Peninsula News Review

Take-out isn’t new for the Willows Beach Tea Room, but the missing social aspect is affecting some visitors.

Lenny Ross, the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary’s volunteer photojournalist, wrote weekly Nature Narratives humorous and educational stories accompanied by 15-20 photos to share with the community from April 2020 to April 2021.

A series of break-ins and thefts at several downtown Victoria businesses have police calling for the public’s help to identify the suspects who were caught on camera.

Saanich is now taking applications for a lottery to determine the 10 food trucks that will roll into Beckwith, Cadboro-Gyro and Gorge Waterway parks this summer.

The CRD is to create a dashboard of flora and fauna in the region with resident-collected data.

The latest U.S. government decision to more than double countervailing and anti-dumping duties on some Canadian lumber producers is the latest setback for B.C.’s industry, the largest Canadian exporter to builders south of the border.

The 50-year-old building is scheduled to be demolished this year, and consultation is underway between the CRHD, Island Health, and the public on how to use the land.

Oak Bay remains the most expensive place to buy a single-family house. The assessed average of a single-family house in Oak Bay was $1,228,000 as of July 1, up from $1,144,000 in 2019, a seven per cent spike.

Wind and rain warnings have been lifted from coastal British Columbia following a powerful storm that hammered Haida Gwaii, Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast and cancelled sailings on most BC Ferry routes.

A stolen laptop, drug paraphernalia, a flare gun, hundreds of masks, and thousands of cigarette butts are just some of the discarded items David Boudinot has found on his morning walks.

A group of students from Divest UVic are calling on the university’s new president to take ‘bolder action’ and divest $400 million in investment funds from the fossil fuel industry.

John Wilson, president, CEO and owner of Saanich-based Wilson’s Group of Companies, says despite his industry and company playing a critical role in keeping tourism rolling here and elsewhere in B.C. and Canada, they’ve received little in direct government aid outside of the federal wage subsidy program.

Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers is seeking the public’s help in locating the following individuals who were wanted as of Nov. 17, 2020.

The Duchess of Sussex has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July, giving a personal account of the traumatic experience in hope of helping others.

Photo contest! Have you entered the Amateur Photographer of the Year contest yet? The contest ends November 30. Enter your best photos for a chance to win a trip to Yukon to see the Northern Lights, a luxurious Okanagan winery getaway, or a staycation experience with Kumsheen Rafting Resort. Enter here: https://buff.ly/3hAkaNe

Will this be among your holiday activities? Tickets are $40 per vehicle on weekdays and $50 on weekends. An additional $10 gets a thermal layer for a community member in need.

Alexa’s Team is a program created in honour of Alexa Middelaer, a four-year-old killed in 2008 by an impaired driver in Delta.

The six stations allow vehicles to charge for up to 90 minutes the equivalent of 50 kilometres of use for the average EV.

His brain is full of spiders and he’s got garlic in his soul. In fact, no one would touch him with a thirty-nine-and-a-half foot pole. It’s the Grinch and he’s made his way to Metchosin to kick off the holidays early.

A motion coming to Victoria council asks the city to provide additional funding to Our Place Society to extend shower hours.

Canada will impose different requirements than the U.S. before it lifts the grounding orders for the plane

The province will be conducting its biannual emergency alert system test for wireless devices on Wednesday.

Next up: 14 games in 31 days against the Kerry Park Islanders.

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has added two Air Canada Jazz flights from Vancouver to Victoria to its COVID-19 exposure list.

I didn’t want to butcher this. If it was me carving it, it would have triangle eyes and mouth.

A man says he was in the 500-block of Broughton Street around 2 a.m. on Sunday when he was attacked from behind by two strange men.

B.C. shattered a new set of records with 1,120 new COVID-19 over the Halloween weekend

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement on Monday for the east coast of Vancouver Island, but Greater Victoria isn't included so far.

Groups behind a non-profit Christian retirement community in the Lower Mainland are in preliminary discussions with North Saanich about plans to bring a comparable campus of care model to the community, a project that could impact land currently zoned agriculture.

A former Netflix executive and the regional manager for London Drugs hope people follow their lead, donating to charitable organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The front tire was found on the roadway several metres from the crash.

A B.C. Liberal government would impose a provincial mandate on local governments to prevent 24-hour camping in urban parks, according to leader Andrew Wilkinson.

B.C. began October with 89 more COVID-19 cases determined from results of more than 10,000 tests.

Two women told police that they were walking on the sidewalk in that area when they were approached by an unknown man, who was holding a knife.

A new Canadian video series that is providing $15,000 room makeovers to families facing hardships is asking people to submit nominations.

The Independent Investigation Office (IIO) of B.C. has opened an investigation into the death of a man, found dead in his cell at a correctional facility on Sept. 30.

New figures from Victoria International Airport show noise complaints have taken off through 2020 compared to last year.

Canadian troops involved in the six-year-old war against ISIL risk being caught in the middle of escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iraq.

An investigation is ongoing following reports of three dead bodies discovered in a gravel pit near Whiskey Creek.

The mayors of British Columbia’s 13 largest cities are calling on all provincial parties to commit to further action related to mental health and substance use, affordable housing, public transit and municipal finance reform ahead of next month’s election.

WATCH: Residents and staff members at the Berwick Qualicum Beach seniors community in their latest music videos, this time in celebration of National Seniors Day on Oct. 1.

Saanich partiers were slammed with a $2,300 fine this weekend for violating provincial health orders.

One man was taken into police custody Wednesday night after barricading himself in a residential building on Esquimalt Road.

Roads are clear and daytime temperatures are in the 20s, but chain-up and winter tire regulations are still in effect on Vancouver Island.

Organizers have officially cancelled the Greater Victoria Festival Society 39th Annual Santa Claus Parade and the Island Equipment Owners Association 22nd Annual Truck Light Convoy and Food Drive for 2020. But read on about the new plan!

On Oct. 3, volunteers with St. Mary’s of the Incarnation will be selling blackberry pies, jams and baked goods with COVID safe protocol.

Rather than pull their hair out trying to live up to Oak Bay High’s annual Cops for Cancer fundraising expectations during the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Grade 12 twins Chris and John Horwood are opting to shave it off.

A trio of entrepreneurs hope to open what would be Sidney’s first retail location for recreational cannabis on Nov. 1 after councillors signaled their support Monday night.

As COVID-19 case counts continue to rise across Canada, some of the country’s top doctors are urging people to pop their social bubbles in favour of a more cautious approach.

A Coquitlam man involved with several churches is facing a number of additional sexual assault charges as part of an ongoing police investigation into allegations of historical sexual abuse.

There’s a new resource to learn more about Orange Shirt Day and the history of residential schools.

A 49-year-old man from Washington was fined $1,000 this week under Canada’s Quarantine Act after he crossed in Canadian waters to meet his girlfriend in Surrey.

The issue of dogs on beaches will come before Saanich council but may be put on hold as the federal government studies the impacts of off-leash canines on migratory birds.

Worklink staff showed their support for Orange Shirt Day with a symbolic song and an awareness walk along Sooke Road.