Victoria News

Victoria veteran says Canadians should take pride in work done in Afghanistan

As the Taliban returns, Canadian vets take solace in a generation of stronger Afghan women, youth

  • Aug 25, 2021

BC Ferries removes Wi-Fi service from sailings

21 terminals will instead receive free Wi-Fi service

  • Aug 24, 2021

Cigarette butts equal cash at upcoming Victoria cleanup event

Participants receive cash prize for every 1,000 butts collected

  • Aug 24, 2021

Free blues shows available online; jazz in Victoria’s Beacon Hill Park

TD Victoria International JazzFest arranges mini-festivals between Aug. 30 and Sept. 5

  • Aug 24, 2021

No need for vaccine certificates to board BC Ferries

The new mask mandate will apply to their sailings, however

  • Aug 24, 2021

Irritant gas used to apprehend barricaded man in Victoria

Emergency response team called after business staff, 911 call takers threatened

  • Aug 23, 2021

One man arrested after 72-year-old woman attacked in downtown Victoria

Woman refused to give suspect money before midday attack

  • Aug 23, 2021

Protesters gather outside RCMP headquarters in Victoria

Demonstrators rallied outside of the Victoria RCMP headquarters Monday afternoon.

  • Aug 23, 2021

Haunted mini-golf, ping pong lounge coming to Victoria

Haunted Manor slated to open on Yates Street in mid-October

  • Aug 21, 2021

Phillips Brewery cancels concert double header as COVID cases rise

Tickets will be fully refunded, concert rescheduled for summer 2022

  • Aug 20, 2021

Tourists, Victoria police return lost bird to owner

Owner quickly found after photos posted to social media

  • Aug 20, 2021

Victoria resident scratches $50K win during coffee shop stop

Plans include sharing windfall with friends and family

  • Aug 20, 2021

Average Greater Victoria one-bedroom rental price leaps to $1,700

July one-bedroom rentals up 8.7 per cent over June

  • Aug 19, 2021

Free mobile dental clinic launching for Greater Victoria BIPOC women and children

Program to be available once a month for low-income people

  • Aug 19, 2021

‘See it as a call to action’: Victoria scientists comment on latest climate change report

Cutting carbon emissions only way to stop global warming, report concludes

  • Aug 18, 2021

Back to school: Greater Victoria parents, teachers concerned with lack of COVID-19 plan

No cohorts, masks not mandatory; existing scenario making people nervous

  • Aug 18, 2021

Mowing helped save Victoria Garry oak meadow from ravages of fire

City and Victoria Fire Department remind residents of continued dry conditions

  • Aug 18, 2021

Stolen canoe recovered by Victoria police, coast guard after pursuit down Gorge Waterway

Canoe is of immense sentimental value to owner

  • Aug 18, 2021

UPDATE: Reece Viney found safe

She was the subject of a missing person alert on Wednesday.

  • Aug 18, 2021

Capital Regional District recipient of $175,000 energy retrofit study grant

The CRD will review a plan for their multi-year residential retrofit program this fall

  • Aug 17, 2021