News In Victoria: Latest Stories

COVID-19

Much of Canada’s Pacific Fleet Now Circling the Waters off Vancouver Island to Avoid Coronavirus

Sailors describe frustration with training amid marine quarantine odyssey

COVID-19

How Victoria’s Topaz COVID-19 Homeless Camp Went So Horribly Wrong

By Anna J. James
May 2, 2020

The camp site was designed to safely accommodate the vulnerable during the pandemic. Instead, it became a hotbed of crime, anarchy, and death.

COVID-19

“My Job is Completely Kaput”: For Hospitality Sector, COVID-19 Has Been a 100-Year Storm

By Sean Craig
May 2, 2020

Even lifting the lockdown can’t save struggling restaurants now entering a world in recession

COVID-19

How BC's COVID-19 Response Stacks Up Against the Rest of the World

By Western standards, the response has been a miracle; by Pacific Rim standards, it’s been a disaster

COVID-19

Renting Just Got A Whole Lot Easier in Victoria

By Leo Spalteholz
April 29, 2020

And it’s not because of the evictions ban

COVID-19

High Federal Tariffs On Face Masks Compromising COVID-19 Safety: Langford Mayor

By Sean Craig
April 29, 2020

Any face mask ordered from abroad is taxed 18% at the border

Transportation

Restoring Island Rail Service Would Require More Than $700 million In Repairs: Report

Sean Craig
April 28, 2020

New report for the province proposes Langford to Victoria commuter rail by 2031