News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Business

Unions representing UVic employees call for provincial mandatory mask, vaccine policies

By Brishti Basu
August 14, 2021

Victoria businesses are mulling how to handle mandates of their own, though few have made decisions, according to chamber president

Good news

Family-run charity Fateh Care brings free access to food, medical care, and more to hundreds of Vancouver Island residents

By Emily Fagan
August 13, 2021

The family sets aside income and time to feed neighbours—just as they were fed when they arrived in Calgary in the dead of winter

Housing

Victoria rental housing market bracing for impact of post secondary students’ return

By Brishti Basu
August 12, 2021

More than 20,000 students are returning to a housing market that's already extremely tight. How did we get here?

Sports

When your team wins Olympic gold—but you’re not there

By Richard Dal Monte
August 11, 2021

Olympic athletes train for years, some missing medals by milliseconds. Victoria rower Rebecca Zimmerman missed her shot at gold for another reason

Transportation

OPINION: CRD must push province to fund rapid bus instead of expanding highways

New climate action policy sets important precedent for other regions

Crime

Victoria’s crime severity index went up. What does that mean?

By Arrthy Thayaparan
August 8, 2021

The number reflects crime type, population size, and this year, possibly the effects of the pandemic

Indigenous

New research strikes a balance between the Wuikinuxv Nation, salmon, and the grizzly bears

By Arrthy Thayaparan
August 7, 2021

Scientists and the First Nation say grizzly bear diets could be largely protected if the human salmon catch were decreased by 10%

Good news

New UVic engineering expansion will be a place to learn—and a structure to learn from

The building will be a living lab, embedded with sensors and controls that invite students' experimentation