Jake Romphf

Flipside Plastic founder Laska Pare, left, and Love Your Suds founder Belinda Williams have collaborated on a Pacific Northwest-themed gift box that hopes to show sustainability and quality go hand in hand. (Courtesy of Laska Pare)

Circular Victoria creator partners on sustainable soapy gift box

Flipside Plastics joined forces with a Vancouver soap maker to highlight conscious consuming

Flipside Plastic founder Laska Pare, left, and Love Your Suds founder Belinda Williams have collaborated on a Pacific Northwest-themed gift box that hopes to show sustainability and quality go hand in hand. (Courtesy of Laska Pare)
The Vancouver Canucks held an intrasquad scrimmage at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre during day three of their Victoria training camp on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Canucks players face off in scrimmage at Victoria training camp

Greater Victoria NHLer takes the ice in front of Vancouver Island fans

The Vancouver Canucks held an intrasquad scrimmage at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre during day three of their Victoria training camp on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Kids enjoying the midway rides at the Luxton Fall Fair on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Luxton Fall Fair brings smiles and farming fun to rainy day in Langford

Kids flew around on midway rides at the agriculture celebrating fair

Kids enjoying the midway rides at the Luxton Fall Fair on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A Victoria police vehicle drives through downtown in August. The force says staffing issues are among the reasons officers are confined to their vehicles over walking the beat. A majority of councillors said they’d like more emphasis on foot patrols ahead of budget talks. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria councillors make pleas for more police foot patrols

Summer pilot that saw officers walking downtown enticed councillors

A Victoria police vehicle drives through downtown in August. The force says staffing issues are among the reasons officers are confined to their vehicles over walking the beat. A majority of councillors said they’d like more emphasis on foot patrols ahead of budget talks. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A man drowned at Coles Bay Regional Park on Sept. 18. (Black Press Media file photo).

Man drowns in waters off Coles Bay Regional Park in North Saanich

Police say man was attempting to get to his boat when the incident occurred

A man drowned at Coles Bay Regional Park on Sept. 18. (Black Press Media file photo).
A previous design concept shows what could replace the Ship Point site that’s dominated by parking lots. (Courtesy of the City of Victoria)

Revived Ship Point plans aim to transform Victoria’s harbourfront parking lots

Phased work would look to green and pedestrianize the downtown waterfront

A previous design concept shows what could replace the Ship Point site that’s dominated by parking lots. (Courtesy of the City of Victoria)
Salt Legacy founder and CEO Meaghan McDonald hand cuts a sail from Port Angeles that went into a tote bag the upcycling company collaborated on with fellow Victoria enterprise ANIAN. (Courtesy of ANIAN)

Victoria circular economy creators sell out collaboration tote bag in days

Salt Legacy and ANIAN joined forces on the bag made from old ship sails and recycled wool

Salt Legacy founder and CEO Meaghan McDonald hand cuts a sail from Port Angeles that went into a tote bag the upcycling company collaborated on with fellow Victoria enterprise ANIAN. (Courtesy of ANIAN)
University of Victoria astronomer Spencer Bialek takes in the stars at Sombrio beach. The PhD student is studying how to mitigate the impact that hundreds of thousands of new satellites are expected to have on astronomy observations. (Courtesy of Spencer Bialek)

UVic astronomer studying satellite influx risks to galactic archaeology

Thousands of satellites planned for orbit could hinder observations of stars and space

University of Victoria astronomer Spencer Bialek takes in the stars at Sombrio beach. The PhD student is studying how to mitigate the impact that hundreds of thousands of new satellites are expected to have on astronomy observations. (Courtesy of Spencer Bialek)
Statistics Canada says what amenities are included in rents across the country are important for accurately comparing the costs borne in different markets. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. renters pay more despite getting fewer amenities included: StatsCan

B.C. rent gets even more expensive than Ontario when lower air conditioning rates factored in

Statistics Canada says what amenities are included in rents across the country are important for accurately comparing the costs borne in different markets. (Black Press Media file photo)
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh talks housing at the University of Victoria on Aug. 30. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Feds should front a third of student housing costs, NDP’s Singh says at UVic

NDP leader supports schools having to show how they’ll house international students

