News In Victoria: Latest Stories

Arts

Shelita Cox bids farewell to Drag Sundays

Robyn Bell
June 5, 2023

The long-running show ended this weekend amid ongoing discourse surrounding queer representation at Paparazzi

Community

These Victorians are racing to Alaska this week

Sarah Madsen
June 5, 2023

The Ship of Fools joins 38 other teams in a 1,200km race across the ocean with no motors

Crime

Community rallies for Indigenous teen, as RCMP apologize for ‘miscommunication’ around her death

Carsyn Seaweed died after being found in a “semi-conscious state under suspicious circumstances” on May 15

Housing

The Tow Away Zone: What it’s like to live in a van in Greater Victoria

Kristen Cussen
May 25, 2023

This UVic student finds himself speaking to millionaires at his day job—then sleeping in parking lots at night

Environment

#NoMowMay won’t save Island ecosystems—plant camas instead

Robyn Bell
May 23, 2023

Experts urge people to rethink how they can support wildlife at home

Healthcare

South Island hospital shortages and slowdowns mounting

By Cameron Welch
May 22, 2023

This long weekend, problems were revealed at two local emergency rooms

Marine Traffic

Inside Canada’s first spill response organization on the West Coast

By James MacDonald
May 22, 2023

The Western Canada Marine Response Corporation has been responding to oil spill emergencies for almost 50 years