News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Know Your Neighbour

Gregor Craigie wants you to get ready for the Big One

By Megan Clark
October 25, 2021

In his new book, On Borrowed Time: North America's Next Big Quake, CBC radio hosts Craigie walks us through what we need to do to prepare individually and as a society

City Hall

With one year to go, Lisa Helps still has plans for Victoria

By Emily Fagan
October 23, 2021

The mayor is not running again next October. We sat down with her to discuss her time in office so far, what the next election holds, and what comes after

Business

Syrian refugee’s catering business takes off through Facebook

By Brishti Basu
October 23, 2021

Safaa Naeman’s Syriana Catering is struggling to keep up with demand

Good news

More than 50 years in the making, SENĆOŦEN language revitalization efforts have touched generations

By Emily Fagan
October 22, 2021

The Elliott family’s local legacy in teaching and transforming the SENĆOŦEN language continues to impact hundreds of new language learners

Transportation

The Victoria airport bus is not coming

By Jimmy Thomson
October 20, 2021

Why we’re kidding ourselves when we wish for affordable airport transportation

Business

He wanted to build a ski yurt. Others wanted to log. Ecological concerns killed only one of the proposals

By Andrew Findlay
October 19, 2021

There’s a battle in the backwoods of BC between adventure tourism and raw resource extraction, and according to some, tourism is losing in a big way.

Real Estate

Is Victoria overpriced?

By Leo Spalteholz
October 18, 2021

The CMHC says it isn’t—but we have no reason to believe them