News In Victoria: Latest Stories

COVID-19

Vancouver Island's COVID spring, explained

BC is seeing vaccine delays and a high case plateau. On Vancouver Island, worrying trends are emerging

Housing

In ageing Oak Bay, renters still live in a grey area

By Omar Washington
January 27, 2021

But behind the "tweed curtain", attitudes are starting to change toward renters, who just a decade ago were perceived as a threat to the staid municipality

Environment

The abandoned boats washing up on Victoria's shores, in pictures

By James MacDonald
January 22, 2021

The Dead Boats Disposal Society has spent decades pulling the wrecks out of the water and off the beaches in Victoria

Municipal

Victoria's amalgamation frustration: why there are still 13 municipalities in BC's capital

By Daren Zomerman
January 19, 2021

The absurdities of the Capital Regional District's municipal patchwork are real—but so are the arguments for decentralized power

Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island tourism industry defends fall snowbird ads, attacks proposed travel ban

By Brishti Basu
January 16, 2021

Border closures and a search for warmer temperatures brought snowbirds flocking to the Island. But have travellers contributed to a surge in COVID-19?

COVID-19

You asked, he answered: our reader-driven Q&A with Richard Stanwick

By Brishti Basu
January 14, 2021

Vancouver Island's top doctor answers questions drawn up in consultation with Capital Daily readers

COVID-19

What we know (and don’t) about how COVID-19 affects racial minorities on Vancouver Island

By Brishti Basu
January 10, 2021

Experts say collecting race-based data could help drive better public health decisions, but that isn't happening

Arts

Victoria band Carmanah is driving out the pandemic lull with an innovative project

By Omar Washington
January 5, 2021

Converting a 1972 bus to a veggie oil and solar powered touring machine has kept two members busy during a slow time for most musicians