Keili Bartlett

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Victoria’s Clean Team has already collected more needles by October in 2018 than in all of 2017. (Keili Bartlett/News staff)

Victoria businesses deal with ‘impossible’ amount of used needles

Property owner on Government and Queens describes garbage often blocking businesses

Victoria’s Clean Team has already collected more needles by October in 2018 than in all of 2017. (Keili Bartlett/News staff)
Judy, a nurse from the pulmonary vascular ICU, leads a demonstration of the defibrillator and heart monitoring machine the Victoria Hospital Foundation is raising money for. (Keili Bartlett/News staff)

You Are Vital $3.5M campaign launched for new hospital equipment

Victoria Hospitals Foundation looking for crucial equipment

Judy, a nurse from the pulmonary vascular ICU, leads a demonstration of the defibrillator and heart monitoring machine the Victoria Hospital Foundation is raising money for. (Keili Bartlett/News staff)
Jill Van Gyn, FATSO peanut butter owner, took her Victoria-based company to the Dragons’ Den in 2018. (FATSO peanut butter photo)

B.C.’s FATSO peanut butter takes off 1 month after Dragons’ Den deal

Owner talks about the immediate spike in her peanut butter business

Jill Van Gyn, FATSO peanut butter owner, took her Victoria-based company to the Dragons’ Den in 2018. (FATSO peanut butter photo)
An undated photo of the Fairmont Empress at Victoria’s Inner Harbour. (Black Press file photo)

Victoria’s Fairmont Empress crowned best hotel in Canada

Luxury hotel made top of 50 best hotels list

An undated photo of the Fairmont Empress at Victoria’s Inner Harbour. (Black Press file photo)
‘I could feel the heat on my face’ homeowner said of Songhees fire

‘I could feel the heat on my face’ homeowner said of Songhees fire

Two mobile homes in View Royal area burned on Oct. 23, investigation ongoing

‘I could feel the heat on my face’ homeowner said of Songhees fire
The dragons sample vegan meat alternatives by Victoria-based Very Good Butchers. (Submitted)

Very Good Butchers to appear on Dragons’ Den

Victoria-based vegan company will star in Nov. 29 episode

The dragons sample vegan meat alternatives by Victoria-based Very Good Butchers. (Submitted)
Very Good Butchers pitch their plant-based vegan meat alternatives to Dragons’ Den. (Submitted)

B.C. vegan butcher to appear on Dragons’ Den

Victoria’s Very Good Butchers will star in Nov. 29 episode

Very Good Butchers pitch their plant-based vegan meat alternatives to Dragons’ Den. (Submitted)
Lisa Helps at her election party headquarters after the polls closed in Victoria. (Arnold Lim/Black Press)

Women make up nearly 50 per cent of Greater Victoria councillors

Ten councils in Greater Victoria elected women for at least half of their seats

Lisa Helps at her election party headquarters after the polls closed in Victoria. (Arnold Lim/Black Press)
Fog around the Island affecting travel plans

Fog around the Island affecting travel plans

Oct. 23 is the fourth day in past week fog has cancelled flights

Fog around the Island affecting travel plans
The first of three earthquakes off the B.C. coast was recorded at around 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 21, 2018. (USGS)

Multiple earthquakes off Vancouver Island recorded around the world

Five earthquakes overnight on Oct. 21 were measured as ‘strong’

The first of three earthquakes off the B.C. coast was recorded at around 10:45 p.m. on Oct. 21, 2018. (USGS)
David Willows wrote a 53-page audit of Victoria’s accessible on-street parking downtown. (Keili Bartlett/News staff)

Only half of Victoria’s accessible parking meets basic standards: report

Father of a child with disabilities suggests solutions for parking design flaws

David Willows wrote a 53-page audit of Victoria’s accessible on-street parking downtown. (Keili Bartlett/News staff)
A woman smokes a joint. Hundreds showed up at the B.C. Legislature to celebrate the legalization of marijuana in Canada. (Arnold Lim/Black Press)

‘Think about impairment in the workplace’ suggests WorkSafeBC

Suggestions for detecting and dealing with cannabis use at work

A woman smokes a joint. Hundreds showed up at the B.C. Legislature to celebrate the legalization of marijuana in Canada. (Arnold Lim/Black Press)
A small group of tents have been set up in North Saanich’s Dominion Brook Park over the weekend. The camp is traveling throughout the region to protest a lack of action on homelessness and addictions issues. (Peninsula News Review file photo)

A year in tent city: Timeline of Camp Namegans

Since September 2017, Victoria’s homeless camp has set up in more than 20 locations

A small group of tents have been set up in North Saanich’s Dominion Brook Park over the weekend. The camp is traveling throughout the region to protest a lack of action on homelessness and addictions issues. (Peninsula News Review file photo)
Vehicles line up on Oct. 19 for a foour-sailing wait. (BC Ferries webcam) Vehicles line up on Oct. 19 for a four-sailing wait. (BC Ferries webcam)

Four-sailing wait at BC Ferries Swartz Bay terminal

Full vessels create long waits on Friday afternoon

Vehicles line up on Oct. 19 for a foour-sailing wait. (BC Ferries webcam) Vehicles line up on Oct. 19 for a four-sailing wait. (BC Ferries webcam)
Used needles were found stuck in a tree on Pandora Avenue on Oct. 16. (Harrison Campbell photo)

Victoria’s Clean Team collects 600 used needles in a week

Number of used needles found downtown steadily increasing over 12 years

Used needles were found stuck in a tree on Pandora Avenue on Oct. 16. (Harrison Campbell photo)
‘About time’ scores of BC Ferries passengers comment on debit trial

‘About time’ scores of BC Ferries passengers comment on debit trial

Two boats started two-month trail on Oct. 17

‘About time’ scores of BC Ferries passengers comment on debit trial
Murray Rankin, Victoria MP (Contributed photo)

MP calls federal government’s cannabis pardon ‘half-baked’

Murray Rankin introduced bill to expunge criminal possession records for free

Murray Rankin, Victoria MP (Contributed photo)
504 people on Vancouver Island have had medical assistance in dying since it became legal two years ago. (Pixabay photo)

Vancouver Island leads nation in medically assisted deaths

Island residents choose assisted death five times more than other Canadians

504 people on Vancouver Island have had medical assistance in dying since it became legal two years ago. (Pixabay photo)
Victoria General Hospital. (Google Maps)

Sewage leak closes sterilizing room at Victoria General Hospital

Royal Jubilee equipment sharing means no VGH surgeries cancelled

Victoria General Hospital. (Google Maps)
Smoking pot? Your dentist wants to know

Smoking pot? Your dentist wants to know

Vancouver dentist and cannabis researcher shares oral health concerns of marijuana

Smoking pot? Your dentist wants to know