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Feb 18, 2025 | 
vicnews.com | Wolf Depner
CHMC predicts higher housing prices, vacancy rates on the way due to construction, interest and immigration trends
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Feb 12, 2025 | 
vicnews.com | Evan Lindsay
The Greater Victoria Alliance for Literacy has events planned to encourage reading among youth
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
vicnews.com
The Feb. 2 walk will start at Saanich Municipal Hall at 10 a.m.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
vicnews.com | Rochelle Baker
By Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter CANADA'S NATIONAL OBSERVER For a second time, the world watched as Tahlequah, an endangered southern resident killer whale, struggled to keep her dead newborn calf afloat in the Salish Sea.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
vicnews.com | Sam Laskaris
By Sam Laskaris, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter WINDSPEAKER.COM The good news is that there is growing demand for Indigenous tourism across Canada. But the not-so-good news is the industry is still falling short of post-COVID recovery goals according to a report released on Jan. 23 by the Conference Board of Canada (CBOC) and the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC).
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
vicnews.com | Bob Mackin
By Bob Mackin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN The lawyer for one of the men accused in a machete attack on a resident of a Prince George motel in August 2022 told a B.C. Supreme Court judge on Thursday, Jan. 30 that his client acted in self-defence. Dakota Rayn Keewatin, 31, and Kerridge Andrew Lowley, 49, were charged with break and enter and aggravated assault after the Aug. 11, 2022 incident at the Econo Lodge City Centre Inn.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
vicnews.com | Madeline Dunnett
By Madeline Dunnett, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THE DISCOURSE Husband and wife team Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper live and breathe storytelling through documentaries. A decade ago, after working on various solo projects, the two began collaborating on films that hone in on the complexities of the climate crisis, with their latest sharing stories of communities in the Okanagan Valley from two wildfire seasons.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
vicnews.com | Bob Mackin
By Bob Mackin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN A Crown prosecutor told a B.C. Supreme Court judge on Tuesday, Jan. 28 that a victim's testimony and video evidence demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that two men should be found guilty of committing aggravated assault and break and enter at a Prince George motel almost two and a half years ago.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
vicnews.com | Madeline Dunnett
By Madeline Dunnett, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THE DISCOURSE Are you planning on going backcountry skiing or snowboarding this winter? You're not the only one. There has been a huge increase in winter backcountry recreation since the COVID-19 pandemic began according to Jan Neuspiel, director of Island Alpine Guides, based in the Vancouver Island community of Cumberland. "Like so many things in the outdoors, the pandemic was a big bump," Neuspiel said.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
vicnews.com | Bob Mackin
By Bob Mackin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN A provincial court judge in Prince George suggested a history of concussions contributed to a a former BC Lions player beating a highway patrol officer almost two years ago. Robert Charles Waite, 67, was originally charged with aggravated assault and two counts of assaulting a peace officer. Waite pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of assaulting a peace officer causing bodily harm and was sentenced Jan.