September 2012 Archives
Friday September 28, 2012
Politcal panel farewells
We say thanks to our longtime panelists; Bob Plecas, Sheila Orr and Elizabeth Cull.
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Friday September 28, 2012
City of Victoria on FOI
We hear from a City of Victoria spokesperson about council's move to limit freedom of information requests from Focus magazine.
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Thursday September 27, 2012
No FOI for Focus
Magazine editor David Broadland worries about unfair restrictions being made on his journalists when they apply for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act.
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Thursday September 27, 2012
Plecas looks back
Retiring, but not shy. We speak with longtime political panelist Bob Plecas about highlights of his time inside and outside government.
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Wednesday September 26, 2012
Governments urged to converse with media
Anna Maria Tremonti, host of The Current, talks about why local governments need to be more open with the media and the public.
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Wednesday September 26, 2012
New technology solves cold case
Forensic scientist David Sweet discusses the role of DNA in solving one of BC's oldest cold cases.
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Tuesday September 25, 2012
The secret life of hummingbirds
We speak with a bird lover whose fascination with these tiny irridescent creatures has resulted in a trove of rarely seen images and video.
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Tuesday September 25, 2012
Victoria Deputy police chief Del Manak
The Victoria police department has released a plan to change the way it operates in the city.
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Monday September 24, 2012
Lack of support for online optometry
A father speaks out about red tape that means he can't afford glasses for his kids.
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Monday September 24, 2012
Geoff Plant on decriminalization
Former attorney general Geoff Plant speaks out in support of a move to decriminalize marijuana in B.C.
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Friday September 21, 2012
Cruise ships in Victoria
Exploring new ideas for expanding the market in Victoria by bringing passengers from cruise ships into the city's downtown core.
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Friday September 21, 2012
What's next for the B.C. Conservative Party?
Our political panel discusses what's next for the B.C. Conservative Party heading toward the election in May 2013?
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Wednesday September 19, 2012
Ending homelessness by 2018
We ask how realistic that goal is and how the Coalition to End Homelessness is doing in the effort to achieve it.
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Wednesday September 19, 2012
'Sick' Victoria
Former NDP leader Carole James defends her hometown after Premier Clark accuses Victoria of having a 'sick culture'.
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Tuesday September 18, 2012
Driving the Electric Highway
We speak to environment minister Terry Lake about the roll out of more that sixty electric charging stations on Vancouver Island.
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Tuesday September 18, 2012
Huu-ay-aht Nation online voting
Getting online to vote. We find out why the Huu-ay-aht First Nation near Port Alberni is getting members to vote remotely.
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Monday September 17, 2012
Green Party politics
The Greens are hoping to run a strong candidate in the Victoria riding recently vacated by Denise Savoie. We speak to party representative Jared Giesbrecht.
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Monday September 17, 2012
Freedom of Information
A watchdog group says more and more people who file freedom of information requests are being told the documents they want, don't exist. We talk to Vincent Gogolek, executive director of the B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association,
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Monday September 17, 2012
Reviews:
RED
David Lennam reviews the Belfry's fall production of RED, a play about the life and work of painter Mark Rothko.
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Friday September 14, 2012
David Anderson, Bob Plecas and Paul Ramsey
Digging out of the deficit and looking up in the polls. We see what's going up and what's going down with our Friday political panel
Friday September 14, 2012
Reviews:
Belfry B 4 Play
Gregor visits the Belfry Theatre for a discussion of it's latest production RED, and the artist it profiles, Mark Rothko.
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Thursday September 13, 2012
Museum offerings unveiled
Relive the Crusades, or storm the beaches of Normandy on D-Day: Sterling Eyford checks out the new exhibits announced by the Royal BC Museum for the upcoming year.
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Thursday September 13, 2012
Vying for the Victoria nomination
The NDP nomination race is heating up for the upcoming federal byelection in Victoria. Former B.C. New Democrat cabinet minister Elizabeth Cull talks about why she wants to become the MP for the riding vacated by Denise Savoie.
