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Municipal

Saanich's dog-leash bylaw is ready to go for a walk

Mark Brennae
November 8, 2023

“I think it is accurate to suggest that nobody in Saanich is likely 100% happy with the outcome.” - Saanich Coun. Colin Plant

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