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Politics

The Bizarre Tale of How John A. Macdonald Got Elected Victoria MP

By Tristin Hopper
October 25, 2019

As Canada goes to the polls today, The Capital revisits what still stands as the weirdest federal election result Victoria has ever delivered

Environment

The Plan to Get Greta Thunberg to Victoria without Fossil Fuels

By Tristin Hopper
October 24, 2019

It’s a Jacob’s Ladder of sail, rowboats, bicycles and electric cars, but the offer stands

Environment

How Victoria Became One of Canada’s Most Dangerous Places to Be a Bird

By Jamie Sarkonak
October 24, 2019

Sanctioned colonies of feral cats are all over Greater Victoria, and the effect on songbirds has been disastrous

Cowichan Nation Alliance

The Cowichan Nation’s Lost Salish Sea Empire

By Tristin Hopper
October 15, 2019

A coalition of Vancouver Island First Nations are in court to prove that they were once the undisputed rulers of much more than the Cowichan Valley

B.C. Ferries

Here’s How Much B.C. Ferries Fares Have Risen Since 1960

By Capital Daily Staff
October 4, 2019

B.C. Ferries’ already historically high fares were just approved for another increase

Indian Residential Schools

The Names of All 202 Children Known to Have Died in Vancouver Island Residential Schools

By Tristin Hopper
October 2, 2019

Right up to the 1980s, Islanders lived alongside institutions that subjected Indigenous children to beatings, starvation, sexual abuse and even human experimentation

Fire

What Langford shares in common with Fort McMurray

By Mirjan Guesgen
September 20, 2019

The booming city, which still uses a primarily volunteer fire department, is rapidly expanding into areas of extreme fire risk

Politics

Why don’t Canadians care when their politicians sleep around?

By Tristin Hopper
September 19, 2019

New research out of UVic finds that as long as politicians aren’t misspending their money, voters don’t seem to mind