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Wednesday September 12, 2012
Paying for bigger class sizes
We find out why large class sizes could cost your local school district.
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Wednesday September 12, 2012
Savoie's successor
We get a peek at the race that's shaping up in the New Democratic Party for the candidate who will run to replace Denise Savoie as the Member of Parliament for Victoria,
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Tuesday September 11, 2012
The flight of the Arrow
The ill-fated Avro Arrow fighter plane is being touted as an alternative to the pricey F-35 aircraft for the Canadian military. Victoria author Chris Gainor looks behind the Avro mythology.
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Tuesday September 11, 2012
Steady and flat: Victoria real estate's new reality
Carol Crabb of the Greater Victoria Real Estate Board talks about the ups and (mostly) downs of the real estate market and what it might mean for buyers and sellers.
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Tuesday September 11, 2012
Coming Up:
Wednesday
The Sultan of Seniors. We'll speak with the new minister of state for seniors, Ralph Sultan
Monday September 10, 2012
Sidewalk signs face fees
Ken Kelly, General Manager of the Downtown Victoria Business Association talks about business reaction to potential fees for sidewalk sign displays.
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Monday September 10, 2012
Mayor defends quake study delay
Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin talks about why it took 20 months for council to see a report recommending millions of dollars in earthquake upgrades on city buildings.
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Friday September 7, 2012
Victoria seismic report
A rumble over earthquake risk: We hear from Victoria city councillor Lisa Helps about a long-delayed report on seismic risk in city-owned buildings.
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Friday September 7, 2012
Seeking the rooftop singers
The rooftop singers. We'll hear about an upcoming rooftop concert at the University of Victoria and the 1960s concert that inspired it.
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Thursday September 6, 2012
What's a degree worth?
University of Saskatchewan professor Ken Coates looks at the current value of a university education, and how many university graduates are finding themselves working at jobs they could have got without a degree.
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Thursday September 6, 2012
Clark's cabinet shuffle strategy
Doing the pre-election shuffle: UVic political scientist James Lawson takes a look at the new faces around B.C. Premier Christy Clark's cabinet table this week and how they help position the party for next May's election.
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Wednesday September 5, 2012
Remembering NDP government's last days
Former NDP minister Moe Sihota, about what it's like to serve in a government that is suffering in the polls, and losing ministers every week.
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Wednesday September 5, 2012
Non-profit building affordable apartments
The Greater Victoria Housing Society just got rezoning to build another 68 apartments to add to its portfolio of more than 700 rental units. Executive Kaye Melliship talks about how the non-profit group achieves its goal of building affordable rental housing in a region despite high costs for land and construction.
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Tuesday September 4, 2012
A trolley tour of 1907 Victoria
A view of how much has changed in Victoria's 150 years: Reporter Sterling Eyford and Gregor take a tour of downtown Victoria circa 1907, via a remarkable six-minute film.
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See the 1907 William Harbeck film at: http://web.uvic.ca/vv/student/AViewofVictoria/vic_video/the_ride.php
Tuesday September 4, 2012
A trolley tour of 1907 Victoria
A view of how much has changed in Victoria's 150 years: Reporter Sterling Eyford and Gregor take a tour of downtown Victoria circa 1907, via a remarkable six-minute film.
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See the 1907 William Harbeck film at: http://web.uvic.ca/vv/student/AViewofVictoria/vic_video/the_ride.php
Tuesday September 4, 2012
Bridge deadline looms
Victoria has given companies bidding for the blue bridge replacement project a few more weeks to submit a final proposal. City councillor Ben Isitt talks about out what's behind the delay, and the consequences if those bids are over budget.
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Tuesday September 4, 2012
Coming Up:
Tuesday
Atira Property Management is coming under fire from ex-employees and tenants because some of the buildings are unsafe and in disrepair. CBC's Go Public reporter, Kathy Tomlinson, tells a tale of crime in these buildings, which are owned by the taxpayers.
