West Shore

Victoria General Hospital is listed by Island Health as having a COVID-19 outbreak that started Oct. 2. (Black Press Media file photo)

11 COVID-19 cases at Victoria hospital unit declared an outbreak

Eight patients with ‘mild illness’ remain in View Royal Hospital

Victoria General Hospital is listed by Island Health as having a COVID-19 outbreak that started Oct. 2. (Black Press Media file photo)
RCMP is investigating a crash that killed a motorcyclist on West Coast Road. (File - Pixabay)

Crash claims life of motorcyclist near Jordan River

RCMP, B.C. Coroners Service investigating

RCMP is investigating a crash that killed a motorcyclist on West Coast Road. (File - Pixabay)
The second annual Greater Victoria What’s SUP Witches paddle at Thetis Lake Park is cancelled after a drowning Sept. 29. (Courtesy Divya Kapila)

View Royal paddling event cancelled after tragic drowning

Fire rescue recovered a body from Thetis Lake on Friday

The second annual Greater Victoria What’s SUP Witches paddle at Thetis Lake Park is cancelled after a drowning Sept. 29. (Courtesy Divya Kapila)
Diane Sam of the Songhees Nation serves as guest speaker for the third consecutive year at the Capital Bike Truth and Reconciliation Day Ride in honour of residential school survivors on Sept. 30. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Allies cycle to South Island powwow to mark day of reconciliation

Third annual Capital Bike event draws a sea of orange

Diane Sam of the Songhees Nation serves as guest speaker for the third consecutive year at the Capital Bike Truth and Reconciliation Day Ride in honour of residential school survivors on Sept. 30. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Petrina Dezall works hard to weave her Nuu-chah-nulth culture into modern systems of society. She crafted this medicine basket in the traditional potlatch form – filled with only needed items for trading and caring for family. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

Nuu-chah-nulth mom calls for policy to help cultivate First Nations culture

‘I was fortunate that my mom always shared her stories of residential school’

Petrina Dezall works hard to weave her Nuu-chah-nulth culture into modern systems of society. She crafted this medicine basket in the traditional potlatch form – filled with only needed items for trading and caring for family. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
Phyllis Webstad started the Orange Shirt Society and is helping raise awareness of the generational impacts of residential schools. (Medicine Wheel Publishing photo)

Founder of Orange Shirt Day details her healing journey

Phyllis Webstad is the leader of a movement

  • Sep 30, 2023
Phyllis Webstad started the Orange Shirt Society and is helping raise awareness of the generational impacts of residential schools. (Medicine Wheel Publishing photo)
View Royal Fire Rescue recovered a body from the waters of Thetis Lake Friday, Sept. 29. (Black Press Media file photo)

UPDATE: International high school student drowns at Thetis Lake in View Royal

Young man drowned feet from the shore as his classmates witnessed it but couldn’t help

View Royal Fire Rescue recovered a body from the waters of Thetis Lake Friday, Sept. 29. (Black Press Media file photo)
Katie Manomie is a survivor of the ’60s Scoop. (Photo by Nicole Crescenzi)

‘It’s blood memory’: Inuk woman gets to know herself after hiding heritage

Survivor of ’60s Scoop lands in Sooke

  • Sep 29, 2023
Katie Manomie is a survivor of the ’60s Scoop. (Photo by Nicole Crescenzi)
The West Shore RCMP says fraudsters are requesting that Facebook Marketplace shoppers e-transfer a deposit to hold items for sale, but the items aren’t being delivered. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michael Dwyer)

West Shore RCMP warns of Facebook Marketplace fraudsters demanding deposits

Police recommends meeting sellers in a public place

The West Shore RCMP says fraudsters are requesting that Facebook Marketplace shoppers e-transfer a deposit to hold items for sale, but the items aren’t being delivered. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Michael Dwyer)
A truck and trailer crash and fire closes the Malahat Sept. 28. (Photo by Kyle Broda)

