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Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon, seen in this 2021 photo, will be tabling legislation in the fall that will address housing being converted into short-term rentals and could require platforms to be more transparent with local governments. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

B.C. housing minister tight-lipped on looming short-term rental regulations

Ravi Kahlon has concerns with the industry as he says it’s taking up too much housing stock

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon, seen in this 2021 photo, will be tabling legislation in the fall that will address housing being converted into short-term rentals and could require platforms to be more transparent with local governments. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
BC Ferries CEO Nicolas Jimenez speaks to the media on Aug. 2 about plans for avoiding terminal chaos over the B.C. Day long weekend. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

BC Ferries CEO vows full capacity fleet over busy B.C. Day long weekend

Over half-a-million passengers expected amid challenging summer for coastal connector

BC Ferries CEO Nicolas Jimenez speaks to the media on Aug. 2 about plans for avoiding terminal chaos over the B.C. Day long weekend. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
The CRD has been presented some long-term options for managing its biosolids. (Courtesy of GHD/Long-Term Biosolids Beneficial Use Option Analysis)

Land application dominates long-term options for CRD’s biosolids

Long-term thermal processing facility for treated sewage up to 10 years away

The CRD has been presented some long-term options for managing its biosolids. (Courtesy of GHD/Long-Term Biosolids Beneficial Use Option Analysis)
Greater Victoria’s Ollie Josephson warms up for a Hlinka Gretzky Cup pre-tournament game against Czechia. This Czechia and Slovakia tournament is the first time the 17-year-old suits up for the national team. (Hockey Canada Images/Andreas Robanser)

Greater Victoria teen helping Canada defend gold at U18 hockey cup

Ollie Josephson is wearing the maple leaf for the first time at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup

Greater Victoria’s Ollie Josephson warms up for a Hlinka Gretzky Cup pre-tournament game against Czechia. This Czechia and Slovakia tournament is the first time the 17-year-old suits up for the national team. (Hockey Canada Images/Andreas Robanser)
Pictured is Suncor’s base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta. A new study finds equity ownership in Canada’s five largest fossil fuel companies is becoming increasingly concentrated. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

UVic helps find Canadian fossil fuel financiers not pushing low-carbon shift

Increasingly foreign stakeholders hold considerable leverage on Canada’s biggest companies

Pictured is Suncor’s base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta. A new study finds equity ownership in Canada’s five largest fossil fuel companies is becoming increasingly concentrated. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
This July 24 screenshot from the non-profit Inside Airbnb shows some of the 4,700 short-term rental listings in Greater Victoria. (Courtesy of Inside Airbnb)

Hundreds of Victoria short-term rental hosts dodging regulations and fees

Out-of-town buyers flooding market with help of local property management companies

This July 24 screenshot from the non-profit Inside Airbnb shows some of the 4,700 short-term rental listings in Greater Victoria. (Courtesy of Inside Airbnb)
Bryson Robertson, a former UVic researcher, leads a team at Oregon State University that’s advancing offshore wind and wave energy. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Former UVic engineer advancing offshore renewables south of the border

Bryson Roberston sees a growing role for offshore wind and wave energy on the west coast

Bryson Robertson, a former UVic researcher, leads a team at Oregon State University that’s advancing offshore wind and wave energy. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Pictured are tents in Victoria’s Topaz Park in 2020. The city will look at banning overnight sheltering in that park and several others as of November. (Black Press Media news staff)

Victoria pushes back tentative date for banning sheltering in some parks

Overnighting in at least four parks could end on Nov. 1

Pictured are tents in Victoria’s Topaz Park in 2020. The city will look at banning overnight sheltering in that park and several others as of November. (Black Press Media news staff)
This 2011 photo of the underwater basalt field located in the Endeavour area of the Cascadia Basin, located about 200 kilometres off the west coast of Vancouver Island, could soon be the site where carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is stored. (Courtesy of Ocean Networks Canada/CSSF-ROPOS)

Likely no earthquake risk from storing CO2 under ocean off Vancouver Island

Project looks to pump massive amounts of captured emissions into ocean crust

This 2011 photo of the underwater basalt field located in the Endeavour area of the Cascadia Basin, located about 200 kilometres off the west coast of Vancouver Island, could soon be the site where carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is stored. (Courtesy of Ocean Networks Canada/CSSF-ROPOS)
The afternoon sun shines on a Victoria building on July 19. Statistics Canada data shows British Columbians have less access to air conditioning than any other region. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

With hot days ahead, B.C. has the lowest air conditioning access in Canada

Statistics Canada’s first major study into AC use looks to identify those vulnerable to extreme heat

