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Victoria’s plastic bag ban has been adopted. The City will begin enforcing it in July 2018. (Lauren Boothby/VICTORIA NEWS)

Victoria first B.C. municipality to adopt plastic bag ban

City bylaw will come into effect this summer

Victoria’s plastic bag ban has been adopted. The City will begin enforcing it in July 2018. (Lauren Boothby/VICTORIA NEWS)
Lauren Boothby/VICTORIA NEWS                                Victoria staff are drafting a privacy policy on footage collected from cameras like this one at the intersection of Pandora Avenue/Douglas Street.

B.C. Privacy Commissioner consults Victoria on traffic camera policy

Footage may be shared with law enforcement in the future

Lauren Boothby/VICTORIA NEWS                                Victoria staff are drafting a privacy policy on footage collected from cameras like this one at the intersection of Pandora Avenue/Douglas Street.
Jennifer Goodman has been suspended by the College of Registered Nurses of B.C., and fired by Island Health for unauthorized access to medical records. (News files)

Victoria nurse suspended by professional body in privacy breach

Island Health fires RN for accessing records of patients not in her care

Jennifer Goodman has been suspended by the College of Registered Nurses of B.C., and fired by Island Health for unauthorized access to medical records. (News files)
A cart sits in front of a tent pitched in Beacon Hill Park in Summer 2017. (News files)

Victoria approves $200,000 to clean up parks after homeless campers

Parks staff over budget for cleanup last year

A cart sits in front of a tent pitched in Beacon Hill Park in Summer 2017. (News files)
Victoria’s Indigenous Artist in Residence Lindsay Delaronde (right) in collaboration with Pascalle Ellefsen, entitled “We Bring Medicine to the Streets,” in which the artists washed Pandora street during a street performance. (Facebook)
Victoria’s Indigenous Artist in Residence Lindsay Delaronde (right) in collaboration with Pascalle Ellefsen, entitled “We Bring Medicine to the Streets,” in which the artists washed Pandora street during a street performance. (Facebook)
Crews continue excavating the site where a sidewalk collapsed on Johnson Street last week. (Ragnar Haagen/BLACK PRESS)

Collapsed sidewalk cordoned off, bank stablized

One lane opened to traffic on Johnson Street deemed safe

Crews continue excavating the site where a sidewalk collapsed on Johnson Street last week. (Ragnar Haagen/BLACK PRESS)
Aluminum planks are installed for the multi-use walkway on the bridge span at the end of December, the surface cyclists and pedestrians will use to travel across the new Johnson Street Bridge. (Photo courtesy Jonathan Huggett)

Span to be installed this month for Victoria’s Johnson Street Bridge

Existing bridge, marine channel closures expected

Aluminum planks are installed for the multi-use walkway on the bridge span at the end of December, the surface cyclists and pedestrians will use to travel across the new Johnson Street Bridge. (Photo courtesy Jonathan Huggett)
First responders attended a fatal crash on Sook Road Saturday evening. (News files)

One man is dead after fatal Sooke Road crash Friday

Minor incident followed crash on detour route

First responders attended a fatal crash on Sook Road Saturday evening. (News files)
A VicPD officer issues a distracted driving ticket earlier this year. (Photo courtesy of VicPD)

VicPD hopes distracted driving education pilot gains provincial traction

Ticketed offenders given option of accepting fine and points or taking seminar

A VicPD officer issues a distracted driving ticket earlier this year. (Photo courtesy of VicPD)
Mike Innis purchased 22 blasters on Used Victoria and Varage Sale to stack his Nerf arsenal. (Lauren Boothby/VICTORIA NEWS)

Greater Victoria man thinks a Nerf league could be a blast

Mike Innis targets kids and their parents for goofy sport

Mike Innis purchased 22 blasters on Used Victoria and Varage Sale to stack his Nerf arsenal. (Lauren Boothby/VICTORIA NEWS)
Horse-drawn trolleys carry holiday passengers downtown on a recent weekend. This trolley was followed by activists protesting the treatment of carriage horses, a matter which may be covered in a proposed City bylaw. (Lauren Boothby/VICTORIA NEWS)

