Victoria

• Victoria mayor pitches church, community group parking lots as shelter for homeless

  Victoria is planning to phase out tax exemptions for parking lots of some community groups but says they could forego the cost if they let unhoused people shelter there overnight.

  Canada

  Sep 4
  
• Victoria marks 30 years since playing host to Commonwealth Games

  Three decades later, Victoria's Commonwealth Games legacy lives on, and organizers gathered in Victoria on Thursday to celebrate their ongoing impact on Vancouver Island.

  Canada

  Aug 22
  
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• 72 new shelter spaces coming to Victoria amid efforts to break up encampment

  Twenty of the new spaces will come online this week, while the province says the remaining 52 spaces will be ready in the "weeks ahead."

  Politics

  Aug 21
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• Man accused of slapping, spitting on B.C. bus driver over 20-minute wait

  Police in Oak Bay, B.C., say they arrested a man who slapped and spat on a bus driver after being told the vehicle wouldn't depart for 20 minutes.

  Crime

  Aug 19
• Victoria mayor backs plan to end Pandora Avenue encampment

  Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto said the police plan unveiled Wednesday to deal with the Pandora Avenue encampment would form one component of a broader community safety plan.

  Crime

  Aug 7
• Victoria police unveil ‘safety plan’ to break up downtown encampment

  The 900 block of Pandora Avenue has become the site of an entrenched homeless camp, and the scene of a number of recent weapons seizures and violent incidents.

  Crime

  Aug 6
• ‘Just engulfed’: Victoria grass fire highlights risk of tinder-dry conditions

  A grass fore broke out Tuesday in Victoria along the Highway 17 near Royal Oak Drive and spread quickly. 'When there was a gust of wind the flames reached about 10 feet tall.'

  Fire

  Jul 24
• Overdose death comes day after Victoria changes first responder safety policy

  Under the new policy, paramedics and firefighters won't respond to calls on the 900 block of Pandora Avenue without a police escort.

  Health

  Jul 17
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• First responders to get police escorts on Victoria street after paramedic attacked

  First responders will no longer respond to the troubled 900 block of Pandora Avenue in Victoria without a police presence, after a man allegedly attacked a first paramedic.

  Crime

  Jul 13
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• Recall on some BC Transit buses leads to Victoria service disruptions

  Victoria transit riders are being warned of possible disruptions due to a recall of certain models of natural gas powered buses.

  Traffic

  Jun 3