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Elder Victor Underwood near his home on the Saanich Peninsula. “Every time we talk about residential schools it always opens all the pains I’ve been carrying,” he said. (Arnold Lim/Black Press Media)

Having teeth pulled just one of elder’s painful memories of residential school

Tsawout’s Victor Underwood is a survivor of St. Mary’s Indian Residential School

Elder Victor Underwood near his home on the Saanich Peninsula. “Every time we talk about residential schools it always opens all the pains I’ve been carrying,” he said. (Arnold Lim/Black Press Media)
A crew filming in Oak Bay. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria voted fifth best small city to live and work as a filmmaker

Moviemaker’s Top 10 list boasts Victoria as a film destination

A crew filming in Oak Bay. (Black Press Media file photo)
Langford Mayor Stew Young announces that tech company Plexxis Software is relocating to B.C. and building a $44-million headquarters in the city. (Arnold Lim / Black Press)

VIDEO: Langford announces new $44-million dollar tech investment

Plexxis Software moving construction software company from Ontario to B.C.

Langford Mayor Stew Young announces that tech company Plexxis Software is relocating to B.C. and building a $44-million headquarters in the city. (Arnold Lim / Black Press)
NDP headquarters on election night, Oct. 24, 2020. (Katya Slepian/Black Press Media)

ELECTION 2020: Live blog from B.C. party headquarters

BC NDP projected to win majority government – but celebrations will look different this election

NDP headquarters on election night, Oct. 24, 2020. (Katya Slepian/Black Press Media)
The streets of downtown Victoria are quieter than usual in the wake of physical isolation mandates from the provincial and federal governments. (Arnold Lim / Black Press) B.C. March 25, 2020.

PHOTOS: Our changing landscape, images of Victoria amid COVID-19

The streets and parks across Greater Victoria are almost deserted. Many people…

The streets of downtown Victoria are quieter than usual in the wake of physical isolation mandates from the provincial and federal governments. (Arnold Lim / Black Press) B.C. March 25, 2020.
UVic Student Engineering Society ‘pies’ Saanich Mayor Fred Haynes for a good cause on March 10. (Courtesy District of Saanich)

VIDEO: Mayor Fred Haynes gets pied in the face and more

Watch a selection of our top features for March 11

UVic Student Engineering Society ‘pies’ Saanich Mayor Fred Haynes for a good cause on March 10. (Courtesy District of Saanich)
A Pacific storm heading towards Victoria is among today’s top stories
A Pacific storm heading towards Victoria is among today’s top stories
A liquor store robbery in Oak Bay leads the day’s top stories.

VIDEO: Liquor store robbery leads today’s top stories

Watch a selection of our top features for Dec. 31

A liquor store robbery in Oak Bay leads the day’s top stories.
An attempted kidnapping and robbery lead the day’s top stories.

VIDEO: An attempted kidnapping leads today’s top stories

Watch a selection of our top features for Dec. 30

An attempted kidnapping and robbery lead the day’s top stories.
15 intersection cameras have been set up across the province and more are coming. (ICBC)

VIDEO: More intersection cameras coming to B.C. leads today’s top stories

Watch a selection of our top features for Dec. 27

15 intersection cameras have been set up across the province and more are coming. (ICBC)
Fifteen crashes in 24 hours has police asking drivers to be vigilant over the holidays. (File Photo)

VIDEO: Police warning public about holiday traffic leads today’s top stories

Watch a selection of our top features for Dec. 24

Fifteen crashes in 24 hours has police asking drivers to be vigilant over the holidays. (File Photo)
This pedal car was first gifted to Don Bernadin on Christmas of 1952. (Courtesy of Adrian D’Silva)

VIDEO: New life for a 67-year-old toy car leads today’s top stories

Watch a selection of our top features for Dec. 23

This pedal car was first gifted to Don Bernadin on Christmas of 1952. (Courtesy of Adrian D’Silva)
VIDEO: Wind storm of 2018 leads today’s top three

VIDEO: Wind storm of 2018 leads today’s top three

Selection of stories for Dec. 20

VIDEO: Wind storm of 2018 leads today’s top three
Be Prepared: Food could be a premium in state of disaster

Be Prepared: Food could be a premium in state of disaster

Black Press Media takes a look at emergency preparedness in Greater Victoria in this special report

Be Prepared: Food could be a premium in state of disaster
From left to right. Aiden, Dianne and Keegan Small are all participating in Play for a Cure, a hockey fundraiser for the B.C. Cancer Foundation.. (Photos courtesy Dianne Small)

‘Hockey mom’ diagnosed with cancer starts Play for a Cure

Jan. 4 cancer fundraiser supports families affected by cancer through hockey

From left to right. Aiden, Dianne and Keegan Small are all participating in Play for a Cure, a hockey fundraiser for the B.C. Cancer Foundation.. (Photos courtesy Dianne Small)
The Cool Aid Society’s Winter Coat Drive ends Jan. 14, 2019. (Photo courtesy Victoria Cool Aid Society)

Donate your gently used coat to those in need

Cool Aid’s Eleventh annual coat drive needs your gently-used donations

The Cool Aid Society’s Winter Coat Drive ends Jan. 14, 2019. (Photo courtesy Victoria Cool Aid Society)
Michelle Kataneo and nurses from the post part floor at the Victoria General Hospital doled out gifts to children children staying at the hospital over Christmas. They collected more than 100 toys and $1,000 in gift cards. (Photos courtesy VIHA)

Nurses donate gifts to sick kids at Victoria General Hospital

Medical staff forego secret Santa to dole out more than 100 gifts children on pediatric floor

Michelle Kataneo and nurses from the post part floor at the Victoria General Hospital doled out gifts to children children staying at the hospital over Christmas. They collected more than 100 toys and $1,000 in gift cards. (Photos courtesy VIHA)
(Twitter/LangfordFire)

UPDATE: 100-foot high rescue from tower crane in Langford

Fire crews helped with a morning rescue at construction site new Belmont Market

(Twitter/LangfordFire)
Keri Coles reads hate mail aimed at her. (Arnold Lim/Black Press)

VIDEO: Black Press Media journalists read hate mail

We share the best of the worst tirades in 2018

Keri Coles reads hate mail aimed at her. (Arnold Lim/Black Press)
VIDEO: Exclusive interview with Santa Claus

VIDEO: Exclusive interview with Santa Claus

Do reindeer live forever? And more burning questions for St. Nick

VIDEO: Exclusive interview with Santa Claus