- November 2012
- Thu., 1 – Dave Hodgins
- October 2012
- Wed., 31 – Roosevelt Elk
- Wed., 31 – Friday
- Tue., 30 – Bob Plecas in New York City
- Tue., 30 – Saanich emergency preparedness
- Mon., 29 – Tofino mayor Perry Schmunk
- Mon., 29 – Kim Westad in Tofino
- Fri., 26 – Realtor's records reveal history
- Thu., 25 – Reinstating photo radar
- Thu., 25 – Taking a jab at mandatory flu shots
- Wed., 24 – Mental health first aid
- Wed., 24 – A thinking person's guide to doomsday
- Tue., 23 – Benula Larsen
- Tue., 23 – Tuesday
- Mon., 22 – Tuesday
- Mon., 22 – The Northern Gateway pipeline protest
- Mon., 22 – A west coast seaweed industry
- Fri., 19 – UVic seeks funding boost
- Fri., 19 – Coming up Monday: marriage fraud
- Thu., 18 – Carbon tax success
- Thu., 18 – The Great Shake Out
- Thu., 18 – Protecting girls from online harassment
- Thu., 18 – John Horgan on Malahat safety
- Tue., 16 – Iron oceans
- Tue., 16 – Vanessa Downie
- Mon., 15 – School wifi
- Mon., 15 – Malahat barriers
- Fri., 12 – Testing the "Liberation" treatment for MS
- Fri., 12 – Councillor calls for sewage plan halt
- Thu., 11 – North island bonspiel madness
- Thu., 11 – Oak Bay sewage treatment
- Wed., 10 – Is E. coli the new normal?
- Wed., 10 – Hard times at the food bank
- Wed., 10 – The CBC Massey Lectures 2012 Contest
- Tue., 9 – Monday
- Tue., 9 – Local beef
- Tue., 9 – Ben Isitt
- Tue., 9 – 84 Charing Cross Road and POV's Macbeth
- Thu., 4 – Fish out of water
- Thu., 4 – Mary Polak on rising ferry fares
- Wed., 3 – CCSVI treatment
- Wed., 3 – A Green coin toss
- Wed., 3 – Tuesday
- Tue., 2 – Victoria's FOI limits irk BCCLA
- Tue., 2 – Thrifty's response to beef recall
- Mon., 1 – The freedom to refuse
- Mon., 1 – Shifting the MS paradigm
- September 2012
- Fri., 28 – Politcal panel farewells
- Fri., 28 – City of Victoria on FOI
- Thu., 27 – No FOI for Focus
- Thu., 27 – Plecas looks back
- Wed., 26 – Governments urged to converse with media
- Wed., 26 – New technology solves cold case
- Tue., 25 – The secret life of hummingbirds
- Tue., 25 – Victoria Deputy police chief Del Manak
- Mon., 24 – Lack of support for online optometry
- Mon., 24 – Geoff Plant on decriminalization
- Fri., 21 – Cruise ships in Victoria
- Fri., 21 – What's next for the B.C. Conservative Party?
- Wed., 19 – Ending homelessness by 2018
- Wed., 19 – 'Sick' Victoria
- Tue., 18 – Driving the Electric Highway
- Tue., 18 – Huu-ay-aht Nation online voting
- Mon., 17 – Green Party politics
- Mon., 17 – Freedom of Information
- Mon., 17 – RED
- Fri., 14 – David Anderson, Bob Plecas and Paul Ramsey
- Fri., 14 – Belfry B 4 Play
- Thu., 13 – Museum offerings unveiled
- Thu., 13 – Vying for the Victoria nomination
- Wed., 12 – Paying for bigger class sizes
- Wed., 12 – Savoie's successor
- Wed., 12 – Thursday
- Tue., 11 – The flight of the Arrow
- Tue., 11 – Wednesday
- Mon., 10 – Sidewalk signs face fees
- Mon., 10 – Mayor defends quake study delay
- Fri., 7 – Victoria seismic report
- Fri., 7 – Seeking the rooftop singers
- Thu., 6 – What's a degree worth?
