Poll

Snow in the forecast for Greater Victoria

Is the day after Halloween too soon?

It has been anything but smooth sailing lately for Greater Victoria residents travelling off the Island.

Longer waits for goods and services, reduced business hours, longer lines at the drive-thru, missed ferry sailings and increasing workloads at the office and on the job site. The effects of the labour shortage seem to have crept into every corner of our everyday lives.

It’s a health care crisis that no community is immune to. Medical clinics have closed across Greater Victoria while the ranks of those without a family doctor continue to swell.

With the dog days of summer just around the corner, dog lovers across the Capital Region are on the hunt for new spots where their furry friends can run free.

What a difference a year makes. Greater Victoria motorists were filling up at the pump for $1.48 a litre in April 2021, blissfully unaware that just a year later they would consider themselves lucky if they could find a litre for under two bucks.

It’s been talked about and talked about for years. And now a new group is being formed to renew debate on the amalgamation of Saanich and Victoria.

A convoy of trucks making its way across the country is driving debate on vaccine restrictions in Canada.

The sun may be shining and the roads and sidewalks long cleared of any remnants of snow but many Greater Victoria residents are still feeling the effects of the Island’s recent brush with winter.