Topaz Park

• Teenage exchange student sexually assaulted at Victoria, B.C.’s Topaz Park, police say

  The sexual assault in Victoria's Topaz Park took place between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. on Tuesday, according to police.

  Crime

  Dec 9, 2022
  
• Eight arrested as Victoria police enforce order to clear tent encampments

  Closure of the camps is part of the province-wide response to the COVID-19 pandemic as health officials work to slow the spread of the coronavirus by providing accommodations will better hygiene.

  May 25, 2020
  
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• Homeless camps in Victoria to be clear by end of day, province says

  B.C. provided an update on its plan to move tent city residents in Victoria into temporary housing in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. 

  Politics

  May 20, 2020
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• B.C. buys Victoria hotel, as deadline to house homeless in 2 camps looms

  The province says the Comfort Inn at 3020 Blanshard Street will be used in the short term to house about 65 people from the camps on Pandora Avenue and in Topaz Park.

  May 15, 2020
• ‘The park is going to close:’ B.C. to Vancouver homeless campers who refuse COVID-19 housing

  The province unveiled a plan to use hotels house the homeless living in Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park and Victoria's Topaz Park and Pandora Avenue late last month.

  Politics

  May 8, 2020
• Coronavirus: Makeshift homeless shelter to open at Victoria hockey arena

  The city's main venue for hockey games and concerts is set to become a makeshift homeless shelter under the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  May 5, 2020
• WATCH: Victoria’s mayor backtracks on plans to create homeless camp

  WATCH: Victoria’s mayor is apologizing tonight after the city’s plan to create a homeless camp in a popular city park backfired. The proposal to allow a tent city in Topaz Park was met with fierce opposition from the community – so for now, the city is shelving the idea. Jeremy Hunka reports. The mayor of Victoria...

  Jul 29, 2015
• Victoria residents protest proposed tent city in Topaz Park

  There are already people who sleep in Topaz Park, but that number could rise come October when a temporary tent city is slated to be set up in the greenspace located north of downtown Victoria.

  Jul 26, 2015