- Thu., 6 – Clark's cabinet shuffle strategy
- Wed., 5 – Remembering NDP government's last days
- Tue., 4 – A trolley tour of 1907 Victoria
- Tue., 4 – A trolley tour of 1907 Victoria
- Tue., 4 – Bridge deadline looms
- Tue., 4 – Tuesday
- August 2012
- Fri., 31 – Ant attack
- Fri., 31 – Conservancy in crisis
- Thu., 30 – Boosting at the Paralympics
- Thu., 30 – Air racing
- Wed., 29 – Mental health checkup
- Wed., 29 – Signing the Fringe
- Tue., 28 – Ferry cuts
- Tue., 28 – Superseding Savoie
- Mon., 27 – How to publish an e-book
- Mon., 27 – Denise Savoie reflects on career
- Fri., 24 – Denise Savoie retiring
- Fri., 24 – Enduring alcoholism
- Thu., 23 – Summer wasps
- Thu., 23 – Alpine spiders
- Wed., 22 – Cyberbullying
- Wed., 22 – Wandering wolf
- Tue., 21 – Tuesday
- Tue., 21 – Yoga pants go to court
- Tue., 21 – Layritz comes close in World Series
- Mon., 20 – Derelict demolition
- Mon., 20 – Mental maintenance
- Fri., 17 – A green get-together
- Fri., 17 – Ipad police
- Thu., 16 – Shark fin bans
- Thu., 16 – A few bad apples
- Wed., 15 – History in motion
- Wed., 15 – Migration modification
- Tue., 14 – Red tide warning
- Tue., 14 – Racing for the hospital
- Mon., 13 – Boycotting Disney at the video store
- Mon., 13 – Helping homeless kids on the West Shore
- Fri., 10 – Frustration at pipeline hearings
- Fri., 10 – Hesjedal's homecoming celebration
- Thu., 9 – Fish farm fight goes to top court
- Wed., 8 – Olympic potential
- Wed., 8 – TEDx seeks speakers
- Wed., 8 – Carriage commotion
- Wed., 8 – Government's pipeline standards
- Tue., 7 – Senior tries fourth round-world sail
- Tue., 7 – Harper cabinet gets pipeline say
- Fri., 3 – VicPD chief defends license monitoring
- Fri., 3 – Touring an aeronautical legend
- Thu., 2 – Tracing Victoria's origins
- Thu., 2 – Little Shop of Horrors
- Wed., 1 – RCMP defends license-plate monitoring
- Wed., 1 – Carbon credit scheme challenged
- July 2012
- Tue., 31 – Contaminated soil site debated
- Tue., 31 – Police photos prompt privacy complaint
- Mon., 30 – Answering phones and saving lives
- Mon., 30 – Assessing Clark's pipeline gambit
- Fri., 27 – Balancing the B.C. Legislature
- Fri., 27 – Plastic beach
- Thu., 26 – B.C.'s powers in pipeline decision
- Thu., 26 – Helping toads cross the road
- Wed., 25 – Premiers clash over pipeline
- Tue., 24 – Premier talks pipeline
- Tue., 24 – Pipeline safety standards
- Mon., 23 – Cash pledges could pause
- Mon., 23 – Grey whale tale
- Fri., 20 – Losing sleep
- Fri., 20 – Tofino's sewage treatment
- Thu., 19 – Sewage science
- Thu., 19 – Mounting Mongolia
- Wed., 18 – CRD sewage system
- Wed., 18 – Fireman's poll
- Tue., 17 – The health cost of a good night's sleep
- Tue., 17 – What causes landslides?
- Mon., 16 – Sleeping pill overuse on rise
- Mon., 16 – Cowichan district gets balanced budget
- Fri., 13 – Snapping turtles show up in local waters
- Thu., 12 – A lupine discovery
- Thu., 12 – Mustard Seed's summer shortage
- Thu., 12 – Tuesday
- Thu., 12 – Shaw Cable radio access
- Wed., 11 – Hope but not Compassion
- Wed., 11 – Cop consolidation
- Wed., 11 – Viking goes global
- Tue., 10 – Camp Compassion controversy
- Tue., 10 – A month-long commute
- Mon., 9 – Doctor deficit
- Mon., 9 – Chinese singing stars
- Mon., 9 – Of Mice and Men
- Fri., 6 – Talk to your doc
- Fri., 6 – Cycling for funds
- Fri., 6 – Nash turns Laker
- Thu., 5 – Is Merv Wilkinson's legacy safe?
- Thu., 5 – Dwindling shellfish stocks
- Wed., 4 – Victoria admin costs grow
- Wed., 4 – Gas war causes casualties
- Tue., 3 – Students tackle Tim's trash
- Tue., 3 – Liquor warehouses targeted in strike
- June 2012
- Fri., 29 – Oak Bay denies care facility
- Fri., 29 – The heart of Fernwood
- Fri., 29 – Canada Day Schedule
- Thu., 28 – Esquimalt policing remains unchanged
- Thu., 28 – Search and Rescue encounters cuts
- Wed., 27 – Teachers' dispute deal
- Wed., 27 – Lyme disease controversy pt.2
- Wed., 27 – Organic garden tour
- Tue., 26 – Catalyst Paper's future begins to brighten
- Tue., 26 – Lyme disease controversy pt.1
- Mon., 25 – Horgan challenges "green" natural gas claim
- Fri., 22 – To buy or to rent?
- Fri., 22 – The panel picks a bone with bonuses
- Thu., 21 – Edmonton off leash issues
- Thu., 21 – Coast Guard cuts
- Wed., 20 – City of Victoria budget cuts
- Wed., 20 – Dallas Road dog walkers
- Tue., 19 – STEM schools
- Tue., 19 – Tsunami debris clean up
- Mon., 18 – The Foreigner
- Mon., 18 – Euthanasia laws deemed discriminatory
- Mon., 18 – Oak Bay construction conflict
- Fri., 15 – Port Angeles marine campus proposal
- Fri., 15 – The panel gets crude
- Fri., 15 – Thursday
- Thu., 14 – Victoria's new busking bylaw
- Thu., 14 – Oak Bay divided over new home design
- Wed., 13 – Local auctioneer turns Pawn Master
- Wed., 13 – Cowichan school board standoff
- Tue., 12 – Springer: then and now
- Tue., 12 – Youth in custody tell their story
- Mon., 11 – Protest over contaminated soil
- Mon., 11 – Volunteers trained in empathy
- Fri., 8 – Foreign species run ashore
- Thu., 7 – The science of fish sounds
- Thu., 7 – Cumberland's theatre threatened by fire
- Wed., 6 – Feds to cut veteran services
- Wed., 6 – Could drones guard our coast?
- Tue., 5 – Vic High grad gets diploma 70 years late
- Mon., 4 – The Walworth Farce
- Mon., 4 – The need for needle sites
- Mon., 4 – Stratford lead opens Blue Bridge season
- Fri., 1 – When cyclists and motorists mix
- May 2012
- Thu., 31 – Rekindling war memories at Uno Fest
- Thu., 31 – Assessing need for needle sites
- Wed., 30 – Canadian MS sufferers reject registry
- Wed., 30 – Protecting heritage lighthouses
- Wed., 30 – Nuking American Bullfrogs
- Tue., 29 – Bastion Square pretty in pink for Ryder
- Tue., 29 – Parent group calls for wifi-free schools
- Thu., 24 – Thursday
- Thu., 24 – Sooke grads set record
- Thu., 24 – MS surgery warning
- Wed., 23 – Diversifying Port Alberni
- Wed., 23 – Sailing in search of tsunami debris
- Tue., 22 – Winds speed tsunami debris arrival
- Tue., 22 – Victoria Day Parade pix
- Fri., 18 – Political panel discusses "new" BC sales tax
- Fri., 18 – Cowichan school trustees
- Fri., 18 – "Battleship," "The Dictator" and "Bernie"
- Fri., 18 – Shirley Valentine
- Thu., 17 – Rail restoration plan challenged
- Wed., 16 – Black pioneer Mifflin Gibbs
- Wed., 16 – Turpel-Lafond on Cowichan suicides
- Mon., 14 – Earthquake-risk school list shortened
- Mon., 14 – Reining in the municipal tax breaks
- Fri., 11 – Exploring the "unbuilt" Victoria
- Wed., 9 – Settling condo disputes gets easier
