Unofficial holidays: Here’s what people are celebrating for the week of July 4 to 10
Don’t Step on a Bee Day, Fried Chicken Day, Bikini Day all coming up this weekJenna Hauck / July 3, 2021
Month: July 2021
Island-based storytelling platform provides space for marginalized voices
The Nature of Us shares underrepresented stories, like residential school survivor Eddy CharlieJane Skrypnek / July 3, 2021
Victoria central library to be redeveloped or relocated
City launching 15-month study to determine best optionVictoria News Staff / July 3, 2021
Saanich police’s new Safe Place program supports victims of hate crimes
Program aims to increase inclusion, safety for marginalized groupsMegan Atkins-Baker / July 3, 2021
Evacuation order issued for Durand Lake area due to nearby fires
Over 160 properties are part of the evacuation order.Stephanie Hagenaars / July 2, 2021
Lightning beat Canadiens 6-3 to take 3-0 stranglehold in Stanley Cup final
Game 4 goes Monday in MontrealThe Canadian Press / July 2, 2021
LETTER: Development skirts the rules
I read the letter in the June 23 Saanich News from Kevin…Wire Service / July 2, 2021
Oak Bay Sea Rescue members haul dead elk off McNeill Bay
Antlered carcass was towed through water to Cattle Point on WednesdayOak Bay News Staff / July 2, 2021
Garbage piles at Mt. Doug in Saanich not just a result of heat-related slowdowns
Concerned residents say they see waste left behind nearly every weekend at parkMegan Atkins-Baker / July 2, 2021
Many Victoria business patrons still masking up despite lift of provincial mandate
Phase three reopening plan saw change to mask rules, state of emergency declaration July 1Megan Atkins-Baker / July 2, 2021
Evacuee fled barefoot from ferocious Lytton wildfire
‘The fire was coming from above us and it was coming from below, from the river down the railway tracks’The Canadian Press / July 2, 2021
Pamela Anderson to return to Vancouver Island for HGTV Canada reno show next year
Corus Studios says it has greenlit the eight-part seriesThe Canadian Press / July 2, 2021
B.C. records 49 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, 35 more Friday
Active cases down to 729, hospitalization drops below 100Tom Fletcher / July 2, 2021
B.C. deaths triple over the past week, to 719, as a result of heat wave
Many of the deaths were among older individuals living alone in private residencesSarah Grochowski / July 2, 2021
Locals use lightning tracking app, quads to snuff out wildfires post-storm near Quesnel
Department was lucky to reach the site quickly, says volunteer firefighter Ian HicksRebecca Dyok / July 2, 2021
Castlegar wildfire burns 15 hectares but no structures
Evacuation orders remain in placeBetsy Kline / July 2, 2021
Bullets hit car and townhome, no one hurt in Langford shooting Thursday
West Shore RCMP seeking witnesses, surveillance footage of Jacklin Road incidentGoldstream News Staff / July 2, 2021
Juniper Ridge wildfire in Kamloops flares back up
Water bombers dropping fire retardant and helicopters dumping buckets of waterWire Service / July 2, 2021
B.C. city defends Canada Day fireworks as province sees moderate-extreme fire danger
‘Towns are burning down and here we are, trying to light ours up,’ says Fort St. John residentSarah Grochowski / July 2, 2021
Amid mass destruction, brand new school in Lytton survives wildfires
Recently renovated K–12 school did not burn, but former elementary school was lostBarbara Roden / July 2, 2021