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh talks housing at the University of Victoria on Aug. 30. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A member of the Deeley Research Centre’s immunotherapy lab works on developing CAR-T cells on Aug. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria centre providing new hope for patients with hard-to-fight cancers

The Deeley Research Centre is celebrating 20 years of advancing new treatments

A member of the Deeley Research Centre’s immunotherapy lab works on developing CAR-T cells on Aug. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A man convicted of charges in relation to two 2017 robberies was sentenced to three years in prison on Aug. 24. (Black Press Media file photo)

Man gets 3 years in jail for Victoria robbery, role in Oak Bay attack

Court concluded Christopher Standell had limited roles compared to his co-accused

A man convicted of charges in relation to two 2017 robberies was sentenced to three years in prison on Aug. 24. (Black Press Media file photo)
One of ETGM2’s modular gasification systems that the Calgary-based company said could be utilized by the CRD in addressing its biosolids. (Courtesy of ETGM2)

Calgary company hopes to fill CRD’s biosolid gasification needs

Facilities at Hartland could be ready in weeks to months, company says

One of ETGM2’s modular gasification systems that the Calgary-based company said could be utilized by the CRD in addressing its biosolids. (Courtesy of ETGM2)
A Victoria police vehicle drives through downtown in August. The force says staffing issues are among the reasons officers are confined to their vehicles over walking the beat. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Stakeholders call for making Victoria police foot patrols a regular thing

Staffing constraints limit the number of patrols officers can do on foot, VicPD says

A Victoria police vehicle drives through downtown in August. The force says staffing issues are among the reasons officers are confined to their vehicles over walking the beat. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
OEB Breakfast Co.’s Yates Street location expects to open in the fall. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

New downtown brunch spot opening this fall in Victoria

OEB Breakfast Co. excited to bring elevated approach to brunch to Yates Street

OEB Breakfast Co.’s Yates Street location expects to open in the fall. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
The University of Victoria has received provincial funding for its Experimental Ocean Climate Change Lab (EXCEL) to research the impact of marine climate change. (Photo courtesy of UVic)

B.C. funding will help UVic study impacts of marine climate change

Provincial infusion will help new lab see which B.C. coastal ecosystems sensitive to changes

The University of Victoria has received provincial funding for its Experimental Ocean Climate Change Lab (EXCEL) to research the impact of marine climate change. (Photo courtesy of UVic)
Ophelia gets a trim from groomer Wendy Varga at Suds ‘N’ Scissors Pet Saloon as a heat wave spikes temperatures in Greater Victoria. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria dog walkers and pet groomers take on the heat wave

Four-legged caretakers are taking extra precautions as to keep dogs comfortable in the heat

Ophelia gets a trim from groomer Wendy Varga at Suds ‘N’ Scissors Pet Saloon as a heat wave spikes temperatures in Greater Victoria. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Pictured is the Capital Regional District’s wastewater treatment facility at McLoughlin Point. Local groups have reiterated their opposition to land applying biosolids in the CRD as a long-term plan. (CRD image)

Groups criticize CRD’s pace in advancing thermal biosolid-disposal facility

Spreading the treated sewage on South Island lands still facing opposition

Pictured is the Capital Regional District’s wastewater treatment facility at McLoughlin Point. Local groups have reiterated their opposition to land applying biosolids in the CRD as a long-term plan. (CRD image)
Kristianne Stone is pictured in June standing by the fire escape that she would need to use if a fire broke out at her Cook Street apartment building, but the stairway still remains unsafe. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Fire escape not fully safe months after issues brought to Victoria council

A tenant of the Cook Street building continues to have fears about the escape route

Kristianne Stone is pictured in June standing by the fire escape that she would need to use if a fire broke out at her Cook Street apartment building, but the stairway still remains unsafe. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Pedestrians and cyclists cross the Selkirk Trestle area of the Galloping Goose trail on Aug. 10. The busiest sections of the Galloping Goose and Lochside trails will be widened to create separated routes for walking and cycling over the next six years. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

CRD rolls out expedited, $53M regional trail widening timeline

Busiest sections of the Galloping Goose, Lochside trails to split up walkers and cyclists

Pedestrians and cyclists cross the Selkirk Trestle area of the Galloping Goose trail on Aug. 10. The busiest sections of the Galloping Goose and Lochside trails will be widened to create separated routes for walking and cycling over the next six years. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)