Shalu Mehta

The Victoria Clipper V has cancelled all sailings through April 30 due to COVID-19. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria Clipper stops sailings through April 30

Decision to stop sailings is ‘proactive’ and ‘preventative’ measure

The Victoria Clipper V has cancelled all sailings through April 30 due to COVID-19. (Black Press Media file photo)
Colwood Fire Rescue. (Black Press Media file photo)

Colwood to consider satellite firehall in Royal Bay

About 7,500 dwellings to come to south Colwood developments

Colwood Fire Rescue. (Black Press Media file photo)
Dec. 13, 2019 – City Hall Victoria Centennial Square (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)

Victoria council candidate calls for postponement of byelection amidst COVID-19 concerns

Stephen Andrew says April 4 byelection should be postponed

Dec. 13, 2019 – City Hall Victoria Centennial Square (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)
Vic PD’s Grant Hamilton spent his lunch hour serving up soup at the Souper Bowls of Hope lunch hour fundraiser last year. (Kendra Crighton/News Staff)

Annual Souper Bowls for Hope event postponed due to COVID-19 concerns

Fundraiser will be postponed until the fall

Vic PD’s Grant Hamilton spent his lunch hour serving up soup at the Souper Bowls of Hope lunch hour fundraiser last year. (Kendra Crighton/News Staff)
Hazmat crews must be called to clear building materials containing asbestos that have been dumped in Metchosin. (Courtesy of Sharie Epp)

Hazardous dumping costs Metchosin about $5,000 to clear

Dumped building material tests positive for asbestos

Hazmat crews must be called to clear building materials containing asbestos that have been dumped in Metchosin. (Courtesy of Sharie Epp)
The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority says cruise ships of any size will not come to Victoria until July 1. (Black Press Media file photo)

No cruise ships of any size will stop in Victoria until July 1

Cruise vessels of any size will not come to Victoria Cruise Terminal and Inner Harbour

The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority says cruise ships of any size will not come to Victoria until July 1. (Black Press Media file photo)
Colwood City Hall (Black Press Media file photo)

Colwood cancels public meetings due to COVID-19 concerns

City plans to test remote participation for residents and council

Colwood City Hall (Black Press Media file photo)
Langford Mayor Stew Young says urgent measures need to be taken to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Black Press Media file photo)

Langford mayor says urgent measures should be taken to prevent spread of COVID-19

Stew Young says schools should close, ferries should stop

Langford Mayor Stew Young says urgent measures need to be taken to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. (Black Press Media file photo)
Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama’s talk at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on March 31 has been postponed due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. (Black Press Media file photo)

Michelle Obama talk in Victoria postponed amidst COVID-19 concerns

Province bans gatherings of more than 250 people

Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama’s talk at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on March 31 has been postponed due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19. (Black Press Media file photo)
Seacliffe Properties has applied for an amendment to Colwood’s land use bylaw and Official Community Plan to allow for 2,850 residential units at Royal Beach. (Courtesy of D’Ambrosio Architecture and Urbanism)

Residents voice concern over housing density in Colwood’s Royal Beach

Application submitted to allow up to 2,850 dwellings on property

Seacliffe Properties has applied for an amendment to Colwood’s land use bylaw and Official Community Plan to allow for 2,850 residential units at Royal Beach. (Courtesy of D’Ambrosio Architecture and Urbanism)
Tiffany Harvey got decked out as Venom, the Marvel Comics character, for Capital City Comic Con last year at the Victoria Convention Centre. (Black Press Media file photo)

Capital City Comic Con postponed due to COVID-19

Screen Actors Guild advises members to not fly in forseeable future

Tiffany Harvey got decked out as Venom, the Marvel Comics character, for Capital City Comic Con last year at the Victoria Convention Centre. (Black Press Media file photo)
Greater Victoria has no shortage of fun activities to keep kids busy over spring break. (Unsplash)

Nature, books and sports: Greater Victoria has no shortage of kids’ activities for spring break 2020

Some of the many activities in the region for spring break

Greater Victoria has no shortage of fun activities to keep kids busy over spring break. (Unsplash)
(Courtesy of the Kitsap Public Health District)

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps responds to Island’s first case of COVID-19

First Vancouver Island case announced Wednesday by province

(Courtesy of the Kitsap Public Health District)
More than 100 people from different walks of life gathered at Royal Jubilee Hospital on Saturday and Sunday for Code Hack 2020, a 24-hour hackathon dedicated to solving real-world health care problems at Island Health. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)

PHOTOS: ‘Hackers’ come together to help solve Island Health challenges

More than 100 people participate in Code Hack 2020

More than 100 people from different walks of life gathered at Royal Jubilee Hospital on Saturday and Sunday for Code Hack 2020, a 24-hour hackathon dedicated to solving real-world health care problems at Island Health. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)
Friends have confirmed to Black Press Media that the woman killed in a Langford shooting on March 6 was Angela Dalman. Police have not yet confirmed the victim’s identity. (Facebook/Angela Suzanne)

UPDATED: Friends and family mourn West Shore mother killed in Langford shooting

Shooting suspect arrested in Saanich Saturday morning

Friends have confirmed to Black Press Media that the woman killed in a Langford shooting on March 6 was Angela Dalman. Police have not yet confirmed the victim’s identity. (Facebook/Angela Suzanne)
Tim Kennedy of Campbell River holds copies of his children’s books about fire safety. He pitched the books – Tommy and Tammy the Firefighting Children – to Dragons’ Den in Victoria. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)

Entrepreneurs from around the Island attend Dragons’ Den auditions in Victoria

Pitches have a chance to make it onto national television

Tim Kennedy of Campbell River holds copies of his children’s books about fire safety. He pitched the books – Tommy and Tammy the Firefighting Children – to Dragons’ Den in Victoria. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)
The steps of the B.C. Legislature building began to empty Thursday as Indigenous youth and supporters packed up. Red dresses from a ceremony in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit folks were on the lawn. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)

B.C. Legislature steps empty as Indigenous youth pack up Thursday

Closing ceremony was held to thank supporters, community

The steps of the B.C. Legislature building began to empty Thursday as Indigenous youth and supporters packed up. Red dresses from a ceremony in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit folks were on the lawn. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)
(Black Press Media file photo)

West Shore RCMP arrests man in stolen vehicle after citizen blocks suspect in

Man rammed the citizen’s vehicle, then fled on foot

(Black Press Media file photo)
Wild ARC will open its doors to the public again on March 28 and 29 for an exclusive open house. (Spencer Pickles/Black Press Media)

Wild ARC open house gives public a behind-the-scenes look at the facility

Registration for the event is already half-full

Wild ARC will open its doors to the public again on March 28 and 29 for an exclusive open house. (Spencer Pickles/Black Press Media)
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Canadian Minister of Middle-Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance Mona Fortier met on Wednesday to discuss quality of life and well-being in the community. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)

Minister on middle-class discusses quality of life, affordability with Victoria mayor

Victoria stop part of minister’s quality of life tour

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and Canadian Minister of Middle-Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance Mona Fortier met on Wednesday to discuss quality of life and well-being in the community. (Shalu Mehta/News Staff)
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