Dump truck and trailer crash closes Malahat

Crash is reported near the Bamberton exit impacting all lanes

A truck and trailer crash and fire closes the Malahat Sept. 28. (Photo by Kyle Broda)
Rob Sam sits with his handmade drum in his office at the Pacific Centre Family Services Association, where he helps people as the counselling agency’s Indigenous liaison. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Shielded by love, WSANEC helper uses ancestors’ knowledge to guide all he does

Rob Sam considers himself one of the few to be protected, now he looks to heal Coast Salish pains

Rob Sam sits with his handmade drum in his office at the Pacific Centre Family Services Association, where he helps people as the counselling agency’s Indigenous liaison. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A participant in one of last year’s Orange Shirt Day events. (Black Press Media file photo)

Stories, cultures to be shared with Greater Victoria residents on Sept. 30

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation events taking place across the region

A participant in one of last year’s Orange Shirt Day events. (Black Press Media file photo)
The second annual Greater Victoria What’s SUP Witches paddle is set for Sunday, Oct. 1 at Thetis Lake Park. (Courtesy Divya Kapila)

Break out the black for second What’SUP Witches paddle in View Royal

The free witchy paddle is Sunday, Oct. 1 on Thetis Lake

The second annual Greater Victoria What’s SUP Witches paddle is set for Sunday, Oct. 1 at Thetis Lake Park. (Courtesy Divya Kapila)
The West Shore is set to see more than $13 million in investments into public transit and active transportation infrastructure thanks to the federal and provincial governments and BC Transit. (Black Press Media file photo)

$13.2M going toward West Shore transit, bike lanes to speed up commute

Feds, province, BC Transit all contributing to investment in Colwood and View Royal

The West Shore is set to see more than $13 million in investments into public transit and active transportation infrastructure thanks to the federal and provincial governments and BC Transit. (Black Press Media file photo)
Elder Chuck Henry at the Indigenous Perspectives Society in Langford. (Arnold Lim/Black Press Media)

VIDEO: Kuper Island residential school survivor aims to break the cycle

Chuck Henry hopes the next generation will have a better life than he has had

Elder Chuck Henry at the Indigenous Perspectives Society in Langford. (Arnold Lim/Black Press Media)
After being stolen in April, Mike Rose (left) got a call Sept. 7 that his father Clyde’s (right) family heirloom ship’s bell from his time in the navy had been found and returned to the family. (Courtesy of Mike Rose)

‘Good karma’: Stolen heirloom ship’s bell returned to Island family

Mike Rose thought he would never see his father’s treasured heirloom again after it was taken

After being stolen in April, Mike Rose (left) got a call Sept. 7 that his father Clyde’s (right) family heirloom ship’s bell from his time in the navy had been found and returned to the family. (Courtesy of Mike Rose)
Kids enjoying the midway rides at the Luxton Fall Fair on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Luxton Fall Fair brings smiles and farming fun to rainy day in Langford

Kids flew around on midway rides at the agriculture celebrating fair

Kids enjoying the midway rides at the Luxton Fall Fair on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A Sept. 18 fire on the Songhees Nation displaced three residents. (Courtesy View Royal Fire Rescue)

Flames force occupants to jump out windows in Victoria area fire

Fire spread to 6 vehicles, neighbouring home, surrounding bushes

A Sept. 18 fire on the Songhees Nation displaced three residents. (Courtesy View Royal Fire Rescue)
Visitors should take precautions after a bear and cougar were spotted the morning of Sept. 19 at Royal Roads University in Colwood. (Black Press Media file photo)

Bear and cougar spotted at Colwood post-secondary campus

Royal Roads University closes gardens, calls conservation and alerts walkers to take precautions

Visitors should take precautions after a bear and cougar were spotted the morning of Sept. 19 at Royal Roads University in Colwood. (Black Press Media file photo)
A trio of gulls enjoy a return to freedom after spending time healing at the BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre in Metchosin. (Wild ARC/Facebook)

VIDEO: Gulls take flight after healing journey at West Shore rehab

Wild ARC staff and volunteers treated 2,459 animals last year

A trio of gulls enjoy a return to freedom after spending time healing at the BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre in Metchosin. (Wild ARC/Facebook)