Greater Victoria

So pleased with her golden gown selection from The Magic Wand Project, Angelina Moodie shared photos of the big day with founder Elizabeth Surerus. (Courtesy Elizabeth Surerus)

Low-cost borrowing an option for grad celebration gear in Greater Victoria

Magic Wand Project offers about 100 dresses, 40 suits and tuxes for graduating students

 

The 42nd annual Paddle for the Kids is taking place will feature 60 members of the Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club taking part in a 10-hour relay-style paddle. (Courtesy Pam Carroll)

Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club raising funds for Easter Seals

The Paddle for the Kids fundraiser is taking place April 1

  • Mar 19, 2023

 

Central Saanich Fire Lt. Alex Levitt (left) and Oak Bay Fire Lt. Jason Joynson carry the flags of fallen Greater Victoria firefighters Forrest Owens and Ken Gill at a memorial service for B.C. firefighters at the legislature in Victoria on March 6, 2023. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

Esquimalt to host memorial hockey game for two Greater Victoria firefighters

Event meant to bring awareness to mental health, cancer incidences affecting fire service members

 

Jason Isbell performs in Victoria at the Royal Theatre on March 6, 2023. (Brendan Mayer/Black Press Media Staff)
Jason Isbell performs in Victoria at the Royal Theatre on March 6, 2023. (Brendan Mayer/Black Press Media Staff)
A group of Victoria-area residents are throwing shade at a planned five-storey condo building - literally over the issue of shade. (Pexels photo)

Opinion: ‘Behemoth’ Victoria-area condos fought for blocking sunsets, adding shade

Is a five-storey building producing shadows enough of a reason to oppose it

A group of Victoria-area residents are throwing shade at a planned five-storey condo building - literally over the issue of shade. (Pexels photo)
Cordova Bay Road in PKOLS, formerly called Mount Douglas Park, will be be closed from Ash Road to Blenkinsop Road 24 hours a day from March 27 to April 6 to undergo maintenance work. (Google Maps/Screenshot)

Saanich to fully close section of major road for nearly two weeks

Two-kilometre stretch to close from Ash Road to Blenksinsop Road from March 27 to April 6

Cordova Bay Road in PKOLS, formerly called Mount Douglas Park, will be be closed from Ash Road to Blenkinsop Road 24 hours a day from March 27 to April 6 to undergo maintenance work. (Google Maps/Screenshot)
The Victoria Francophone Society is looking to buy the building at 1218 Langley Street. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Victoria Francophone Society receiving $1M in federal funding to buy property for first time

The non-profit plans to make the space a cultural Francophone hub

  • Mar 16, 2023
The Victoria Francophone Society is looking to buy the building at 1218 Langley Street. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
B.C.’s police watchdog has found no offence was committed by Saanich police during a May 2022 encounter that left a man with Asperger’s Syndrome seriously injured. (Black Press Media file photo)
B.C.’s police watchdog has found no offence was committed by Saanich police during a May 2022 encounter that left a man with Asperger’s Syndrome seriously injured. (Black Press Media file photo)
Tim Rees created an app that allows people to listen to online news stories hands-free on Amazon Alexa smart speakers. (Arnold Lim/Black Press Media Staff)

Legally blind Langford man creates app to listen to online news stories hands-free

Greater Victoria Black Press news stories can now be listened to on Alexa smart speakers

Tim Rees created an app that allows people to listen to online news stories hands-free on Amazon Alexa smart speakers. (Arnold Lim/Black Press Media Staff)
BC Transit is rolling out tap-and-go fare options in a Greater Victoria pilot before they’re expanded to 30 other transit systems in the province. A BC Transit bus picks up passengers from a Douglas Street stop during the morning commute. (Black Press Media file photo)

Greater Victoria transit riders to see tap-and-go fare systems this spring

Umo will allow paying with cell phones, reloadable cards, then debit and credit cards

BC Transit is rolling out tap-and-go fare options in a Greater Victoria pilot before they’re expanded to 30 other transit systems in the province. A BC Transit bus picks up passengers from a Douglas Street stop during the morning commute. (Black Press Media file photo)
Morrell Andrews said she’s hopeful the bill might become legislation this year. (Courtesy of Morrell Andrews)
Morrell Andrews said she’s hopeful the bill might become legislation this year. (Courtesy of Morrell Andrews)
Speed limits will be reduced along nine major corridors in Saanich starting this spring as part of a larger effort to save lives. (Black Press Media file photo)

