Local News

$60K solar panel installation begins at Saanich elementary school

Panels to reduce Torquay elementary’s footprint, provide learning opportunities, board chair says

Dec 9, 2020 5:45 AM Read more >

Costumed buses hit Victoria streets with free rides on Santa Bus

Double-deckers turn 20 with fanfare, Santa Bus comes Dec. 11, 12

Dec 9, 2020 5:30 AM Read more >

Oak Bay quietly marks five years since the Sno’uyutth welcome pole went up

Legacy scholarship keeps rolling

Dec 9, 2020 5:00 AM Read more >

Saanich Peninsula Hospital outbreak sees two new COVID-19 cases

Nine patients and five staff members have tested positive, one person has died

Dec 8, 2020 6:04 PM Read more >

Sidney octopus named after Dr. Bonnie Henry scheduled to swim away next week

Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea will release the animal Dec. 15

Dec 8, 2020 5:00 PM Read more >

Mayor calls for Saanich to become a city after 114 years as a district

Becoming a city rather than amalgamating with Victoria in residents’ best interest, mayor says

Dec 8, 2020 4:30 PM Read more >

Victoria named Canada’s most generous city in 2020: GoFundMe

Community rallied behind Beacon Hill Children’s Farm, single parents

Dec 8, 2020 3:40 PM Read more >

Feds approve floating swim platform quietly installed in Victoria waterway

Public feedback for Gorge installation overwhelmingly positive, developer says

Dec 8, 2020 3:30 PM Read more >

Sooke homeless shelter adds two more beds, continue search for permanent home

‘We need long term security and we don’t have that right now,’ says shelter operations manager

Dec 8, 2020 3:00 PM Read more >

COVID-19 exposure reported on flight from Vancouver to Victoria

Rows 12 to 18 were affected on WestJet flight 3185 on Dec. 1

Dec 8, 2020 2:51 PM Read more >