News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Healthcare

Metchosin’s fire department doesn’t hear about all emergency calls within their area anymore. Here’s why

by Aaron Guillen
April 27, 2021

Residents and fire chief urging the Ministry of Health and BCEHS to reconsider the current dispatching system

Healthcare

Five years into the overdose crisis, Victoria's street drugs are stronger than ever

By Nina Grossman
April 26, 2021

In the absence of widespread safe supply, drug checking is saving lives

Indigenous

Divide-and-conquer, old growth, and hereditary leadership: inside the Indigenous takes on the Fairy Creek blockades

By Kate Korte
April 24, 2021

Pacheedaht First Nation expresses disapproval for Fairy Creek blockades—while Elder Bill Jones continues to support them

Business

Examining the federal and provincial budgets' impact on Greater Victoria

By Josh Kozelj
April 23, 2021

What Victoria business leaders are saying about the budgets

Good news

After surviving COVID, this 81-year-old will run a half marathon for the Victoria Hospital Foundation

By Emily Fagan
April 23, 2021

Keith Ashton was originally scheduled to run a full marathon, but then he had heart surgery. Yet, after surviving COVID. Yes, we know

Crime

The man who stole a hotel: How Timothy Durkin took control of Sooke Harbour House

By Tori Marlan
April 22, 2021

A fugitive from the US started fresh on Vancouver Island—then bilked new victims out of millions of dollars while law enforcement refused to act

Business

The 21st century bike boom is here. Recyclistas has their pedal to the metal

By Josh Kozelj
April 21, 2021

People are cycling like it's the 1970s, and the local shop is eager to meet the demand—even if the bikes themselves sometimes come from the 1970s

COVID-19

‘Everything changed’: Victoria teachers, parents anxious about rising COVID-19 exposures in schools

By Brishti Basu
April 19, 2021

The province has consistently said schools are not a major source of transmission, but rarely provides up-to-date data