Victoria Protester Climbs Atop Traffic Lights Pole Calling for Safe Drug Supply
A protester apparently answering to the name Jessica climbed atop a traffic lights pole at the corner of Pandora and...
Victoria Honours Chrissy Brett Legacy at Memorial
About 75 people, largely from the homeless and indigenous communities, gathered at Centennial Square in Victoria to commemorate Chrissy Brett,...
Iranian Diaspora Denounces Mahsa Amini’s Murder and Government Repression in Victoria
About 200 people, mostly from the Iranian diaspora, gathered before the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Victoria to denounce...
Retrospective: The Occupy Movement
In 2011, Occupy Wall Street sparked a global civil disobedience movement which would come to be known as the Occupy...
Victoria Marks International Drug Overdose Awareness Day
Multiple events across town were set in conjunction with International Drug Overdose Awareness Day, here in Victoria, BC. And they...
Hundreds Stand with Ukraine at BC Legislature in Victoria
About two hundred people rallied before the BC Legislature in Victoria to mark Ukraine's independence day and the grim six-month...
Project Reconnect 2022: A Homelessness Services Fair in Victoria
I've just attended an annual fair that was suspended during the pandemic, and brought back under the name Project Reconnect....
Dozens March to Ministry of Health Office Demanding Family Doctors
About three dozen angry protesters converged on the Ministry of Health office on Blanshard Street in Victoria, under the banner...
The Downtown Eastside Vancouver Meltdown
I spent the whole winter in 2017 in Downtown Eastside Vancouver. Already then it was shocking, far beyond anything I'd...
Dozens March for Choice at BC Legislature in Victoria
About three dozen people, men and women alike, gathered at Centennial Square in Victoria and marched all the way downtown...