Richard Watts
V2V Vacations shutting down its Victoria-Vancouver ferry service
V2V Vacations, the passenger ferry service running between downtown Victoria and downtown Vancouver, announced Monday that it is shutting down. In a statement on its website, V2V Vacations said it...
UVic condo plan for Old Town site irks Victoria councillor
The University of Victoria wants to turn a downtown heritage building that once housed a brothel into condos and housing for graduate students. The Duck’s Building, at 1316 Broad St., would be...
B.C. pension fund heavily invested in oil: UVic study
At a time when many British Columbians are protesting the Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion, their pension money is likely invested in oil, including Kinder Morgan, a University of Victoria study...
City of Victoria wins marijuana store rezoning battle
The B.C. Supreme Court has sided with the City of Victoria in a decision to deny a rezoning to a downtown cannabis shop. Mayor Lisa Helps called the decision “a major victory” for the city and its...
Victoria prepares for development rush
Region roars into 2018 with multibillion-dollar projects starting or expanding
Shawnigan Lake quarry owner suing province, former environment minister
Cobble Hill Holdings Ltd., the owner of a Shawnigan Lake quarry that was used as a landfill for contaminated soil, is suing the provincial government and the former minister who ordered it shut...