Lisa Helps

Victoria Grandmothers for Africa take off on the final leg of their fundraising efforts from Central Park. (Kiernan Green/News Staff)

Victoria grandmothers raise over $100,000 with virtual tour across Africa

Riders averaging 70 years encouraged with the ethos, ‘don’t be too cautious – go as far as you can’

 

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps has deactivated her Twitter account as of Sunday morning, July 19. (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)

Victoria mayor deactivates Twitter account “for now”

Lisa Helps tweeted about “negative people and irrelevant comments” on Saturday

 

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Coun. Jeremy Loveday are bringing an emergency motion to city council to ask city staff to look into ways to support small businesses who are seeing the effects of COVID-19 fears. The motion goes to Committee of the Whole on Thursday, March 19. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria mayor Lisa Helps pushes emergency motion to support local businesses during COVID-19 fears

‘Heck, let’s even do some holiday shopping now…’, says Helps

 

On Friday, Feb. 28 Victoria Mayor, Lisa Helps meet with Indigenous youth at the B.C. Legislature. (Lisa Helps/Twitter)

‘Reconciliation is not dead’ says Victoria Mayor

Lisa Helps wants allies to show that reconciliation is not dead and to uphold Indigenous rights

On Friday, Feb. 28 Victoria Mayor, Lisa Helps meet with Indigenous youth at the B.C. Legislature. (Lisa Helps/Twitter)
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps has joined six other people on the BC Transit board of directors (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps appointed to BC Transit board of directors

Helps joins six other board members, four of which are locally elected officials

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps has joined six other people on the BC Transit board of directors (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)
Lisa Helps at her election party headquarters after the polls closed in Victoria. (Arnold Lim/Black Press)
Lisa Helps at her election party headquarters after the polls closed in Victoria. (Arnold Lim/Black Press)
Rachel Hess of Discovery Playhouse Children’s Society of Pitt Meadows with Ethan, Marcus and Madeleine. The daycare has just two years left in its lease with the city. (Neil Corbett/The News)

Victoria mayor planning for 300 new affordable childcare spaces

The childcare spaces would be located on SD61 properties throughout Victoria

Rachel Hess of Discovery Playhouse Children’s Society of Pitt Meadows with Ethan, Marcus and Madeleine. The daycare has just two years left in its lease with the city. (Neil Corbett/The News)
Incumbent Mayor Lisa Helps chats with Tracy James (right) and other supporters at her Fort Street campaign headquarters Aug. 7. (Kristyn Anthony/News staff)

Social media attack ads a ‘distraction from democracy’ says Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps

‘Elections are won on the doorstep. Elections are not won on Facebook,’ says incumbent mayor

Incumbent Mayor Lisa Helps chats with Tracy James (right) and other supporters at her Fort Street campaign headquarters Aug. 7. (Kristyn Anthony/News staff)
Mayor Lisa Helps posted images of locks she found attached to her bicycle after she left a film screening and presentation Friday evening. (Lisa Helps/Facebook)

Victoria Mayor finds bike “sabotaged”, believes she was intentionally targeted

Mayor Lisa Helps posts images to social media after movie screening

Mayor Lisa Helps posted images of locks she found attached to her bicycle after she left a film screening and presentation Friday evening. (Lisa Helps/Facebook)
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps

LISA HELPS: Victoria, a city for all ages

Victoria’s mayor offers her thoughts on issues important to city residents and property owners

  • Oct 5, 2017
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps

MAYOR’S MESSAGE: Witness Reconciliation Program a new direction for the City of Victoria

Local First Nations brought further into the fold for municipal operations

  • Jul 6, 2017
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps
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