News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Overdose Crisis

Lifesaving drug test not available to users on Vancouver Island

By Brishti Basu
December 8, 2020

Fentanyl test strips are approved for use at home—but you can only get them in Vancouver and the BC Interior, baffling experts

Environment

Will your mask end up in the sea? 

By Tim Ford
December 7, 2020

A new study estimates more than 1.5 billion masks will enter the oceans this year. 

History

The dark money that built Victoria's Craigdarroch Castle

By Ann Edelstein
December 6, 2020

The Dunsmuir fortune was built on deadly mine conditions, strike-breaking, racist fearmongering, and stolen land

COVID-19

A COVID-19 vaccine is coming. The waiting list will be long.

By Harley Gordon
December 3, 2020

The Pfizer vaccine could be approved within a week. What happens next?

Housing

You’re 64 and you’ve spent half your life incarcerated. Where can you call home?

By Anna J. James
December 1, 2020

Capital Daily spent a year following a “lifer” as he navigated the subsidized housing system in BC

Snow

North Island ski hill documentary, Frozen in Time, a tale of community when we need it most

By Anna J. James
November 27, 2020

Open two days a week and run by volunteers, Mt. Cain is still ripping ahead despite COVID losses

Environment

Local conservation groups launch bid to buy North Pender Island forest

By Emily Fagan
November 26, 2020

Currently owned by a Victoria pair, the 12.95-acre S,DÁYES Flycatcher Forest is home to Coastal Douglas-fir, wetlands, and 35 species of birds

City Hall

Victoria by-election voting starts next week. Here's what you need to know.

By Omar Washington
November 26, 2020

Ten candidates are vying for Laurel Collins's seat, offering competing policies on housing, transportation, climate change and more.