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Premier David Eby stands beside the new UVic residence that has provided hundreds of students with housing since it opened in September. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

New UVic residence provides housing to hundreds of students

The complex that opened in September is an affordable option in the local rental market

Premier David Eby stands beside the new UVic residence that has provided hundreds of students with housing since it opened in September. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
The Descendants in production at Victoria’s legislature building. (Courtesy of Vancouver Island South Film Commission)

Victoria film commissioner hopeful 2024 will be ‘record breaking’

After the Hollywood strike she’s optimistic it’s another year of over 50 million in direct spending

The Descendants in production at Victoria’s legislature building. (Courtesy of Vancouver Island South Film Commission)
Raymond and Stacey Donison won the $5-million Classic Jackpot from the Nov. 18, 2023 Lotto 6/49 draw. (Courtesy of Lotto 6/49)

‘Beers, pizza, and champagne’: Victoria couple wins $5M lotto

The duo will celebrate with a Hawaii vacation

Raymond and Stacey Donison won the $5-million Classic Jackpot from the Nov. 18, 2023 Lotto 6/49 draw. (Courtesy of Lotto 6/49)
Sisters Georgia and Jamie Bullbrook shopping along Johnson Street. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

High rents have businesses questioning merits of downtown Victoria

Despite concerns, capital has one of the lowest vacancy rates in Canada at 11 per cent

Sisters Georgia and Jamie Bullbrook shopping along Johnson Street. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
Drum leader and teacher at Cedar Hill Middle School, Tasha Henry, leads the first cohort of Grade 8 students who will attend the soon-to-be-redeveloped Cedar Hill Middle School in a drum cycle. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

VIDEO: Students drum to launch $53.5M new Saanich middle school

The new school will hold 575 students

Drum leader and teacher at Cedar Hill Middle School, Tasha Henry, leads the first cohort of Grade 8 students who will attend the soon-to-be-redeveloped Cedar Hill Middle School in a drum cycle. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
Filmmakers Christine Welsh (left), Gregory Coyes and Madeline Ell stand in front of their documentary poster. (Photo courtesy of Gregory Coyes)

‘A love letter’: UVic professor produces documentary on untold Metis stories

The 60-minute movie first started filming in 2020

Filmmakers Christine Welsh (left), Gregory Coyes and Madeline Ell stand in front of their documentary poster. (Photo courtesy of Gregory Coyes)
A driver is facing $1,200 after crashing into a tractor-trailer. (Courtesy of the West Shore RCMP)
A driver is facing $1,200 after crashing into a tractor-trailer. (Courtesy of the West Shore RCMP)
Dr. John Forster-Coull at Victoria Compounding Pharmacy holds an Influenza vaccine. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

Greater Victoria residents should get COVID-19, flu shots together: pharmacist

Vaccination coverage is back to the pre-pandemic levels

Dr. John Forster-Coull at Victoria Compounding Pharmacy holds an Influenza vaccine. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
Perry Chow, who has diabetes, stands beside the pickup truck he wasn’t allowed to drive for five weeks while his licence was suspended. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

Mixup ends in suspension of diabetic man’s driver’s licence in Victoria

Delayed mail and letters land driver in car trouble

Perry Chow, who has diabetes, stands beside the pickup truck he wasn’t allowed to drive for five weeks while his licence was suspended. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
Cinematographer Kelly Conlin (left) on the set of GINNY’S ENTERPRISE shooting actress Casey Dudley who plays the mother. (Courtesy of Suzanne Moreau)

Victoria is the focus at L.A. film festival that premiered local movie

The 18-minute film makes its debut in the City of Angels

Cinematographer Kelly Conlin (left) on the set of GINNY’S ENTERPRISE shooting actress Casey Dudley who plays the mother. (Courtesy of Suzanne Moreau)
Oscar and Libby store owner Teri Hustins reports that the store makes a quarter of of their annual income during the 24 days of the holiday season. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

‘Pinched’ Victoria shoppers using credit cards less amid Christmas season

78% of Canadians plan to cut back on holiday spending, according to survey

Oscar and Libby store owner Teri Hustins reports that the store makes a quarter of of their annual income during the 24 days of the holiday season. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
BC Ferries has cancelled several sailings due to forecasted high winds for Vancouver Island for this evening. (Black Press Media photo file)

BC Ferries cancels some Swartz Bay sailings as high winds predicted

BC Ferries will continue to monitor the weather system and share further information

BC Ferries has cancelled several sailings due to forecasted high winds for Vancouver Island for this evening. (Black Press Media photo file)
Environmental and sustainability Prof. Leslie King at Royal Road University stands beside the poster she created. (Ella Matte/New Staff)

Royal Roads research helping protect regions vulnerable to climate change

Vancouver Island Indigenous communities are studied to combat warming in northern coastal areas

Environmental and sustainability Prof. Leslie King at Royal Road University stands beside the poster she created. (Ella Matte/New Staff)
Edie Daponte on stage with her band, Joey Smith on bass, and Damian Graham on drums at the Sid Williams Theatre in Courtenay in 2022. (Courtesy of Patrick Emery)

Greater Victoria Remembrance Day musical honours Second World War singers

Vera Lynn, Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich will be portrayed

Edie Daponte on stage with her band, Joey Smith on bass, and Damian Graham on drums at the Sid Williams Theatre in Courtenay in 2022. (Courtesy of Patrick Emery)
Sailor 1st Class Ryan Black attending to duties on HMCS Ottawa. (Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt)

CFB Esquimalt sailor shares snapshot of his life on board HMCS Ottawa

Sailor 1st Class Ryan Black has been deployed to the Indo-Pacific for the last four months

Sailor 1st Class Ryan Black attending to duties on HMCS Ottawa. (Courtesy of the CFB Esquimalt)
Lt.-Cmdr. Jordan Thwaites is currently on a mission in the Indo-Pacific onboard HMCS Vancouver. (Courtesy of CFB Esquimalt)

Lieutenant commander grateful for his ancestors who served before him

For the fourth-generation member of the CAF, remembrance is ‘deeply personal’

Lt.-Cmdr. Jordan Thwaites is currently on a mission in the Indo-Pacific onboard HMCS Vancouver. (Courtesy of CFB Esquimalt)
Mona Consignment store owner Deanne Young by the loungewear racks. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

B.C. consignment store sees surge in people dumping COVID-19 clothing

Many no longer wear the leisure wear they purchased during the pandemic, so they consign it

Mona Consignment store owner Deanne Young by the loungewear racks. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
J.B. Williams of the Tsawout First Nation in front of the fire for traditional Coast Salish pit cook hosted by the Eye Sqa’lewen and Camosun College at the Interurban Campus. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

Rain doesn’t stop Saanich college from hosting Indigenous pit cook showcase

The annual event demonstrates the process and traditional use of the camas

J.B. Williams of the Tsawout First Nation in front of the fire for traditional Coast Salish pit cook hosted by the Eye Sqa’lewen and Camosun College at the Interurban Campus. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
Neeraj Grewal, centre manager, with Heather Brazier, Victoria Youth Clinic board chair, at the new Foundry Victoria location on Yates Street. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

Foundry Victoria expands offerings to serve region’s youth

New location nearly double the size of previous space to support expanded care teams

Neeraj Grewal, centre manager, with Heather Brazier, Victoria Youth Clinic board chair, at the new Foundry Victoria location on Yates Street. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
Victoria ranked as the seventh ‘rattiest’ city in Canada in 2023. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria ranked as the seventh ‘rattiest’ city in Canada in 2023. (Black Press Media file photo)