Saanich lowering speed limits in 9 major corridors after teen’s death

Changes spurred by death of 16-year-old at Cedar Hill Cross Road in December 2021

Speed limits will be reduced along nine major corridors in Saanich starting this spring as part of a larger effort to save lives. (Black Press Media file photo)
The federal government and B.C. announced the Island Rail Corridor segment running through the Snaw-Naw-As First Nation will return to the community. (Photo by Mike Bonkowski for Island Corridor Foundation)

Canada, B.C. announce Island Rail Corridor lands being returned to First Nation

Snaw-Naw-As First Nation claimed their land was expropriated for rail services no longer in use

The federal government and B.C. announced the Island Rail Corridor segment running through the Snaw-Naw-As First Nation will return to the community. (Photo by Mike Bonkowski for Island Corridor Foundation)
Saanich is looking into increasing its tree-planting target from 2,000 to 10,000 trees a year after a report by a Vancouver-based environmental consulting firm gave its tree management program a “fair” rating. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

‘Shade equity’: Saanich looks to step up tree-planting game with 10K target

District staff to look into financial implications of increasing target per year

Saanich is looking into increasing its tree-planting target from 2,000 to 10,000 trees a year after a report by a Vancouver-based environmental consulting firm gave its tree management program a “fair” rating. (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
BC Ferries has launched its new app with features that include bookings, managing trips, checking-in at the terminal and finding other travel information. (Courtesy of BC Ferries)

BC Ferries launches app for quicker booking, checking-in and trip management

App to send out sailing alerts, aims to make checking boat availability efficient

BC Ferries has launched its new app with features that include bookings, managing trips, checking-in at the terminal and finding other travel information. (Courtesy of BC Ferries)
Saanich-based race driver, Bill Okell, speeds down the track in his Huffaker Motorsports MG Midget at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Bakersfield, Calif. on Sunday, Feb. 26. (CaliPhotography)

Saanich race driver leads U.S. Majors Tour national points standings

Coated in mud, Bill Okell races to two first-place H Production class finishes in California

Saanich-based race driver, Bill Okell, speeds down the track in his Huffaker Motorsports MG Midget at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Bakersfield, Calif. on Sunday, Feb. 26. (CaliPhotography)
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada boat practicing using their oikomi pipes to deter marine life during the fuel spill response to a sunken fishing boat on August 25, 2022. (Courtesy of NOAA Northwest Fishers Science Centre)

Coordinated response helped protect orcas during fuel spill off Victoria: NOAA

U.S. and Canadian agencies worked together to deter orcas from the affected areas

A Fisheries and Oceans Canada boat practicing using their oikomi pipes to deter marine life during the fuel spill response to a sunken fishing boat on August 25, 2022. (Courtesy of NOAA Northwest Fishers Science Centre)
Val Napoleon, acting dean of law, along with Patricia Barkaskas, strategic advisor to the dean for the National Centre for Indigenous Laws, show a rendering of the future building at the University of Victoria Thursday (March 9). (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

Construction gets underway for National Centre for Indigenous Laws at UVic

Building to house joint degree program in Canadian Common Law, Indigenous legal orders

Val Napoleon, acting dean of law, along with Patricia Barkaskas, strategic advisor to the dean for the National Centre for Indigenous Laws, show a rendering of the future building at the University of Victoria Thursday (March 9). (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
Seven vehicles and nearby property were vandalized with spray paint Tuesday (March 7), Saanich police said in a news release. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)

Vehicles, property vandalized with ‘disturbing’ graffiti in Saanich

Police estimate combined damage to be in excess of $30,000

Seven vehicles and nearby property were vandalized with spray paint Tuesday (March 7), Saanich police said in a news release. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)
Saanich council received its 2023 draft budget at a special committee of the whole meeting Tuesday (March 7). (Black Press Media file photo)

Saanich homeowners could see 6.8% property tax jump in 2023 budget

Property tax increase driven mostly by costs of labour associated with increased service levels

Saanich council received its 2023 draft budget at a special committee of the whole meeting Tuesday (March 7). (Black Press Media file photo)