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Most local businesses are suffering these days, and many will close permanently as a result of the COVID-19 lockdowns. These businesses are run by your friends and neighbours, and their loss would change Greater Victoria.

When Charlene Royston spotted what looked like a wolf on the Old Island Highway heading into Parksville last week, she was so surprised, she nearly drove off the road.

The deaths of two homeless men sheltering in the tent city at Topaz Park have devastated staff, outreach workers and residents, shelter manager Kelly Roth said Thursday.

Workers at a second poultry processing facility in B.C. have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday. Two workers at Superior Poultry Processors Ltd. in Coquitlam have the virus, she said.

If you鈥檙e one of the many whose employment has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, you can file an application for the $1,000 B.C. Emergency Benefit for Workers starting May 1.

Classic rock king Steve Miller has cancelled his upcoming summer tour of North America, which includes a Sept. 1 date at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre.

Nanaimo council is considering ways to alleviate financial impacts to individuals and businesses from the coronavirus pandemic, including potentially putting off a planned tax increase to 2021.

Going to the park these聽days isn鈥檛 just a聽discretionary decision. For many people, particularly young families, it鈥檚 an urgent requirement, verging on a mental-health necessity.

Most local businesses are suffering these days, and many will close permanently as a result of the COVID-19 lockdowns. These businesses are run by your friends and neighbours, and their loss would change Greater Victoria.

Owners of an Oak Bay Avenue tea shop are shutting the store permanently, one of the small businesses that have fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tiffanie and Kip Home temporarily closed both their Just Matcha Tea Shop at 2021 Oak Bay Ave.