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Youth Climate Corps BC, which trains young people and inserts them into climate-change-combatting jobs, hopes to start a program in Victoria. (Courtesy of Kari Medig/Youth Climate Corps BC)

Victoria, feds pushed to rally corps of youth workers in climate fight

Poll shows widespread support for national Youth Climate Corps program as Victoria MP leads call

Youth Climate Corps BC, which trains young people and inserts them into climate-change-combatting jobs, hopes to start a program in Victoria. (Courtesy of Kari Medig/Youth Climate Corps BC)
Saanich racer Bill Okell finished first in the Sports Car Club of America’s Western Conference in 2023. (Courtesy of Cali Photography/provided by Bill Okell)

69-year-old Saanich sports car racer caps season with multiple awards

Bill Okell recognized by his peers after recapturing a west coast racing title

Saanich racer Bill Okell finished first in the Sports Car Club of America’s Western Conference in 2023. (Courtesy of Cali Photography/provided by Bill Okell)
Ashley Howe, the executive director of SUPPLY Victoria Creative Reuse Centre. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria’s reuse-inspired ‘community craft closet’ makes art more accessible

SUPPLY Victoria Creative Reuse Centre offers affordable supplies to artists, students and teachers

Ashley Howe, the executive director of SUPPLY Victoria Creative Reuse Centre. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Ocean Networks Canada will study new depths in one part of the northeast Pacific with its new deep-sea monitoring devices. Pictured is a deep sea octopus spotted at SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area. (Courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust, Northeast Pacific Seamount Expedition Partners/ Ocean Networks Canada)

UVic’s deep-sea ‘droids’ studying new depths in waters off west coast

New monitoring devices tracking impact of climate change, changes in ocean conditions

Ocean Networks Canada will study new depths in one part of the northeast Pacific with its new deep-sea monitoring devices. Pictured is a deep sea octopus spotted at SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area. (Courtesy of Ocean Exploration Trust, Northeast Pacific Seamount Expedition Partners/ Ocean Networks Canada)
The driver of this car was arrested and had charges recommended against him by police after he tried to accelerate into a demonstrator of a Palestine peach march in Victoria on Dec. 3. (Screenshot courtesy of the National Council of Canadian Muslims/X)

Man arrested for accelerating his car at Palestine demonstrator in Victoria

Pedestrian on the sidewalk narrowly evaded the vehicle as it sped toward them

The driver of this car was arrested and had charges recommended against him by police after he tried to accelerate into a demonstrator of a Palestine peach march in Victoria on Dec. 3. (Screenshot courtesy of the National Council of Canadian Muslims/X)
BC Ferries unveiled its renamed Pune’luxutth vessel on Dec. 1. The renaming was done in partnership with the Penelakut Tribe, which is serviced by the vessel. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Indigenous renaming for BC Ferries vessel honours Penelakut Tribe

Ferry previously held the name matching the community’s residential school

BC Ferries unveiled its renamed Pune’luxutth vessel on Dec. 1. The renaming was done in partnership with the Penelakut Tribe, which is serviced by the vessel. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Canadian country artist Brett Kissel brings his Compass tour to Victoria’s McPherson Playhouse on Dec. 5. (Courtesy of Brett Kissel)

Brett Kissel making Victoria return after Garth Brooks’ tutelage

Juno winner playing at the McPherson Playhouse in December

Canadian country artist Brett Kissel brings his Compass tour to Victoria’s McPherson Playhouse on Dec. 5. (Courtesy of Brett Kissel)
UVic oceanographer Johannes Gemmrich has co-authored new research on usng artificial intelligence to predict the likelihood of rogue waves. (Courtesy of Johannes Gemmrich)

‘Rogue One’: A UVic AI model for predicting waves story

Research expects to boost wave forecasting to help mariners travel safer

UVic oceanographer Johannes Gemmrich has co-authored new research on usng artificial intelligence to predict the likelihood of rogue waves. (Courtesy of Johannes Gemmrich)
The B.C. Ferries vessel the Coastal Renaissance will not be repaired by mid-December as planned, causing the company to make some adjustments along popular routes ahead of the holidays. (Black Press Media file photo)

Coastal Renaissance won’t be sailing over the holidays: BC Ferries

BC Ferries rejigs vessels sailing to and from Victoria over the holidays

The B.C. Ferries vessel the Coastal Renaissance will not be repaired by mid-December as planned, causing the company to make some adjustments along popular routes ahead of the holidays. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Ministry of Transportation completed repairs to a 50-metre stretch of Malahat highway on Oct. 31, almost two years after heavy rains and floods washed out the northbound lane and compromised the cliffside retaining wall. A campaign the CRD could look at joining wants to sue fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs taxpayers are paying. (Courtesy of B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation)

