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A Victoria tenant will be compensated more than $30,000 due to a prolonged building renovation that included a “loss of quiet enjoyment” due to noise from a jackhammer and exposure to asbestos. (Pexels photo illustration)

Victoria tenant who lived with asbestos exposure and ‘horrendous’ jackhammer noise awarded $30K

Building’s owner challenged RTB decision in court

The Telus Ocean building will be a zero-carbon structure when it rises from this construction site in downtown Victoria. More new buildings in the capital and across the province will soon have to be built to produce lower emissions as the province is set to bring its Zero Carbon Step Code. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

‘Long overdue’: B.C. introducing new powers to limit emissions of new buildings

Zero Carbon Step Code comes into effect May 1

A BC Ferries vessel approaches the Saltery Bay terminal on the Sunshine Coast. (John McKinley file)

BC Ferries fares could climb 9.2 per cent each of the next 4 years, CEO says they won’t

Cap does not reflect the $500 million coming from provincial government to limit fare hikes

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FILE - Adele appears at the Brit Awards 2022 in London on Feb. 8, 2022. Adele has announced that she’s extending her Las Vegas residency with 34 more dates between June and November and also plans to release a concert film. Saturday night’s show was the last performance in the British singer's original “Weekends With Adele” series that covered 34 dates since last November on the Las Vegas Strip. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP, File)
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Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a rare protest against Uganda's tough stance against homosexuality and in solidarity with their counterparts there, outside the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya on Feb. 10, 2014. Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday, March 21, 2023 prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country's LGBTQ community. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Uganda’s legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBT bill
Gwyneth Paltrow sits in court, Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow is accused of injuring another skier, leaving him with a concussion and four broken ribs. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)
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Councillor Ken Herar shows off the Pride Progress Flag at council on June 6, 2022. The matter was revisited on Monday (March 20) with the council voting to move forward without flying the pride flag at municipal locations. /Screenshot from Mission council
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From left to right: Pacheedaht First Nation Chief Jeff Jones, Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care, Langford-Juan De Fuca MLA John Horgan, and Sooke School District board chair Ravi Parmar at the announcement on Friday (March 31) at the Sooke School District office in Langford. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Progress underway to upgrade one of B.C.’s ‘most seismically unsafe’ schools in Port Renfrew

‘Current school is made of cinderblock with mortar that would be dust in a strong breeze’

From left to right: Pacheedaht First Nation Chief Jeff Jones, Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care, Langford-Juan De Fuca MLA John Horgan, and Sooke School District board chair Ravi Parmar at the announcement on Friday (March 31) at the Sooke School District office in Langford. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Norm McInnis was the community’s seventh CAO since 1999. (Tim Collins / Sooke News Mirror)

Sooke CAO steps down after cancer diagnosis

Norm McInnis is leaving his position

Norm McInnis was the community’s seventh CAO since 1999. (Tim Collins / Sooke News Mirror)
A new supportive housing project on Albina Street has just opened. (Screenshot courtesy of Grant McKenzie)

Three housing projects open in Greater Victoria for people experiencing homelessness

Mix of funding from various government levels

A new supportive housing project on Albina Street has just opened. (Screenshot courtesy of Grant McKenzie)
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In this July 31, 2015, file photo, an orca whale breaches in view of Mount Baker, some 60 miles distant, in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Washington State. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Elaine Thompson
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FILE - Former President Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the handover of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight. The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee had asked for six years of tax returns for Trump and some of his businesses, from 2015 to 2020. The court’s order Tuesday, Nov. 22 leaves no legal obstacle in the way. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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The New Westminster Police Departments says it’s seeing an increase in the number of men and young boys being targeted by a sextortion scam. (Credit: Pixabay)
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The Mental Health and Substance Use Service Link 1-888-885-8824 connects people to information and services in their community seven days a week. (Black Press Media file photo)

New number links Island Health residents to mental health, substance use resources

Mental Health and Substance Use Service Link 1-888-885-8824 available 7 days a week

The Mental Health and Substance Use Service Link 1-888-885-8824 connects people to information and services in their community seven days a week. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria mayor Marianne Alto said federal commitments around combating climate change, building affordable housing and more protection from natural disasters will help the city be livable and sustainable. (Jake Romphf/ News Staff)

Victoria mayor welcomes climate, housing, homelessness support in federal budget

Marianne Alto wants more transit funding for cities

Victoria mayor Marianne Alto said federal commitments around combating climate change, building affordable housing and more protection from natural disasters will help the city be livable and sustainable. (Jake Romphf/ News Staff)
Disability advocate Jeff Leggat (left) and Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen of the BC Greens (right) discuss the importance of disability funding outside the B.C. legislature Thursday (March 30). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

‘Trying to survive’: Vancouver Island disability advocates, MLA demand more funding

The latest provincial budget included $558 million for further income and disability assistance

