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Cumberland, BC taps into its past to power its future

The network of mines below Cumberland, B.C. is flooded with trapped water, which is cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter than surface temperatures. According to the proposal,…

Dispute over groundskeeping work at John Horgan Campus raises questions about finances, multi-institution model

The collective agreement between CUPE 3886 and RRU acknowledges groundskeeping roles as CUPE bargaining positions, with the work usually being carried out by unionized staff. Because of this, CUPE believes…

‘Defund VicPD’ opposes new funding increase for Victoria and Esquimalt police

Instead of increasing police spending, the grassroots organization advocates for community investments such as improving school counselling supports, educational assistance, and more.

First annual Little Free Library Award winners announced

After nearly a decade, Phelps Bondaroff said that he continues to be inspired by “the whimsy” of the LFLs, and by the way that they soften the hard edges of…

Victoria-based organization challenges ideas about serving unhoused populations

Demirel says the Existence Project’s ultimate goal is to contribute to a culture-shift in Victoria around how the housed and unhoused populations relate to one another. “We would love to…

Inside the global reach of the Victoria Hand Project

The Victoria Hand Project has been working in Ukraine since June 2023, and their partners have fitted more than 150 people with prosthetic arms. “It’s quite a big number, you…

Protests going strong against proposed Malahat Highway expansion

“Whatever it is that you’re doing, whatever relationship you have to the place, writing about that is what gets those emails opened in the Ministry of Transportation, in the Ministry…

CRD proposes new bylaw to provide additional funding to local theatres

While the grant system hasn’t been established yet, Dell hopes that it will make it easier for the theatre community to rent the Royal or McPherson theatres.

Potent synthetic opioid nitazene detected in counterfeit pills across Greater Victoria

Health officials warn that these synthetic opioids are up to eight times stronger than fentanyl, and increasingly appearing in counterfeit pills A powerful synthetic opioid called nitazene has begun appearing…