News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Data

Baby bust: Victorians are having fewer kids—if they're having kids at all. Here’s why we should care.

By Jolene Rudisuela
November 30, 2021

Citing the housing crisis, climate anxiety, precarious work, and more, many in Victoria are choosing to delay parenthood or skip it altogether

Business

The couple behind Victoria’s horror escape room launches thrilling new indoor attraction on Yates Street

By Brishti Basu
November 27, 2021

The mini-golf course at Haunted Manor takes visitors through a twisted course full of (family-friendly) horrors.

Good news

Meet the unsung heroes of our canine community: the dog blood donors

By Emily Fagan
November 26, 2021

WAVES animal hospital helps local dogs donate to support other canines in need

Environment

Despite promised reforms, Fairy Creek is far from over

By Zoë Ducklow
November 25, 2021

Deferrals and changes to logging legislation is coming. But the activists aren’t leaving

Environment

How can you find out if you live in a Vancouver Island high-risk flood zone?

By Brishti Basu
November 21, 2021

Flood risk expert Jason Thistlethwaite says Vancouver Island’s flood maps are outdated and inaccessible

Good news

It takes a network: Good Food Gathering brings Vancouver Island leaders and advocates together in the name of ending food insecurity

By Emily Fagan
November 19, 2021

Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and food security advocates coming together under the focus of ‘listening to the land’

Business

Driftwood Brewery opens new tasting room experience in Esquimalt

By Brishti Basu
November 19, 2021

The tasting room opens alongside new offerings from breweries across the city. How will it fare?

COVID-19

BC parents look to US pharmacies to find COVID vaccines for under-12 kids

By Brishti Basu
November 17, 2021

Children in BC are expected to be able to get vaccinated before the holiday season, but pharmacies in Washington are already vaccinating Canadian kids