June 9: ‘Towards Freedom: Points of Departure’ & ‘Stories of the Raccoon People’ - Victoria Anarchist Reading Circle (victoriaanarchistreadingcircle.ca)
Lost giant painted teacup may rest at bottom of B.C. harbour: former mayor (www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca)
“We did these crazy things around the harbour to encourage tourism,” Causton recalled. “I don’t remember too much about it other than Brian Smith, who was a former mayor of Oak Bay and the Attorney General of British Columbia, was in one of them, and he was smoking a pipe and he sank.”
June 2: People’s Park Solidarity (victoriaanarchistreadingcircle.ca)
Drag performance draws a crowd at Chinatown festival that highlighted cultural diversity (www.timescolonist.com)
This is the true Canada, open to all ideas. Let’s keep it this way.
Police board to invite rights commissioner to hear impact of cancelling school liaison officer program (www.timescolonist.com)
Personally, it seems stupid not to have a liaison in high schools. This is where teens establish “bad” patterns, and every single one they manage to save early is one less problem for decades in the future.
May 26: Anarchism of the Occupy Movement - Victoria Anarchist Reading Circle (victoriaanarchistreadingcircle.ca)
Victoria-Saanich amalgamation discussion is finally set to begin (www.cbc.ca)
Victoria council gives green light to Roundhouse project (www.timescolonist.com)
Poilievre promises to build more housing on Vancouver Island visit (vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca)
Unfortunately, it looks like he’s going to elected in a couple years. I just hope people remember after a term of the Conservatives cutting important environmental policies like the carbon tax, that they will have failed to make like more affordable AND fucked up the environment more....
Island Farms plant problem fixed, milk processing and delivery back on track (www.timescolonist.com)
In case anyone was wondering what happened at the grocery stores over the last couple days.
Livable wage required in Greater Victoria creeps over $25/hr for first time (www.cheknews.ca)
CRD purchases former Royal Oak Golf Course (www.timescolonist.com)
Times Colonist: Add your home or business to our map of Halloween displays and events (www.timescolonist.com)
Tiny Town sold but expected to stay in Victoria (www.timescolonist.com)
BC Road Trip Time Machine, Highway 17 - Victoria to Swartz Bay, 1966 (www.youtube.com)
From the YouTube description:...
Parking fees at regional parks back on CRD agenda (www.timescolonist.com)
Archive: archive.ph/n8fv5
B.C. woman whose cat went missing warns of scammer claiming to have found it - BC | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Photos from Bryan Adams at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre Sept 9 2023 (lemmy.world)
Canadian rock legend Bryan Adams performed a GREAT sold out show in Victoria at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre on Saturday September 9, 2023....
Ever wonder where our water comes from? (lemmy.ca)
I found this on the subreddit but created a higher res screenshot from the source material....
[TC Letters to the Editor] Let’s make big plans for large new ferries
With the B.C. Ferries fleet having reached capacity, I think it’s time to accelerate the plans to purchase new vessels for the major routes. To help to make them more future-proof, I think the new vessels should be at least 200 metres long, preferably a good deal longer....
CRD OKs $53.5M to widen and light busiest parts of Galloping Goose and Lochside (www.timescolonist.com)
'Poison pill' restrictions crushing hopes for more multi-unit housing in Victoria (www.timescolonist.com)
Traffic jams on winding, narrow Finlayson Arm Road thanks to GPS algorithms guiding drivers (www.timescolonist.com)
Victoria Tool Library (victoriatoollibrary.org)
Membership based tool library.
