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Organizer Richard Hagensen led the protesters in a song at the protest. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

B.C.-wide call made for protection of old-growth forests

Protesters target MLAs as province has yet to implement review panel’s 14 calls to action

Organizer Richard Hagensen led the protesters in a song at the protest. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto outside city hall on Sept. 25 as she calls on the federal government to release housing funds that, in her view, are owed to the city. (Jake Romphf/ News Staff)

Victoria to feds: we’re ready, where’s our $28M for housing?

B.C. capital says it’s done more than what’s necessary to qualify for national accelerator funding

Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto outside city hall on Sept. 25 as she calls on the federal government to release housing funds that, in her view, are owed to the city. (Jake Romphf/ News Staff)
The Vancouver Canucks held an intrasquad scrimmage at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre during day three of their Victoria training camp on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria hockey fans delighted as training camp brings Canucks up close

Greater Victoria NHLer takes the ice in front of Vancouver Island fans

The Vancouver Canucks held an intrasquad scrimmage at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre during day three of their Victoria training camp on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
University of Victoria astronomer Spencer Bialek takes in the stars at Sombrio beach. The PhD student is studying how to mitigate the impact that hundreds of thousands of new satellites are expected to have on astronomy observations. (Courtesy of Spencer Bialek)

B.C. astronomer studies satellites putting galactic archaeology at risk

Thousands of satellites planned for orbit could hinder observations of space: UVic researcher

University of Victoria astronomer Spencer Bialek takes in the stars at Sombrio beach. The PhD student is studying how to mitigate the impact that hundreds of thousands of new satellites are expected to have on astronomy observations. (Courtesy of Spencer Bialek)
Statistics Canada says what amenities are included in rents across the country are important for accurately comparing the costs borne in different markets. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. renters pay more despite getting fewer amenities included: StatsCan

B.C. rent gets even more expensive than Ontario when lower air conditioning rates factored in

Statistics Canada says what amenities are included in rents across the country are important for accurately comparing the costs borne in different markets. (Black Press Media file photo)
A member of the Deeley Research Centre’s immunotherapy lab works on developing CAR-T cells on Aug. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

B.C. centre providing new hope for patients with hard-to-fight cancers

The Deeley Research Centre is celebrating 20 years of advancing new treatments

A member of the Deeley Research Centre’s immunotherapy lab works on developing CAR-T cells on Aug. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon, seen in this 2021 photo, will be tabling legislation in the fall that will address housing being converted into short-term rentals and could require platforms to be more transparent with local governments. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

B.C. housing minister tight-lipped on looming short-term rental regulations

Ravi Kahlon has concerns with the industry as he says it’s taking up too much housing stock

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon, seen in this 2021 photo, will be tabling legislation in the fall that will address housing being converted into short-term rentals and could require platforms to be more transparent with local governments. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
BC Ferries CEO Nicolas Jimenez speaks to the media on Aug. 2 about plans for avoiding terminal chaos over the B.C. Day long weekend. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

BC Ferries CEO vows full capacity fleet over busy B.C. Day long weekend

Over half-a-million passengers expected amid challenging summer for coastal connector

BC Ferries CEO Nicolas Jimenez speaks to the media on Aug. 2 about plans for avoiding terminal chaos over the B.C. Day long weekend. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Pictured is Suncor’s base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta. A new study finds equity ownership in Canada’s five largest fossil fuel companies is becoming increasingly concentrated. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

B.C. researchers find Canadian fossil fuel financiers not pushing carbon shift

Increasingly foreign stakeholders hold considerable leverage on Canada’s biggest companies

Pictured is Suncor’s base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta. A new study finds equity ownership in Canada’s five largest fossil fuel companies is becoming increasingly concentrated. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
This 2011 photo of the underwater basalt field located in the Endeavour area of the Cascadia Basin, located about 200 kilometres off the west coast of Vancouver Island, could soon be the site where carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is stored. (Courtesy of Ocean Networks Canada/CSSF-ROPOS)

Likely no earthquake risk from storing CO2 under ocean off B.C. coast

Project looks to pump massive amounts of captured emissions into ocean crust

This 2011 photo of the underwater basalt field located in the Endeavour area of the Cascadia Basin, located about 200 kilometres off the west coast of Vancouver Island, could soon be the site where carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is stored. (Courtesy of Ocean Networks Canada/CSSF-ROPOS)
The afternoon sun shines on a Victoria building on July 19. Statistics Canada data shows British Columbians have less access to air conditioning than any other region. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

With hot days ahead, B.C. has the lowest air conditioning access in Canada

Statistics Canada’s first major study into AC use looks to identify those vulnerable to extreme heat

