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Province, feds pitch in $2.4M for upgrades to Victoria’s Topaz Park

The funds will help cover the costs of a replacing and expanding the park’s turf field

Apr 29, 2022 5:15 AM Read more >

About a third of Sidney’s households live in apartment buildings

Almost 80 per cent of North Saanich households live in single-detached homes

Apr 29, 2022 5:00 AM Read more >

Data project blames short-term rentals for strangling Victoria’s housing market

Greater Victoria has 3,156 Airbnb listings, with three hosts making up 128 listings

Apr 28, 2022 4:50 PM Read more >

Executive director moving on from Sidney Museum and Archives

Set to leave May 14, Alyssa Gerwing followed long-time director Peter Garnham

Apr 28, 2022 4:25 PM Read more >

9 Vancouver Island communities officially get 3-year reprieve on police dispatching costs

Downloading of RCMP call taking, dispatching costs delayed until 2025

Apr 28, 2022 3:15 PM Read more >

Suspect sought after daylight attempted mugging in Victoria

Woman remembers being on the ground while man attempted to steal her purse

Apr 28, 2022 2:45 PM Read more >

Electric bike snatched from Oak Bay carport

Police tweeted a photo of the cycle on Thursday

Apr 28, 2022 2:15 PM Read more >

Tens of millions worth of art seized from Oak Bay dealer in fraud investigation

More than 1,000 pieces of art discovered in storage units in Saanich, Oak Bay, Langford

Apr 28, 2022 1:00 PM Read more >

Workers at Victoria’s Our Place Society vote to unionize

The 260 employees working at 10 sites across Greater Victoria join the BCGEU

Apr 28, 2022 12:00 PM Read more >

Island Health acquires private surgical centres in View Royal, Nanaimo

Move expected to add 4,600 surgeries, endoscopies annually on the Island

Apr 28, 2022 11:20 AM Read more >