News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Real Estate

Why Victoria Paid $10 Million for a Pandora Avenue Property That Cost $3.7 million in 2016

By Sean Craig
June 19, 2020

Rise is due in part to the city’s own decision to greenlight rezoning for the site

Canadian Armed Forces

How Aging Equipment Endangers the Canadian Military 

By Ian King
June 17, 2020

In peacetime, one of the leading causes of death and injury for Canadian Forces members is the catastrophic failure of aging hardware

COVID-19

The Attractions, Parks, Galleries, Gardens and Museums That Are Back Open in Greater Victoria

By Lee Walker
June 13, 2020

Get your Butchart fix, visit an art gallery, go axe throwing or even take in a movie

Crime

The behind-the-scenes story of how ignored warnings at William Head allowed a killer to escape

By Tori Marlan
June 13, 2020

Our months-long investigation into the correctional system failures now alleged to have resulted in a Metchosin man murdered in his home

Housing

Victoria City Council Reluctantly Bails Out the Fairfield Hotel

By Sean Craig
June 12, 2020

City had given the notoriously chaotic and run-down facility $500,000 in 2017, only to see minimal improvements followed by its premature closure

Overdose Crisis

May Was BC’s Deadliest Month Ever for Overdoses

By Cameron Welch
June 12, 2020

The month’s 170 overdose fatalities alone surpassed the province’s total COVID-19 deaths

Health

Island Health Asks People to Stop Harassing Its Staff Over False Rumours Of A Racist Employee

By Sean Craig
June 11, 2020

Online mobbing spurred by a racist post from a woman who was falsely alleged to work for the health agency

Homelessness

Why BC Homeless Communities Were Spared By COVID-19

By Anna J. James
June 11, 2020

Despite fears they would be among the hardest hit by the pandemic, North America’s street communities emerged relatively unscathed