The afternoon sun shines on a Victoria building on July 19. Statistics Canada data shows British Columbians have less access to air conditioning than any other region. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Years after it started operating, odour complaints about the $775-million McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant continue to come in. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

This $775M wastewater plant in B.C. is still seeing odour complaints

Neighbouring residents doubt the sewage treatment site’s smells will ever go away

Years after it started operating, odour complaints about the $775-million McLoughlin Point Wastewater Treatment Plant continue to come in. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Victoria has been ranked the third most expensive place to live in Canada. Pictured is Victoria’s Inner Harbour. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. city ranked as Canada’s third most expensive: study

B.C. is the least affordable province, says study into income and expenses

Victoria has been ranked the third most expensive place to live in Canada. Pictured is Victoria’s Inner Harbour. (Black Press Media file photo)
The remotely operated vehicle ROPOS is lowered into the water during the expedition to the proposed Tang. ɢwan-hacxwiqak-Tsig̱is Marine Protection Area. (Nicole Holman/Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

Expedition explores supervolcanoes and deep-sea firsts in B.C. waters

Footage of superheated geysers, novel images of species behaviour caught off Vancouver Island

The remotely operated vehicle ROPOS is lowered into the water during the expedition to the proposed Tang. ɢwan-hacxwiqak-Tsig̱is Marine Protection Area. (Nicole Holman/Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
The Past Wrongs, Future Choices project will take a global look at the internment and dispossession of Japanese people from across the globe in the mid-20th century. Pictured is the Takamura family at their peach plantation at Itaquera, São Paulo, on Dec. 25, 1949. (Photo courtesy of the Historical Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil)

B.C. university spearheads first global probe into Japanese internment

New project builds on major study into Japanese Canadians having property stolen

The Past Wrongs, Future Choices project will take a global look at the internment and dispossession of Japanese people from across the globe in the mid-20th century. Pictured is the Takamura family at their peach plantation at Itaquera, São Paulo, on Dec. 25, 1949. (Photo courtesy of the Historical Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil)
BC Hydro CEO Chris O’Riley discusses the Crown corporation’s electrification plans with Greater Victoria business and community leaders at a Chamber of Commerce event on June 28. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Electrification and more needed in all sectors, BC Hydro CEO says

Energy efficiency and fuel alternatives will have a role in meeting GHG targets, he says

BC Hydro CEO Chris O’Riley discusses the Crown corporation’s electrification plans with Greater Victoria business and community leaders at a Chamber of Commerce event on June 28. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Cody (C.J.) Poole works on the solar-powered cart that’s been his home for months. He and others are hoping to build versions of the carts for their homeless friends living with physical disabilities. The cart and Poole’s other belongings were impounded by bylaw on June 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria homeless entrepreneur’s efforts stifled as city confiscates his tools

Impounding items breaks recently built trust between unhoused and bylaw, organizer says

Cody (C.J.) Poole works on the solar-powered cart that’s been his home for months. He and others are hoping to build versions of the carts for their homeless friends living with physical disabilities. The cart and Poole’s other belongings were impounded by bylaw on June 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Victoria is asking the province to do more on boosting biodiversity and protections for renters. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria asks B.C. to clamp down on no-fault evictions, rent increases

Capital UBCM resolution also hopes hopes province will boost biodiversity

Victoria is asking the province to do more on boosting biodiversity and protections for renters. (Black Press Media file photo)
Members of the Victoria and Saanich police departments accessed the personal information of a local critic while using a police database without the authority to do so. Pictured are Saanich police Chief Dean Duthie (left) and Victoria police Chief Del Manak. (Black Press Media file photo)

2 B.C. police forces improperly surveyed accountability critic

B.C.’s privacy watchdog found police ran man’s name through database without authority

Members of the Victoria and Saanich police departments accessed the personal information of a local critic while using a police database without the authority to do so. Pictured are Saanich police Chief Dean Duthie (left) and Victoria police Chief Del Manak. (Black Press Media file photo)
Tim Naimi is the director of the University of Victoria’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and the lead of a program that grades Canadian jurisdictions on their alcohol policies. The updated grading recently gave B.C. a failing grade. (Courtesy of Amanda Farrell-Low)

B.C. gets failing grade on alcohol policies from national project

Project’s lead flags alcohol’s impact on public health in call for strengthened regulations

Tim Naimi is the director of the University of Victoria’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and the lead of a program that grades Canadian jurisdictions on their alcohol policies. The updated grading recently gave B.C. a failing grade. (Courtesy of Amanda Farrell-Low)