News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Crime

GRAPHS: How crime has risen in downtown since the onset of COVID-19

By Snejana Vorona
August 27, 2020

While property crime is way up, other crimes are actually way down

Science

How a Victoria nonprofit obtained Canada's first medical exemption for magic mushrooms

By Anna J. James
August 27, 2020

Psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic" mushrooms, has been banned in Canada since 1974

COVID-19

GRAPHIC: How many BC could have lost to COVID-19

By Snejana Vorona
August 19, 2020

If BC had been hit like Quebec, 3,000 would be dead instead of 200

Marine Traffic

Should our waters have all these American yachts in them?

By Anna J. James
August 18, 2020

At any one time, there’s usually a boat or two in the Inside Passage flying the stars and stripes

Legal

Nightmare neighbour feud nets hefty fine in BC court

By Cameron Welch
August 17, 2020

Six year saga ended with a Christmastime incident of a man attacking his neighbour's wall with a jackhammer

Photography

Creepy hallways, stunning sunsets: The delivery driver's view of Victoria

By Brennan Storr
August 15, 2020

In a series of images both eerie and surprising, prepare to never see this city quite the same way again

Indigenous

The forgotten graveyards under Victoria

By Jolene Rudisuela
August 15, 2020

The BC capital is built atop one of the largest burial grounds of the pre-contact world

Policing

What are street checks, the thing Victoria just voted to ban?

By Anna J. James
August 14, 2020

They're much different than the more controversial practices of "carding" or "stop and frisk"