Victoria

Baylie McKnight of the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Society BC , was nominated for a Coast Mental Health, Courage to Come Back Award on May 23. (Coast Mental Health/Contributed)

Victoria woman changing the stigma around Borderline Personality Disorder

Baylie McKnight was diagnosed with BPD when she was 18 years old

 

Hundreds attended a bike rave that rolled through Victoria on May 11. (Courtesy of Chris Istace)

Hundreds attend as dance-inducing bike rave rolls through B.C. capital

Organizer says cycling event was a success that was enjoyed by all ages

 

Anthony is desperately trying to get Ronin one-to-one to support for his complex needs. (News Staff/ Thomas Eley)

Plethora of problems for B.C. families with children of complex needs

Families can claim up to $22,000, but it’s not enough

 

The opening of the VNFC Monique Gray Smith, a VNFC board member, said that the new primary care centre will bring more equitable healthcare to Indigenous communities. (News Staff/ Thomas Eley)

New Indigenous primary care centre opens in Victoria

The Ministry of Health has approved approximately $2 million in annual funding

The opening of the VNFC Monique Gray Smith, a VNFC board member, said that the new primary care centre will bring more equitable healthcare to Indigenous communities. (News Staff/ Thomas Eley)
Princess Anne saluted Canadian veterans and current forces members during a ceremony at British Columbia’s legislature cenotaph commemorating the Second World War’s Battle of the Atlantic. A royal salute from Princess Anne as a parade marches by following the Battle of the Atlantic service at the legislature, in Victoria, Sunday, May 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Princess Anne lays wreath at Battle of Atlantic ceremony at B.C. legislature

Princess on 3-day tour of B.C., including numerous stops in Greater Victoria

Princess Anne saluted Canadian veterans and current forces members during a ceremony at British Columbia’s legislature cenotaph commemorating the Second World War’s Battle of the Atlantic. A royal salute from Princess Anne as a parade marches by following the Battle of the Atlantic service at the legislature, in Victoria, Sunday, May 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Carole James at the Breakwater, April, 2024. (Lia Crowe)

Carole James speaks to Parkinson’s, perseverance and life after B.C. politics

Former longtime groundbreaking NDP MLA finding meaning through family

Carole James at the Breakwater, April, 2024. (Lia Crowe)
Four B.C. breweries are coming home with awards from the 2024 World Beer Cup, held in Las Vegas. (World Beer Cup/Facebook)

Kelowna, Victoria breweries coming home with hardware from World Beer Cup

Breweries in North Vancouver and Whistler also won awards

Four B.C. breweries are coming home with awards from the 2024 World Beer Cup, held in Las Vegas. (World Beer Cup/Facebook)
Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth, will be visiting the Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association on May 5. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP)

The Princess Royal has full schedule during 3-day trip to Greater Victoria

Arriving to a 21-gun salute, she will visit God’s Acre cemetery, Military Family Resource Centre, and more

Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth, will be visiting the Victoria Therapeutic Riding Association on May 5. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP)
Victoria MP Laurel Collins says her party still supports the federal government’s consumer carbon pricing scheme. Pictured is NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh visiting Victoria alongside Collins in the summer of 2021. (Black Press Media file photo)

NDP support for consumer carbon price hasn’t wavered: Victoria MP Collins

Feds should strengthen price that biggest polluters face, NDP’s environmnent critic says

Victoria MP Laurel Collins says her party still supports the federal government’s consumer carbon pricing scheme. Pictured is NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh visiting Victoria alongside Collins in the summer of 2021. (Black Press Media file photo)
Welland Orchard in View Royal is run by the non-profit LifeCycles Project. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Energy ready to burst in Vancouver Island public orchard

Lifecycles land near Victoria cultivates community connections to land, each other

Welland Orchard in View Royal is run by the non-profit LifeCycles Project. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Youth Climate Corps BC members in Vancouver partnering with Ducks Unlimited to do a wetland conservation technique that involves planting willow branches. (Courtesy of Sam Kutyauripo/Youth Climate Corps BC)

Support for climate corps mobilizes B.C. youth in fight for the environment

$3M infused in B.C. initiative paying youth living wage to help communities battle climate change

Youth Climate Corps BC members in Vancouver partnering with Ducks Unlimited to do a wetland conservation technique that involves planting willow branches. (Courtesy of Sam Kutyauripo/Youth Climate Corps BC)
In September, Sandra Jupp, a Victoria kidney donor, will be walking 100 kilometres for the annual Kidney March in an effort to raise awareness for kidney disease. (Bailey Seymour/Vic News)