The afternoon sun shines on a Victoria building on July 19. Statistics Canada data shows British Columbians have less access to air conditioning than any other region. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Pedicabs give a lift to the Norwegian Sun cruise ship’s passengers, who were set to get about a 10-hour stay in Victoria as the vessel docked at Ogden Point on July 18. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Global emissions push, whale-saving efforts shorten Victoria cruise stays

Ships slowing down in Strait of Juan de Fuca for southern resident killer whales

Pedicabs give a lift to the Norwegian Sun cruise ship’s passengers, who were set to get about a 10-hour stay in Victoria as the vessel docked at Ogden Point on July 18. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Years after it started operating, odour complaints about the $775-million McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant continue to come in. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Greater Victoria’s $775M wastewater plant still seeing odour complaints

Neighbouring residents doubt the sewage treatment site’s smells will ever go away

Years after it started operating, odour complaints about the $775-million McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant continue to come in. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Victoria Fire Chief Dan Atkinson stands by a portion of Summit Park on July 13 where hours earlier his crews extinguished a blaze. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Warning over extremely dry conditions follows Victoria park fire

Fire chief calls for public to use parks but do so responsibly

Victoria Fire Chief Dan Atkinson stands by a portion of Summit Park on July 13 where hours earlier his crews extinguished a blaze. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Biosolids will continue to be trashed at Hartland landfill as various plans fall through for the CRD. (Facebook/Capital Regional District)

CRD to continue trashing biosolids despite $100K per-month price tag

Treated sewage could still be headed up-Island as board votes against spreading it within CRD

Biosolids will continue to be trashed at Hartland landfill as various plans fall through for the CRD. (Facebook/Capital Regional District)
Victoria has been ranked the third most expensive place to live in Canada. Pictured is Victoria’s Inner Harbour. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria ranked as Canada’s third most expensive city: study

B.C. is the least affordable province, says study into income and expenses

Victoria has been ranked the third most expensive place to live in Canada. Pictured is Victoria’s Inner Harbour. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria HarbourCats’ 2022 player of the year Joseph Redfield was picked in the fourth round of the 2023 MLB Draft. (Courtesy of the Victoria HarbourCats Official Fan Community/Facebook)

Former Victoria HarbourCats get names called during MLB Draft

Victoria’s player of the year from 2022 selected in the fourth round

Victoria HarbourCats’ 2022 player of the year Joseph Redfield was picked in the fourth round of the 2023 MLB Draft. (Courtesy of the Victoria HarbourCats Official Fan Community/Facebook)
Victoria-based extreme metal band will bring their sound to the Armstrong Metal Festival stage on July 15. (Courtesy of @_prdxvisuals)

Victoria band bringing existentialistic extreme metal to Okanagan festival

Liminal Shroud’s songs of personal struggle hitting new audiences

Victoria-based extreme metal band will bring their sound to the Armstrong Metal Festival stage on July 15. (Courtesy of @_prdxvisuals)
The remotely operated vehicle ROPOS is lowered into the water during the expedition to the proposed Tang. ɢwan-hacxwiqak-Tsig̱is Marine Protection Area. (Nicole Holman/Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

Expedition explores supervolcanoes and deep-sea firsts in B.C. waters

Footage of superheated geysers, novel images of species behaviour caught off Vancouver Island

The remotely operated vehicle ROPOS is lowered into the water during the expedition to the proposed Tang. ɢwan-hacxwiqak-Tsig̱is Marine Protection Area. (Nicole Holman/Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
The Past Wrongs, Future Choices project will take a global look at the internment and dispossession of Japanese people from across the globe in the mid-20th century. Pictured is the Takamura family at their peach plantation at Itaquera, São Paulo, on Dec. 25, 1949. (Photo courtesy of the Historical Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil)

UVic helping lead first global look at impact of Japanese internment

New project builds on major study into Japanese Canadians having property stolen

The Past Wrongs, Future Choices project will take a global look at the internment and dispossession of Japanese people from across the globe in the mid-20th century. Pictured is the Takamura family at their peach plantation at Itaquera, São Paulo, on Dec. 25, 1949. (Photo courtesy of the Historical Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil)
BC Hydro CEO Chris O’Riley discusses the Crown corporation’s electrification plans with Greater Victoria business and community leaders at a Chamber of Commerce event on June 28. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Electrification and more needed in all sectors, BC Hydro CEO says in Victoria

Energy efficiency and fuel alternatives will have a role in meeting GHG targets, he says

BC Hydro CEO Chris O’Riley discusses the Crown corporation’s electrification plans with Greater Victoria business and community leaders at a Chamber of Commerce event on June 28. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)