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Policing

Victoria Police Chief Rebuffs Calls for Police Defunding

By Sean Craig
June 11, 2020

“I just can't see that in any sense of reality,” Chief Constable Del Manak told city councillor Ben Isitt

COVID-19

INFOGRAPHIC: Every Canadian Killed by COVID-19 To Date

By Tristan Pratt
June 6, 2020

The scale of the loss can be hard to grasp. So we visualized it.

COVID-19

Victoria Hardest-Hit City for Relative Unemployment in English Canada

By Cameron Welch
June 6, 2020

Victoria's all-important service and hospitality industries have been hit particularly hard

Homelessness

Inside Victoria’s New Temporary Hotels for the Homeless

By Anna J. James
June 4, 2020

Clean rooms, round-the-clock outreach workers, and semi-regular fires

City Hall

Victoria Rushes to Close Government Street to Car Traffic

By Sean Craig
June 4, 2020

Shutdown, which will divert 2,500 vehicles daily, intended to help downtown recovery

COVID-19

BCers Accessing Mental Health Resources in Record Numbers

By Sean Craig
June 3, 2020

Stresses of COVID-19 have caused a 100% increase in mental health referrals in some cases

Homelessness

City Worried About Beacon Hill Tent Encampments Hurting Garry Oaks, Lekwungen Sites

By Sean Craig
June 2, 2020

Encampments will remain, but be urged to move into other parts of the park

COVID-19

Photo Gallery: Inside the Places Still Closed By COVID-19

By James MacDonald
May 31, 2020

More than two months after their sudden closure, the Royal Theatre, Craigdarroch Castle, Saanich Commonwealth Place and others remain eerily empty