Pride Week

Charlotte Mortimer, from left, vice president Williams Lake Pride Society (WLPS), Billie Sheridan, secretary for WLPS, Williams Lake First Nation Chief Willie Sellars, Mayor Walt Cobb and Sonny Dyck, WLPS president, all stand under the newly raised Pride flag in front of city hall. (Ruth Lloyd photo - Williams Lake Tribune)

VIDEO: Pride in the Puddle kicks off first official Pride week for Cariboo town

Rainbow Pride flag raised at city hall Aug. 15 marking the beginning of Pride week in Williams Lake

 

The 26th annual Victoria Pride Parade transformed downtown streets in 2019. (Black Press Media file photo)

Popular parade a highlight of Victoria Pride Festival

Victoria Pride Festival runs June 23 to July 2

 

Toronto-based graphic designer Dylan Horner is shown in this undated handout photo. Horner says a lot of the marketing campaigns he’s come across during Pride month make him cringe. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Dylan Horner *MANDATORY CREDIT*

Corporate Pride campaigns are back. But advocates want more than ‘rainbow washing’

Public displays of support need to be backed up by action in other 11 months of year, say advocates

 

Tyler Green marches into Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park twirling an LGBTQ rainbow love heart flag and a Canadian rainbow flag on June 12 for the Nanaimo Pride Society’s Pride Festival. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo shows off its colours at Pride celebration

Walk-and-roll event leads hundreds of people to festival at Maffeo Sutton Park on June 12

Tyler Green marches into Nanaimo’s Maffeo Sutton Park twirling an LGBTQ rainbow love heart flag and a Canadian rainbow flag on June 12 for the Nanaimo Pride Society’s Pride Festival. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo Pride Society president, Ajay Booth, stands at the rainbow crosswalks in Nanaimo’s downtown on May 31. The society will hold a festival at Maffeo Sutton Park on Sunday, June 12. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)

No parade, but plenty more planned for Pride Month in Nanaimo

Festival celebrating acceptance and respect for LGBTQ community set for Maffeo Sutton Park June 12

Nanaimo Pride Society president, Ajay Booth, stands at the rainbow crosswalks in Nanaimo’s downtown on May 31. The society will hold a festival at Maffeo Sutton Park on Sunday, June 12. (Mandy Moraes/News Bulletin)
The Victoria Pride parade returns to city streets with a new route on June 26. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria Pride Society refocuses festival on 2SLGBTQIA+ community

Popular parade returns as part of Victoria Pride Festival June 24 to July 2

The Victoria Pride parade returns to city streets with a new route on June 26. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria Pride Week heads online for the June 28 to July 4 festival. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria Pride Society takes community Pride online for 2021

Variety of events planned, with opportunities to be a part of the celebrations

  • Jun 27, 2021
Victoria Pride Week heads online for the June 28 to July 4 festival. (Black Press Media file photo)
Saanich has proclaimed June 28 to July 4 to be Pride Week in the district. (Black Press Media file photo)

Saanich marking Pride Week June 28 to July 4

Progress Pride Flag will be raised on June 28 at Saanich municipal hall

Saanich has proclaimed June 28 to July 4 to be Pride Week in the district. (Black Press Media file photo)
Qualicum Beach Coun. Robert Filmer at the flag-raising ceremony for Pride Week on June 23. (Submitted photo)

Qualicum Beach raises Pride Flag for the first time

Move comes shortly after councillor talks about being town’s first openly gay politician

Qualicum Beach Coun. Robert Filmer at the flag-raising ceremony for Pride Week on June 23. (Submitted photo)
The 25th Annual Victoria Pride Parade went down Government Street in July. This year’s parade is set for July 7. (Black Press File Photo)

Victoria Pride Society questions police presence in upcoming Victoria Pride Parade

A questionnaire and several consultations are set up over the next two months

The 25th Annual Victoria Pride Parade went down Government Street in July. This year’s parade is set for July 7. (Black Press File Photo)
Closed circuit cameras return to Victoria streets for Pride Parade

Closed circuit cameras return to Victoria streets for Pride Parade

Anyone with questions or concerns can email engagement@vicpd.ca

  • Jul 6, 2018
Closed circuit cameras return to Victoria streets for Pride Parade
Readers at a previous Pride in the Word event gather for a picture at the Vic Theatre. Photo by Peter B. Jakab/victoriapridesociety.org

PRIDE WEEK: Pride in the Word a celebration of literature

Award-winning lineup of authors, poets to read at Ambrosia Conference Centre

Readers at a previous Pride in the Word event gather for a picture at the Vic Theatre. Photo by Peter B. Jakab/victoriapridesociety.org