Housing starts were down 16 per cent in Victoria over 2024, despite general growth in the rest of Canada according to a new Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) report.

Data from 2018 to 2023 show Indigenous people were involved in 17 per cent of cases involving use of force with Victoria police

British Columbia's police oversight agency has cleared Victoria police officers of wrongdoing after an attempted traffic stop on a city street led to the death of an innocent man last year.

Victoria receives an average of 661 mm of rain annually, compared with 1,426 mm in Sooke and 1,537 mm in Vancouver

Despite the national downward trend, Victoria continues to see rent increases across all unit types. The average rent in the city reached $2,362 at the end of 2024, reflecting a three per cent overall increase. Studio apartments saw an eight per cent rise, while two-bedroom units jumped four per cent.

The annual Festival of Trees Victoria raised $145,000 for the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, bringing the total raised since the Bay Centre began hosting the event to over $1.6 million.

The Times Colonist will be the new title sponsor for the Victoria stop on the PGA Tour Americas 2025 schedule, planned for Uplands Golf Club in September

The Times Colonist will be the new title sponsor for the Victoria stop on the PGA Tour Americas 2025 schedule, planned for Uplands Golf Club in September

For over 30 years, this has been the tourism slogan of Canada’s westernmost province, perfectly capturing what visitors will see and enjoy. Although the

There is no Dushka Burger restaurant at 580 Yates St., and after contacting Uber Eats — which says it discovered fraudulent activity — the food-delivery service closed its account on the app.

The number of new housing starts in 2024 was down nine per cent from the record-breaking highs of 2023, but CMHC's lead B.C. economist says last year was still a strong one.

Students who complete the 10-month engineering program at Camosun will get second-year status when they transfer to six B.C. degree-granting universities, under the new process