News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Sports

Greater Victoria Sports Awards are back again

Mark Brennae
March 1, 2024

The Greater Victoria Sports Awards were an annual thing between 1968 and 2006, but volunteer fatigue forced their cancellation.

Protests

Protestors say no to arms business as usual at Lockheed Martin offices in Esquimalt

A group of protestors demanding an arms embargo disrupted work at the Department of National Defence and Lockheed Martin

Arts

Wayde Compton and the Black poets of BC

Black History Month event brings BC author to talk about writing Black in BC

Politics

Victoria expands pickups and public recycling cans in newest steps to cut waste in half

Robyn Bell
February 23, 2024

The city begins new phase to reduce 5,700 tonnes of waste a year

Climate Change

Check out Sidney’s new bike repair kit—a first for BC

Mark Brennae
February 23, 2024

Using funding from the BC Alliance for Healthy Living, the town is trying to push residents toward local active transportation.

Municipal

Saanich releases its proposed road safety plan

Mark Brennae
February 22, 2024

The district wants to hear how Saanichites feel about the proposal in an accompanying survey, which will remain online until the end of March.

Politics

Key takeaways from the 2024 provincial budget

Robyn Bell
February 22, 2024

The province projects a record-breaking deficit for 2024-2025