News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Good news

Two partners in community health to launch new wellness centre

By Emily Fagan
October 15, 2021

The Victoria Community Health Co-op has long struggled with a lack of dedicated space. That’s about to change

Crime

'I hate to ask': How a fraudster manipulated a Colwood single mother out of tens of thousands of dollars

By Zoë Ducklow
October 14, 2021

Christine Hale says she lost as much as $100,000 to a man who told her he loved her while inventing lawyer fees and death threats

COVID-19

Inside the COVID isolation units for unhoused patients in Victoria

By Jolene Rudisuela
October 9, 2021

Cubicles, no showers, and fluorescent lights all day long

Good news

One man’s trash: Diverters are working to reduce Victoria’s waste

By Emily Fagan
October 8, 2021

Through their Coffee Cup Revolution campaign, Diverters hope to raise awareness of single-use cup recycling

Capital Ideas

OPINION: The surprisingly good news for Victoria about the climate emergency

By Dave Thompson
October 7, 2021

Huge changes are needed, urgently. The good news is they can improve our lives

Good news

Surfrider Vancouver Island brings back in-person beach cleanups, engages community with ‘citizen science’

By Emily Fagan
October 1, 2021

The group also works on long-term solutions to cut off pollution at the source

Know Your Neighbour

Sasha Perron is running for his aunties

By Zoë Ducklow
September 30, 2021

‘It’s our time to take on some of the burden’ says the young Kwakwaka’wakw man, who ran 216 km in the wake of residential school grave discoveries

Indigenous

Greater Victoria events mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

By Jolene Rudisuela
September 29, 2021

Sept. 30 honours those who died in residential schools, and the families and communities affected by the system's legacy