Carriage horse safety in proposed animal care bylaw for Victoria

Regulated protection for working animals, pets being considered for City

Horse-drawn trolleys carry holiday passengers downtown on a recent weekend. This trolley was followed by activists protesting the treatment of carriage horses, a matter which may be covered in a proposed City bylaw. (Lauren Boothby/VICTORIA NEWS)
One man faces multiple charges after allegedly striking a police officer and two vehicles with a stolen car. (News files)

Driver hits police officer, two other vehicles with stolen car in Esquimalt

Suspect sped away from scene, found quickly in nearby plaza

One man faces multiple charges after allegedly striking a police officer and two vehicles with a stolen car. (News files)
Victoria firefighters look at the rubble on the scene after a retaining wall collapsed near the corner Oak Bay Ave. and Fort St. Tuesday morning. (Lauren Boothby/VICTORIA NEWS)
Victoria firefighters look at the rubble on the scene after a retaining wall collapsed near the corner Oak Bay Ave. and Fort St. Tuesday morning. (Lauren Boothby/VICTORIA NEWS)
The Checkout Bag Bylaw was given initial approval by Victoria city council Thursday evening. (News files)

Plastic checkout bag ban to take effect in Victoria next summer

Merchants may still provide free bags for certain grocery and retail items

The Checkout Bag Bylaw was given initial approval by Victoria city council Thursday evening. (News files)
Brian Wismath will be conducting Handel’s Messiah Dec. 15 and 17, performed by the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and the Victoria Choral Society. (Photo submitted)

Choir director adds orchestra baton for Messiah performance at University of Victoria

Victoria Symphony Orchestra to perform holiday classic with community choir

Brian Wismath will be conducting Handel’s Messiah Dec. 15 and 17, performed by the Victoria Symphony Orchestra and the Victoria Choral Society. (Photo submitted)
Police warn businesses of counterfeit American money in Victoria

Police warn businesses of counterfeit American money in Victoria

United States Secret Service investigate with VicPD

Police warn businesses of counterfeit American money in Victoria
Artist drawing of the proposed public art installation at the Johnson Street Bridge site, designed by City of Victoria’s artist in residence Luke Ramsey, and Indigenous Artist in Residence Linsay Delaronde. The eleven angled surfboards are meant to mimic the shape of an orca. The installation will also include sound. (City of Victoria)

Orca-inspired sculpture pitched for Victoria Johnson Street Bridge park

Designs unveiled as part of plans for public space around bridge

Artist drawing of the proposed public art installation at the Johnson Street Bridge site, designed by City of Victoria’s artist in residence Luke Ramsey, and Indigenous Artist in Residence Linsay Delaronde. The eleven angled surfboards are meant to mimic the shape of an orca. The installation will also include sound. (City of Victoria)
A battery-powered electric bus similar to the one pictured here will begin a six-month trial run on the streets of Victoria in January 2018. BC Transit photo

Victoria hopes to have a fully electric bus fleet by 2030

Business plan to be created, region to request its use as a pilot community for project

A battery-powered electric bus similar to the one pictured here will begin a six-month trial run on the streets of Victoria in January 2018. BC Transit photo
Mayor Lisa Helps posted images of locks she found attached to her bicycle after she left a film screening and presentation Friday evening. (Lisa Helps/Facebook)

Victoria Mayor finds bike “sabotaged”, believes she was intentionally targeted

Mayor Lisa Helps posts images to social media after movie screening

Mayor Lisa Helps posted images of locks she found attached to her bicycle after she left a film screening and presentation Friday evening. (Lisa Helps/Facebook)
Two men remain in custody, after being arrested last week on suspicion of trafficking fentanyl and cocaine. The drugs were believed to be headed for downtown Victoria. (News files)

Fentanyl seized in bust ‘enough to kill 125,000 people:’ VicPD

Suspected dealers came from mainland on ferry; arrest made after weeks of investigation

Two men remain in custody, after being arrested last week on suspicion of trafficking fentanyl and cocaine. The drugs were believed to be headed for downtown Victoria. (News files)