Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Solicitor General Mike Farnworth has issued an evacuation order for the camps at Topaz Park and Pandora Avenue where 360 people without homes have been living during the COVID-19 outbreak As of today, B.C.

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.

Dee van Straaten is tossing out sentimental letters going back years as she packs up the Fairfield rental house she has called home for nearly three decades.

A Victoria publisher is trying to give independent bookstores a boost during the pandemic by creating a Google map link of shops across the country.

Canada’s new rent-relief program for small businesses is going to make a “huge difference,” says a downtown Victoria business owner.

The Royal B.C.

Two huge summer musical festivals near Lake Cowichan have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic — Sunfest and the Laketown Shakedown. In an announcement on their website, Sunfest organizers vowed to return July 29-Aug.

B.C. Transit has extended free travel and bus entry through rear doors until the end of May to enhance social distancing for drivers and passengers. The measures had previously been extended to the end of April.

It’s official. Premier John Horgan has declared the Tooth Fairy an essential service, saying the nocturnal visitor is allowed to travel freely around the province. That means no COVID-19 restrictions to stop it from going from house to house.

Victoria city council has approved the police chief’s request for additional money to boost patrols in and around Topaz Park, where people without homes are living in tents during the COVID-19 outbreak.