Victoria in 1899 was no stranger to killing, but this was a new and horrifying kind of murder
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As Canada goes to the polls today, The Capital revisits what still stands as the weirdest federal election result Victoria has ever delivered
It’s a Jacob’s Ladder of sail, rowboats, bicycles and electric cars, but the offer stands
Sanctioned colonies of feral cats are all over Greater Victoria, and the effect on songbirds has been disastrous
A coalition of Vancouver Island First Nations are in court to prove that they were once the undisputed rulers of much more than the Cowichan Valley
B.C. Ferries’ already historically high fares were just approved for another increase
Indian Residential Schools
The Names of All 202 Children Known to Have Died in Vancouver Island Residential Schools
Right up to the 1980s, Islanders lived alongside institutions that subjected Indigenous children to beatings, starvation, sexual abuse and even human experimentation
The booming city, which still uses a primarily volunteer fire department, is rapidly expanding into areas of extreme fire risk
