Victoria

Women wearing traditional Greek attire at Greater Victoria’s annual Greek Fest. (Courtesy of Jim Koutougos)

‘Opa!’: Greater Victoria Greek Fest returns with music, dancing and food

Event takes place on two consecutive weekends

  • Aug 21, 2023
Women wearing traditional Greek attire at Greater Victoria’s annual Greek Fest. (Courtesy of Jim Koutougos)
Ryder Hesjedal (left), who the Tour de Victoria is named after, at the start line alongside five-year-old Michael Greenway for the 60-kilometre race on Saturday (Aug. 19). (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Racers young and old line up for Tour de Victoria

Cyclists taking part in various lengths of races

Ryder Hesjedal (left), who the Tour de Victoria is named after, at the start line alongside five-year-old Michael Greenway for the 60-kilometre race on Saturday (Aug. 19). (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
OEB Breakfast Co.’s Yates Street location expects to open in the fall. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

New downtown brunch spot opening this fall in Victoria

OEB Breakfast Co. excited to bring elevated approach to brunch to Yates Street

OEB Breakfast Co.’s Yates Street location expects to open in the fall. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Moving is expensive and one person in Victoria fought one of the fees charged. (Pexels photo)

Victoria man wins after suing strata over ‘unreasonable’ move-in fee

Strata council couldn’t prove the fee charged was necessary

Moving is expensive and one person in Victoria fought one of the fees charged. (Pexels photo)
“The Victoria I Know,” a cinematic trip about a Black photographer who lives in the city of Victoria, is at the centre of the premiere. (Poster courtesy of “The Victoria I Know”)

‘The Victoria I Know’: Black Creators Edition Summer Premiere unveiled

Bold film produced through Telus Storyhive program

  • Aug 17, 2023
“The Victoria I Know,” a cinematic trip about a Black photographer who lives in the city of Victoria, is at the centre of the premiere. (Poster courtesy of “The Victoria I Know”)
Ophelia gets a trim from groomer Wendy Varga at Suds ‘N’ Scissors Pet Saloon as a heat wave spikes temperatures in Greater Victoria. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria dog walkers and pet groomers take on the heat wave

Four-legged caretakers are taking extra precautions as to keep dogs comfortable in the heat

Ophelia gets a trim from groomer Wendy Varga at Suds ‘N’ Scissors Pet Saloon as a heat wave spikes temperatures in Greater Victoria. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Kristianne Stone is pictured in June standing by the fire escape that she would need to use if a fire broke out at her Cook Street apartment building, but the stairway still remains unsafe. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Fire escape not fully safe months after issues brought to Victoria council

A tenant of the Cook Street building continues to have fears about the escape route

Kristianne Stone is pictured in June standing by the fire escape that she would need to use if a fire broke out at her Cook Street apartment building, but the stairway still remains unsafe. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A giant deal is being completed to purchase 7 Liquor Express stores. (Don Denton/Black Press Media)
A giant deal is being completed to purchase 7 Liquor Express stores. (Don Denton/Black Press Media)
Trinity Kettyls and Mackenzie Rigg at James Houlihan Park in Gordon Head during a Vikes Kick Cancer event. Rigg later died of brain cancer. (Armando Tura Photo)

Parents donate $100K to UVic in memory of son who died of cancer

UVic men’s soccer player Mackenzie Rigg died in 2022

Trinity Kettyls and Mackenzie Rigg at James Houlihan Park in Gordon Head during a Vikes Kick Cancer event. Rigg later died of brain cancer. (Armando Tura Photo)
Harbour Nolan, 19, busks on the Inner Harbour Causeway, the location after which he was named. (Natasha Baldin/News Staff)
Harbour Nolan, 19, busks on the Inner Harbour Causeway, the location after which he was named. (Natasha Baldin/News Staff)
A trio of dragon boats race neck and neck at a previous Victoria Dragon Boat Festival. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

Dragon Boat Festival set to hit Victoria waters with 1,000 racers

There will also be plenty of local music on stage

  • Aug 9, 2023
A trio of dragon boats race neck and neck at a previous Victoria Dragon Boat Festival. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Rylie Tarry stands in front of the downtown Victoria Value Village where she says she was accused of switching tags. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

Victoria bargain shoppers say they were falsely accused of ‘switching tags’

Woman says items were seized in store and then given higher prices

Rylie Tarry stands in front of the downtown Victoria Value Village where she says she was accused of switching tags. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
Jessica Hirschbold from the Royal Victoria Yacht Club has previously trained in this boat, known as a 29er. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Hirschbold)

Victoria sailor to represent Canada at 2023 Pan American Games

Jessica Hirschbold has eyes on the Olympics one day

  • Aug 7, 2023
Jessica Hirschbold from the Royal Victoria Yacht Club has previously trained in this boat, known as a 29er. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Hirschbold)
Sizzlers Fiddle Group members Toben Elder, Malak El Ouadghiri and Noa Paster bring their fiddle tunes to the streets of downtown Victoria several times per week. (Natasha Baldin/News Staff)

VIDEO: Downtown Victoria child buskers earn ice cream money, wow visitors

Busking is alive and well – and not just for tourists

Sizzlers Fiddle Group members Toben Elder, Malak El Ouadghiri and Noa Paster bring their fiddle tunes to the streets of downtown Victoria several times per week. (Natasha Baldin/News Staff)
Victoria residents who pay for parking spots in their buildings are confronted by a wide range of fees. (Pexels photo)

‘Outrageous’: Victoria low-income rental tenant stunned by $378 parking fee

Downtown resident raising awareness of how much is being charged

Victoria residents who pay for parking spots in their buildings are confronted by a wide range of fees. (Pexels photo)
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)
A house on Midland Road in Oak Bay has a lot going for it with five bedroom suites, 12 bathrooms, three kitchens and a turntable that rotates your vehicle in the garage. (Photo from Zillow)

‘White elephant’ Oak Bay mansion languishes on market as upscale sales slow

Mansions priced as high as $11.5M sitting on market for hundreds of days

A house on Midland Road in Oak Bay has a lot going for it with five bedroom suites, 12 bathrooms, three kitchens and a turntable that rotates your vehicle in the garage. (Photo from Zillow)
Tent camp on Pandora Avenue in Victoria. (File photo, Black Press Media)

More than 1,600 identified as homeless in Greater Victoria

Numbers are higher than in 2020 report

Tent camp on Pandora Avenue in Victoria. (File photo, Black Press Media)
A man faces multiple assault charges after allegedly striking a woman in the face and pushing a man. (Black Press Media file photo)

Assault alleged after pair witness grass in Victoria being set on fire

Woman suffers potentially life-altering injuries

A man faces multiple assault charges after allegedly striking a woman in the face and pushing a man. (Black Press Media file photo)
Gonzales Beach in Victoria. (Black Press Media file photo)

Shoe with human remains found on Victoria beach

B.C. Coroners Services in early stages of investigation

Gonzales Beach in Victoria. (Black Press Media file photo)