policy

By Harley Gordon
September 18, 2020

Years of disrupting the forests' natural burn cycle has predictably yielded the apocalyptic firestorm now choking the West Coast with haze

Wildlife

Can you really just have a python live in your backpack?

By Tori Marlan
September 17, 2020

Following up on the ball python who died in Victoria after repeatedly escaping from the bag of its apparently homeless owner.

Wildfires

Haunting photos of Victoria under the smoke

By James MacDonald
September 16, 2020

This has not been a good year for Vancouver Islanders who like to breathe freely

Politics

What happened when the BC government started selling cannabis

By Chloe Rose Stuart-Ulin
September 11, 2020

Licensing delays, layoffs, shuttered businesses, raids.

Homelessness

PHOTOS: Inside the tenting community at Beacon Hill Park

By Anna J. James
September 8, 2020

We recently spent time in the park and spoke to campers.

Addiction

Meet the Rig Diggers: Current and former addicts who collect used needles in Victoria

By Anna J. James
September 2, 2020

They usually find eight per shift. Last week they broke a record.

Homelessness

Why tent encampments, like music festivals, may not be legal at Beacon Hill Park

By Thomas Guerrero
August 31, 2020

A lawsuit by the Friends of Beacon Hill Park is looking to sue the City of Victoria into evicting Beacon Hill Park's tent encampments

COVID-19

The human cost of COVID-19 lockdowns

By Harley Gordon
August 30, 2020

Social distancing has saved thousands of lives, but it’s ruined thousands of others