Victoria Council

• Victoria B.C. businesses looking at funding to help beautify downtown

  B.C.'s Minister of Public Safety, Mike Farnworth, said the province's Safer Communities Action Plan strengthens enforcement and leverages mental health and addictions services.

  Crime

  Aug 2, 2023
  
• Victoria votes down councillor’s bid for city money to beef up security

  Coun. Stephen Hammond wants the city to beef up security in neighbourhoods affected by crime and spillover effects from homeless encampments and supportive housing sites.

  Politics

  Jul 6, 2023
  
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• Decision on divisive Victoria housing plan pushed to next week

  The Missing Middle Housing Initiative would allow multiplexes in areas zoned for detached homes citywide, and has generated strong feelings among those both for and against.

  Politics

  Sep 2, 2022
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• City of Victoria offering relief funding for business targeted by vandals

  A vandalism spree in Victoria that's left downtown businesses on the hook for thousands in damages has the city's mayor proposing a new funding program to help the victims.

  Crime

  Jan 21, 2021
• Victoria mayor says city council has no power to discipline travelling councillor Sharmarke Dubow

  Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps said she was only informed of Sharmarke Dubow's decision to travel for non-essential reasons on Tuesday, shortly before he posted on social media.

  Politics

  Jan 6, 2021
• Victoria vote paves the way for homeless campers to return to Centennial Square

  Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps voted against allowing homeless shelters to return to the square.

  Sep 4, 2020
• Victoria council to explore alternatives to police response in mental health cases

  The vote comes amid a nationwide conversation on defunding police, a concept that argues funding should be moved from policing agencies to other front-line social services.

  Jun 17, 2020
• Military won’t be asked to fund Remembrance Day costs after Victoria shoots down proposal

  Coun. Ben Isitt stayed silent as the mayor and council apologized to veterans for the proposal, which did not make it to a vote.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2019
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• London Drugs offers to fund Victoria Remembrance Day costs as council debates asking military

  The Canadian pharmacy chain said the company plans to cover the costs of the events and other veterans' commemorations "for at least the next few years."

  Canada

  Jun 13, 2019
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• Victoria councillor slammed for ‘disgraceful’ pitch to bill military for Remembrance Day

  Critics are outraged the proposal was raised on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, while Coun. Ben Isitt calls the flap a "corporate media" distraction.

  Politics

  Jun 7, 2019