Greater Victoria

Anais Chace, Sadie Schneider and Adrianna Hilton are being celebrated for their contributions to Greater Victoria sports. (Courtesy APShutter.com)

Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame award winners for 2024 announced

Anais Chace, Sadie Schneider and Adrianna Hilton are this year’s recipients

 

The Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary will use Pacific Salmon Foundation funds on a new project focusing on riparian restoration and youth engagement. (Photo courtesy of Agile Drone Services)

Grant to help Saanich’s Swan Lake sanctuary restore salmon habitats

Several Greater Victoria salmon initiatives boosted by Pacific Salmon Foundation funds

 

Samatha Brown strolls through Butchart Gardens during the summer of 2023. (File Submitted/ Destination Greater Victoria)

Greater Victoria to be featured destination on popular PBS series

The show will broadcast on PBS across the United States and Canada

Samatha Brown strolls through Butchart Gardens during the summer of 2023. (File Submitted/ Destination Greater Victoria)
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Victoria woman awarded over $1M in damages following rear-end collision

B.C. Supreme Court decision reveals impact on young mother’s life

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Icy conditions down Pandora Avenue, have made life even more difficult for the unhoused as they battle the conditions to try and stay warm. (Thomas Eley/ News Staff)

‘They’re freezing to death’: Victoria’s unhoused community battles cold weather

Shelter coordinators say people are trying to stay warm, but they don’t always access facilities

Icy conditions down Pandora Avenue, have made life even more difficult for the unhoused as they battle the conditions to try and stay warm. (Thomas Eley/ News Staff)
The Victoria Fire Department were able to contain a fire at Polished Perfect Nail Salon inside Mayfair Mall, after an alarm was triggered. (Black Press Media file photo)

Fire breaks out at nail salon in Victoria mall

The blaze was located deep within the mall

The Victoria Fire Department were able to contain a fire at Polished Perfect Nail Salon inside Mayfair Mall, after an alarm was triggered. (Black Press Media file photo)
United Way Southern Vancouver Island has opened the process for local social service agencies to apply for grants. (Black Press Media file photo)

United Way Southern Vancouver Island now accepting grant applications

United Way will prioritize applicants that aim to reduce the impact of poverty

United Way Southern Vancouver Island has opened the process for local social service agencies to apply for grants. (Black Press Media file photo)
A dog zooms around the snowy surface down at Dallas Road’s off-leash park in Victoria on Jan. 17. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Check out this flurry of images of winter in Greater Victoria

Readers share their fun times in sub-zero weather with snowy follow-up

A dog zooms around the snowy surface down at Dallas Road’s off-leash park in Victoria on Jan. 17. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
More than 3,000 customers from East Sooke to Port Renfrew are without power. (B.C. Hydro)

Sooke Region bears brunt of snow-induced power outages in Greater Victoria

Smaller outages reported in Victoria, Saanich and Peninsula

More than 3,000 customers from East Sooke to Port Renfrew are without power. (B.C. Hydro)
People enjoying the pop-up ice rink at Bow pond in Saanich. (Photo courtesy of Michael Motek)

More snow, freezing rain could cause havoc on Greater Victoria streets

Temperatures hovering near 0 C create uncertainty over what may fall from the skies

People enjoying the pop-up ice rink at Bow pond in Saanich. (Photo courtesy of Michael Motek)
Benjamin Kendrick, shown here in a 2017 photo with Sooke Mayor Maja Tait and Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce past president Karen Mason, is stepping away from Meanwhile in Sooke. (File - Sooke News Mirror)

‘Threaten violence’: Sooke fundraiser says he was bullied, won’t do it again

Sooke Food Bank hit by loss of vital support; $100,000 raised over last six years

Benjamin Kendrick, shown here in a 2017 photo with Sooke Mayor Maja Tait and Sooke Region Chamber of Commerce past president Karen Mason, is stepping away from Meanwhile in Sooke. (File - Sooke News Mirror)
The Canadian Centre on Substance Use announced the new healthy drinking guidelines in January. (Black Press file photo)

‘People drank a lot’ in Greater Victoria amid COVID-19, but habits changing

The federal government announced in January 2023 that Canadians should consume two weekly drinks.

The Canadian Centre on Substance Use announced the new healthy drinking guidelines in January. (Black Press file photo)
Connie McCann, president of the Victoria Regional Pickleball Association, practises with a quieter OWL paddle at the city courts in Beacon Hill Park. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Pickleball blowing up in Greater Victoria – along with efforts to dampen noise

Players’ association president tests noise reducing paddle to start the year

Connie McCann, president of the Victoria Regional Pickleball Association, practises with a quieter OWL paddle at the city courts in Beacon Hill Park. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
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Andrew Appleton, chair of the GVPL board peruses titles at the pop-up branch at the Monterey Recreation Centre in 2023. (Black Press Media file photo)

Library ditches fines, expunges accounts for Greater Victoria readers

Rise of digital materials that don’t accrue fines, means decline in revenue

Andrew Appleton, chair of the GVPL board peruses titles at the pop-up branch at the Monterey Recreation Centre in 2023. (Black Press Media file photo)
Ferguson 'Gus Kenneth was born at 2:06 a.m weighing in at seven pounds and eight ounces. 2024-01-01 (Photo supplied/ Island Heath)

Meet Gus: Vancouver Island’s first baby of 2024 born in Greater Victoria

He was welcomed by his mom and dad, Nadia and Alex

Ferguson 'Gus Kenneth was born at 2:06 a.m weighing in at seven pounds and eight ounces. 2024-01-01 (Photo supplied/ Island Heath)
The Island Health 2SLGBTQIA+ liaison nurse program is being held at Royal Jubilee Hospital and occasionally at Victoria General Hospital. (Black Press Media file photo)

Island Health launches Greater Victoria 2SLGBTQIA+ liaison nurse program

The program is held at Royal Jubilee Hospital and occasionally Victoria General Hospital

The Island Health 2SLGBTQIA+ liaison nurse program is being held at Royal Jubilee Hospital and occasionally at Victoria General Hospital. (Black Press Media file photo)
Members of staff place the copies of the book by Prince Harry called Spare at a book store in London, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Prince Harry to Matthew Perry, celebrity memoirs top Greater Victoria reads

BookTok popularizes a new genre – romantasy – a mash-up of romance and fantasy

Members of staff place the copies of the book by Prince Harry called Spare at a book store in London, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
West Shore high school Belmont is home to the first raspberry shake installed in the region. (Black Press Media file photo)

Raspberry shakes make earthquakes more than a drill for south Island students

SchoolShake puts seismographs in the classroom, resources in teachers’ hands

West Shore high school Belmont is home to the first raspberry shake installed in the region. (Black Press Media file photo)