News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Business

Bylaw battles: Surrounded on all sides, the nonprofit Point Ellice House fights for survival

By Michael John Lo
April 29, 2022

The challenges of running a national historical site within one of Victoria’s few remaining industrial zones

History

An internment camp ‘comedy’ opens in Victoria next week

By Tim Ford
April 27, 2022

Kunji Ikeda’s show, Sansei, explores his family’s connection to the Japanese internment camps

Pay Check

Greater Victoria builders say they can’t find workers to build new homes, because they can’t find homes for the workers

By Zoë Ducklow
April 26, 2022

The ‘vicious circle’ has deepened a persistent worker shortage during a period of record demand. Part seven of our labour series, Pay Check

Municipal

Opinion: A four-part plan to revive downtown Victoria

By Jeremy Caradonna
April 25, 2022

From housing to supporting small businesses, there are concrete and simple steps we can take to bring downtown Victoria back

Healthcare

UPDATED: Greater Victoria hospitals considering hotels for patients as capacity limits reached

By Brishti Basu
April 25, 2022

An unannounced COVID surge is blending with ongoing staff shortages to create an “extreme overcensus situation” in local hospitals, weeks after COVID measures and regular data sharing were scrapped

Environment

Victoria clothing companies wrestle with fashion's wooliest questions

By Ayesha Habib
April 22, 2022

Anian has taken over Victoria with recycled wool clothes, even expanding to Vancouver—and it's not alone in the city's green fashion movement. How far can it grow without sacrificing its core values?

Food

Victoria group attempts pierogi-making world record

By Emily Fagan
April 22, 2022

The online event will raise money for Ukraine

Drugs

Victoria faces growing need for inhalation services at overdose prevention sites

By Alec Lazenby
April 21, 2022

Inhalation is the most common means of consuming drugs, but only two sites allow it—putting more users out on the street