News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Housing

Supportive housing at Mount Edwards has not destroyed its neighbourhood, four years later

By Josh Kozelj
May 6, 2021

As plans are implemented across the CRD to house people, can the integration of Mount Edwards be used as a template?

Environment

Video shows confrontation at Fairy Creek blockades, signalling an escalation as first charges laid

In a video shared by the Rainforest Flying Squad, a group of 10 loggers confronts a group of blockaders. It wasn't the first or only such confrontation as the blockade continues

Canadian Armed Forces

How the Pacific Fleet secures Canada's waters, borders, and business

By Emily Vance
May 5, 2021

From forest fires to drug smuggling to zebra mussels: if it threatens domestic security, the Royal Canadian Navy is on the lookout

Policing

More people go missing in BC than anywhere else in Canada. No one knows why

Police don’t track missing-persons cases by race, but on Red Dress Day, a Vancouver Island Indigenous leader says that’s not acceptable

Navy

The International Role of Canada’s Pacific Fleet

By Emily Vance
May 5, 2021

From seizing narcotics to providing intelligence, the Royal Canadian Navy works with dozens of nations worldwide to support a rules-based international order

COVID-19

‘We may have averted disaster’: Island COVID-19 cases decline but healthcare staff feeling the pressure

By Brishti Basu
May 4, 2021

Hospitalizations haven't fallen yet as daily cases have, and healthcare workers are exhausted

Sports

West Shore rugby players take stand against toxic high-performance culture at Rugby Canada

By Nina Grossman
May 4, 2021

Athletes decry culture of 'anxiety, depression, racism, eating disorders, low self-worth, [and] mental illness'

COVID-19

BC must vaccinate under 17s to reach herd immunity: SFU report

School exposures are rising while no vaccines have yet been approved for kids. What role will young people have in beating COVID?