News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Business

How a Victoria company used wood waste to make a sustainable composting product

By Josh Kozelj
May 29, 2021

BinBreeze uses minerals to create non-toxic deodorizer powder

Good news

Victoria’s first free fridge unveiled to the community

By Emily Fagan
May 28, 2021

Located in Burnside Gorge, the new community-run fridge and pantry is open to all

Crime

‘A battle for resources’: Three Metchosin volunteer-led groups victim to bottle thefts

by Aaron Guillen
May 27, 2021

How the recyclables fund initiatives—and what happens when they’re stolen

Policing

Independent media outlets filing legal challenge over RCMP obstruction

By Jimmy Thomson
May 26, 2021

Capital Daily is joining with a coalition of outlets and the Canadian Association of Journalists to demand the freedom to cover protests

Vancouver Island

From coal to cool: Cumberland booms again

By Andrew Findlay
May 25, 2021

When a sleepy town attracts wealthy digital nomads, what happens to its old-school charm?

In your words

Capital Letters — May 24

Readers weigh in on pre-zoning as the city considers how it could be implemented here

Homelessness

After the campers

By Tori Marlan
May 23, 2021

We spent a day with a clean-up effort in Beacon Hill Park

Politics

Racism is a Victoria problem: report

By Brishti Basu
May 22, 2021

Seventy per cent of respondents reported feeling 'isolated, lonely and unsafe in Victoria' as a direct result of racism