Victoria kidney donor to walk 100 km to raise awareness for disease

Sandra Jupp donated her kidney to a stranger in August

In September, Sandra Jupp, a Victoria kidney donor, will be walking 100 kilometres for the annual Kidney March in an effort to raise awareness for kidney disease. (Bailey Seymour/Vic News)
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Victoria on Friday, April 19 for a media availability talking budget 2024. (Mark Page/News Staff)

Trudeau highlights research funding in stop at the University of Victoria

The prime minister being in town sparked a pro-Palestine protest on campus

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Victoria on Friday, April 19 for a media availability talking budget 2024. (Mark Page/News Staff)
Victoria has been named the dopest city in B.C. Pictured is a demonstrator taking a drag out of a large joint on April 20, 2022 during a 4/20 demonstration at the B.C. Legislature. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

Victoria soars above B.C. cities to pot province’s ‘dopest city’ honour

Uber Eats says capital city orders cannabis more than any other B.C. city

Victoria has been named the dopest city in B.C. Pictured is a demonstrator taking a drag out of a large joint on April 20, 2022 during a 4/20 demonstration at the B.C. Legislature. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Businesses are invited to join a Victoria organization’s program that helps them reduce waste and pollution from their operations. Nulla’s reusable glass that’s been used at some Greater Victoria markets in the summer. (Photo courtesy of The Nulla Project)

Businesses invited to join 1st-of-its-kind circular economy program in B.C.

Accelerator shows businesses how to cut waste and pollution, collaborate with other sectors

Businesses are invited to join a Victoria organization’s program that helps them reduce waste and pollution from their operations. Nulla’s reusable glass that’s been used at some Greater Victoria markets in the summer. (Photo courtesy of The Nulla Project)
An exhibit from the third floor of B.C. Royal Museum is pictured in Victoria, Wednesday, December 29, 2021. In January 2022, the museum announced that it will be closing the third floor including parts of the First Peoples Gallery in an effort to decolonize the institution. Two exhibits reopened April 2, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

Royal B.C. Museum reopens ceremonial house, First Nations language exhibits

Exhibit features updated information about the resurgence of First Nations languages in the province

An exhibit from the third floor of B.C. Royal Museum is pictured in Victoria, Wednesday, December 29, 2021. In January 2022, the museum announced that it will be closing the third floor including parts of the First Peoples Gallery in an effort to decolonize the institution. Two exhibits reopened April 2, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
The Tula Foundation has donated two Calvert Island plots of land totalling 55 acres to the BC Parks Foundation. (Courtesy of the Tula Foundation)

B.C. coastal island land being donated for protection

Tula Foundation transfers 55 acres of biodiverse Central Coast plots

The Tula Foundation has donated two Calvert Island plots of land totalling 55 acres to the BC Parks Foundation. (Courtesy of the Tula Foundation)
Oliver Ratchford died two days after he had been found unresponsive in a pond. (Courtesy of Jade Ratchford)

6-year-old drowns in Victoria pond while in MCFD care; fundraiser launched

He was taken to hospital but died after two days on life support

Oliver Ratchford died two days after he had been found unresponsive in a pond. (Courtesy of Jade Ratchford)
Premier David Eby watches the Ging Wu West Lion Dancers perform at a Lunar New Year celebration at the B.C. legislature on Wednesday (Feb. 21). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

VIDEO: B.C. legislature celebrates Lunar New Year

Event marked the Ging Wu West Lion Dancers’ first performance in the government building

Premier David Eby watches the Ging Wu West Lion Dancers perform at a Lunar New Year celebration at the B.C. legislature on Wednesday (Feb. 21). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Pilots taxi a WestJet Boeing 737-700 aircraft to the runway for departure from Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, May 19, 2023. A flight from Vancouver to Toronto made an unscheduled stop after a passenger attempted to open a door. WestJet says in an email that Flight 710 diverted to Winnipeg after the incident on Friday.;THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Victoria teen charged after trying to open airplane door mid-flight

RCMP say the 18-year-old was onboard a flight from Vancouver to Toronto on Friday

Pilots taxi a WestJet Boeing 737-700 aircraft to the runway for departure from Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, May 19, 2023. A flight from Vancouver to Toronto made an unscheduled stop after a passenger attempted to open a door. WestJet says in an email that Flight 710 diverted to Winnipeg after the incident on Friday.;THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck