Dogs an increasing problem for postal carriers during pandemic
More people home means more dogs around, tooMatthew Claxton / April 30, 2020
Month: April 2020
UPDATED: Crews extinguish fire in Esquimalt apartment building
The Esquimalt Fire Rescue and Victoria police are currently on sceneVictoria News Staff / April 30, 2020
B.C. Lions trade up to take LB Williams with 1st pick in CFL draft
B.C. (5-13) finished last in the West Division last seasonThe Canadian Press / April 30, 2020
What you should know: GMC Acadia
Style and roominess in a trimmed-out wrapper is hard to beatWire Service / April 30, 2020
South Vietnam flag flies in Victoria to remember liberation
Flag brings focus to ‘perilous journey to freedom made by millions of refugees’ to CanadaVictoria News Staff / April 30, 2020
First parks reopen in Sooke after coronavirus closures
Parks gates open at 4 p.m. Friday, say officialsSooke News Staff / April 30, 2020
Traffic at Hillside Avenue, Douglas Street impacted by three-vehicle collision
VicPD at the scene of the crashVictoria News Staff / April 30, 2020
Estimated $552M to restore Island rail leaves some scratching their heads
Island Corridor Foundation says rail service can be restored for lessShalu Mehta / April 30, 2020
UPDATED: Bomb unit detonates suspicious toolbox left in Victoria basketball court
Police respond with ‘abundance of caution,’ close Gladstone Avenue to trafficDevon Bidal / April 30, 2020
B.C. records 25 new COVID-19 positive tests on Day 100 of pandemic
Mission federal prison up to 120 cases with 12 more inmates affectedTom Fletcher / April 30, 2020
Coast Guard to follow COVID-19 protocols when seasonal operations in Nootka Sound commence
The Inshore Rescue Boat Program will begin search and rescue services between May to SeptemberBinny Paul, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter / April 30, 2020
‘It sucks,’ Oak Bay High athletes accept lost season
Oak Bay athletes try to look past lost seasonTravis Paterson / April 30, 2020
B.C. poison control officials see spike in disinfectant exposure calls amid COVID-19
BC Centre for Disease Control urging people to clean safely and not mix chemicalsAshley Wadhwani / April 30, 2020
The people who cared for a COVID-19 patient: How a single case was handled
This is the story of those who cared for a single case at St. Paul’s Hospital in VancouverThe Canadian Press / April 30, 2020
COLUMN: From flattening the COVID-19 curve to Team B.C. recovery
B.C. business leaders say they’re ready to restart economyWire Service / April 30, 2020
LETTER: London Drugs committed to supporting community news organizations
People are staying home and staying local. And because of this, we…Wire Service / April 30, 2020
Mission Institution: Voices from inside Canada’s worst COVID-19 prison outbreak
Families speak out over conditions as class-action lawsuit filed against federal governmentPatrick Penner / April 30, 2020
COVID-19 washes out Gorge Canada Day Picnic
Canada Day celebrations cancelled across Greater VictoriaSaanich News Staff / April 30, 2020
UPDATE: Nanaimo pilot presumed dead after helicopter crash in the Mediterranean
Capt. Kevin Hagen and five other Canadian Armed Forces members were on a NATO training missionNanaimo News Staff / April 30, 2020
B.C. police have had to visit 500 travellers who didn’t respond to self-isolation check-ins
More than 14,500 people have returned to B.C. since April 15, by air travel or at land bordersAshley Wadhwani / April 30, 2020