CRD to vote on studying impact of joining lawsuit against ‘big oil’ firms

Campaign hopes to help communities recoup costs related to climate change

The Ministry of Transportation completed repairs to a 50-metre stretch of Malahat highway on Oct. 31, almost two years after heavy rains and floods washed out the northbound lane and compromised the cliffside retaining wall. A campaign the CRD could look at joining wants to sue fossil fuel companies for climate-related costs taxpayers are paying. (Courtesy of B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation)
The bottom right portion of the photo shows what will be Cell 4 at Hartland landfill. Cell 3, shown in the upper right side of the photo, has been taking the region’s solid waste since 2016 and will be full by late 2024. (Courtesy of Derek Ford/CRD)

Landfill section nears capacity as CRD grants $11M for Hartland’s next phase

New landfilling rates set for Jan. 1 aim to incentivize salvaging and reusing materials

The bottom right portion of the photo shows what will be Cell 4 at Hartland landfill. Cell 3, shown in the upper right side of the photo, has been taking the region’s solid waste since 2016 and will be full by late 2024. (Courtesy of Derek Ford/CRD)
This file photo shows a tent city outside the provincial courthouse in Victoria in January 2016. Two injunctions, one denied before a subsequent one was approved, against the encampment were analyzed in a new UBC report that’s critical of how B.C. courts treat the eviction orders. (Don Denton/Victoria News photo)

Report raises alarm over how courts granted Victoria encampment injunctions

85% of cases since 2000 never made it past interim court order that dispersed camps

This file photo shows a tent city outside the provincial courthouse in Victoria in January 2016. Two injunctions, one denied before a subsequent one was approved, against the encampment were analyzed in a new UBC report that’s critical of how B.C. courts treat the eviction orders. (Don Denton/Victoria News photo)
The UVic women’s rowing team captured its second-straight national title at the 2023 Canadian University Rowing Championships in Burnaby on Nov. 11 and 12. (Courtesy of the University of Victoria)

UVic women’s rowing team repeats as national champions

Women’s team took home five medals over six races, men’s rowers place third overall

The UVic women’s rowing team captured its second-straight national title at the 2023 Canadian University Rowing Championships in Burnaby on Nov. 11 and 12. (Courtesy of the University of Victoria)
Korean War veteran Roy Mackay holds a photo showing him (left in the photo) around 1950 when he was in the army. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Saanich veteran dove from planes before sailing with the navy to Korean War

Roy Mackay never flew in a plane before he became a paratrooper with the army

Korean War veteran Roy Mackay holds a photo showing him (left in the photo) around 1950 when he was in the army. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Greater Victoria’s living wage rose in 2023 as housing and food costs jumped. (Black Press media file photo)

Greater Victoria’s living wage surpasses $25/hour in 2023

Housing jumps by $4,000 for living wage-earning family of four, food up $921

Greater Victoria’s living wage rose in 2023 as housing and food costs jumped. (Black Press media file photo)
The UVic field hockey team captured its fifth-straight national championship as it bested the University of Toronto in a three-game series from Nov. 3 to 5. (Courtesy of Seyran Mammadov/UVic)

Consecutive shutouts lead UVic field hockey to fifth-straight national title

Vikes beat University of Toronto in best-of-three series

The UVic field hockey team captured its fifth-straight national championship as it bested the University of Toronto in a three-game series from Nov. 3 to 5. (Courtesy of Seyran Mammadov/UVic)
Garbage bins line a Victoria street in October. The CRD will evaluate making it mandatory that all of its 13 communities have some form of curbside green bin collection. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

CRD could explore making green bin collection mandatory in all communities

Food and yard waste the second-largest trash source as 7 municipalities offer no curbside service

Garbage bins line a Victoria street in October. The CRD will evaluate making it mandatory that all of its 13 communities have some form of curbside green bin collection. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
HeliJet CEO Danny Sitnam (right) shows Premier David Eby a model of an electric aircraft HeliJet has ordered, which is expected to be the first of its kind in Canada, during an event in Victoria on Oct. 31. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

B.C. to get Canada’s first electric helicopter-like aircraft

HeliJet announces its advanced air mobility goals in Victoria

HeliJet CEO Danny Sitnam (right) shows Premier David Eby a model of an electric aircraft HeliJet has ordered, which is expected to be the first of its kind in Canada, during an event in Victoria on Oct. 31. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Dylan Foss outside his Vic West building that’s set to be redeveloped. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Developer clarifies move-out date after Victoria tenants got improper notice

Letter told residents they had less than three months to leave building set for redevelopment

Dylan Foss outside his Vic West building that’s set to be redeveloped. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A HeliJet helicopter was struck by lightning and damaged during a flight from Vancouver to Victoria on Oct. 24. Nobody on board was injured as the aircraft landed safely at its destination. (File photo)

Passenger hauling helicopter struck by lightning lands safely in Victoria

14 people aboard aircraft when lightning broke off rear rotor, made instruments go dark

A HeliJet helicopter was struck by lightning and damaged during a flight from Vancouver to Victoria on Oct. 24. Nobody on board was injured as the aircraft landed safely at its destination. (File photo)