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Victoria Conference Centre already has near-record 100 bookings for 2025

City of Victoria-owned venue generates $31.1 million in business sales in 2024

Jan 21, 2025 9:30 AM Read more >

BC Ferries announces new onboard eating option – for a fee

Seascapes Lounge replaces Pacific Buffet space on Spirit class vessels that work Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay route

Jan 21, 2025 7:35 AM Read more >

Community cooks up ‘hug in a bowl’ for North Saanich woman battling cancer

A simple online request for soup to share prompted a community to help a neighbour in need

Jan 21, 2025 5:45 AM Read more >

B.C. foundation aiming to change lives has Beyonce's father on board

Change Space Foundation, which has reach in Victoria, aims to use Hollywood connections to empower non-profits

Jan 20, 2025 5:15 PM Read more >

Cold comfort: Esquimalt company a vital part of treks to North and South poles

Total Composites' campers or 'habitats' are the first to ever reach the North and South poles and have now traversed the globe

Jan 20, 2025 5:00 PM Read more >

14 black bears killed by conservation officers on south Island in 2024

Number of B.C. black bears killed by conservation service hits record low in 2024

Jan 20, 2025 4:00 PM Read more >

Man arrested after pellet gun draws major police response to Victoria mall

VicPD received a report of a man with what appeared to be a real firearm tucked in his waistband at Hillside Shopping Centre

Jan 20, 2025 2:49 PM Read more >

Military exercise to be held in waters off Metchosin

The exercise will not impact typical public access to shorelines and surrounding water bodies

Jan 20, 2025 2:12 PM Read more >

UPDATE: Missing 55-year-old Saanich man found safe

55-year-old safely located

Jan 20, 2025 12:48 PM Read more >

UVic study finds seafloor could play major role in climate change mitigation

Lead researcher says seafloor sediments make up one of the planet's largest stores of carbon

Jan 20, 2025 12:00 PM Read more >