Disability advocate Jeff Leggat (left) and Saanich North and the Islands MLA Adam Olsen of the BC Greens (right) discuss the importance of disability funding outside the B.C. legislature Thursday (March 30). (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
A handful of bunnies in Esquimalt draw attention mid-March and most of them remain roaming in that neighbourhood. (Lisa Ishizaki/Facebook)

Rabbit family dumped in Esquimalt sparks concerns area will be overrun once again

Amy’s Bunny Barn in Sooke – with foster homes across Vancouver Island – says it’s beyond capacity

A handful of bunnies in Esquimalt draw attention mid-March and most of them remain roaming in that neighbourhood. (Lisa Ishizaki/Facebook)
The District of Sooke’s application for a funding for wastewater service expansion at Whiffin Spit. (Courtesy Leanne Robertson) Reader’s Lens Early morning at Whiffin Spit. To submit a photo to Reader’s Lens, please email editor@sookenewsmirror.com. (Contributed - Leanne Robertson)

Sooke wastewater treatment expansion rejected as funding dries up

District says considerable grant funding required for project to proceed

The District of Sooke’s application for a funding for wastewater service expansion at Whiffin Spit. (Courtesy Leanne Robertson) Reader’s Lens Early morning at Whiffin Spit. To submit a photo to Reader’s Lens, please email editor@sookenewsmirror.com. (Contributed - Leanne Robertson)
This file photo shows a model of a Tyrannosaurus rex on display in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Pucker up? Victoria scientist says T. rex had lips

New study suggests popular depictions of Tyrannosaurus rex, velociraptors are wrong

This file photo shows a model of a Tyrannosaurus rex on display in the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science in Albuquerque, N.M. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson (left) and former Langford mayor Stew Young have differing views on this year’s budget. (Black Press Media File)

‘I would resign’: Former Langford mayor criticizes proposed 11.94% tax hike

Current mayor says the budget covers city’s needs

Langford Mayor Scott Goodmanson (left) and former Langford mayor Stew Young have differing views on this year’s budget. (Black Press Media File)
A transit bus headed for the Swartz Bay ferry terminal stops to pick up passengers on a snowy Douglas Street in Victoria. Observers are concerned that B.C.’s push for a clean public transportation network is not paying enough attention to rural and remote communities. Don Denton file photo

Will clean transportation shift take rural Vancouver Island along for the ride? ​​​​​​​

Some worried only thing B.C. has been concentrating on is electrified vehicles in bigger centres

A transit bus headed for the Swartz Bay ferry terminal stops to pick up passengers on a snowy Douglas Street in Victoria. Observers are concerned that B.C.’s push for a clean public transportation network is not paying enough attention to rural and remote communities. Don Denton file photo
Upgrades into trails and other work protecting ecologically sensitive areas in Gowlland Tod Provincial Park are expected to take until mid-June. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Ecological protection, trail upgrades start in Gowlland Tod Provincial Park

Trail boardwalks, bridges, and signs coming while some sensitive areas being protected

Upgrades into trails and other work protecting ecologically sensitive areas in Gowlland Tod Provincial Park are expected to take until mid-June. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
The Capital Regional District has approved its $690-million budget with funding for wastewater systems, the regional water supply, landfill upgrades and more. (Courtesy of the Victoria Foundation)

CRD approves budget with tax increase, saying vital services protected

Plan includes $292 million for capital projects aimed at essential infrastructure

The Capital Regional District has approved its $690-million budget with funding for wastewater systems, the regional water supply, landfill upgrades and more. (Courtesy of the Victoria Foundation)
The Carpenters’ Regional Council Local 1598 in Victoria is providing free naloxone kits and training to its members. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria trade union offering naloxone kits to construction workers

The kits are being offered through the B.C. Construction Industry Rehab Plan

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The Carpenters’ Regional Council Local 1598 in Victoria is providing free naloxone kits and training to its members. (Black Press Media file photo)
The loggers pole at Sooke Flats collapsed during a windstorm on March 29. (Photo-Robert Halliday)

Sooke landmark knocked down during windstorm

The Loggers Pole was carved by Randy Carvagallio

The loggers pole at Sooke Flats collapsed during a windstorm on March 29. (Photo-Robert Halliday)
The City of Victoria is lowering speed limits on all local streets to 30 km/h. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria lowering speeds limits on roads considered ‘local streets’

The Hillside-Quadra neighbourhood will be the first to see the change

The City of Victoria is lowering speed limits on all local streets to 30 km/h. (Black Press Media file photo)
City of Victoria electric vehicle chargers n Store Street. The city will need to ramp up the number of public chargers it builds in the coming years to keep up with the expected demand and its own timelines. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Jolt needed in Victoria’s electric vehicle charger rollout as city misses first target

Goal to build 650 over six years, but only 67 installed in 2022

City of Victoria electric vehicle chargers n Store Street. The city will need to ramp up the number of public chargers it builds in the coming years to keep up with the expected demand and its own timelines. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
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