- Tue., 8 – Brigadoon
- Tue., 8 – Mayors' support grows for regulating pot
- Tue., 8 – Raeside's Ferry Tales
- Mon., 7 – Tax break for private school opposed
- Fri., 4 – Political Panel on pipeline politics
- Thu., 3 – Dix defends NDP pipeline opposition
- Thu., 3 – Renovation uncovers City Hall history
- Wed., 2 – Beware the raccoon roundworm
- Tue., 1 – Octopus attacks seagull
- Tue., 1 – 1959 Pink Thunderbird Convertible
- April 2012
- Mon., 30 – Capital Region's Juno bid goes ahead
- Mon., 30 – Parkade proposal scaled back
- Thu., 26 – Thursday
- Wed., 25 – Washington State considers massive coal port
- Wed., 25 – Rattenbury auditions begin in Victoria
- Tue., 24 – The fight against syphilis
- Mon., 23 – God of Carnage
- Mon., 23 – Deadline looms for Victoria's Juno pitch
- Mon., 23 – Farmer questions federal EI work plan
- Fri., 20 – Political Panel analyzes by-election results
- Fri., 20 – Documenting Victoria's Japanese pioneers
- Thu., 19 – Victoria woman roughed up in India standoff
- Thu., 19 – Rower tests waters for Atlantic crossing
- Wed., 18 – Victoria's WWII code-breaker
- Wed., 18 – Cruise "voluntourists" pitch in at food bank
- Tue., 17 – Tla-o-qui-aht carver wins award
- Mon., 16 – Maria Stuarda and Amadeus
- Mon., 16 – Washington State ferries promoted for B.C.
- Mon., 16 – Should metered-parking hours be extended?
- Fri., 13 – Residential school voices gather in Victoria
- Thu., 12 – Accused sex offender presence closes daycare
- Thu., 12 – Hydro defends smart-meter performance
- Thu., 12 – John Horgan on smart meters
- Thu., 12 – Restoring Vancouver Island rail service
- Thu., 12 – Victoria food cart proposal
- Tue., 10 – Tofino's wolf problem
- Thu., 5 – Fortin defends bridge plans
- Wed., 4 – Redeveloping the Hillside Mall
- Wed., 4 – Cheaper bridge design urged by Isitt
- Tue., 3 – Making affordable housing pay
- Tue., 3 – Johnson Street Bridge changes continue
- March 2012
- Fri., 30 – Uvic president addresses security breach
- Fri., 30 – Political Panel
- Thu., 29 – "Robocalls" go to court on Vancouver Island
- Thu., 29 – Property tax hike opposition growing
- Wed., 28 – RCMP sexual harassment lawsuit filed
- Wed., 28 – Invermere's deer-cull lessons
- Tue., 27 – Rooting for renters
- Mon., 26 – Smart phone security risks
- Mon., 26 – Island MP reacts to NDP leadership results
- Wed., 21 – Rabbit Hole
- Wed., 21 – Truth and Reconcilation
- Tue., 20 – The Marowitz Hamlet
- Mon., 19 – Teachers, osprey nest, and workfare
- Fri., 16 – Truth and Reconciliation - Luke Marston
- Tue., 13 – Why are Canadians seeking surgery abroad?
- Tue., 13 – Medical heroin, nurses and medical tourism
- Mon., 12 – Truth and Reconciliation - Willie Blackwater
- Tue., 6 – Port Alberni signage
- Tue., 6 – Food security
- Tue., 6 – Crackwalker
- Mon., 5 – A new digital news service in Victoria
- Mon., 5 – Not so affordable affordable housing
- Mon., 5 – Wednesday
- Fri., 2 – Habitat for Humanity Victoria
- Fri., 2 – Phantom of the Opera
- February 2012
- Tue., 28 – Robocall allegations on the Island
- Mon., 27 – Residential school hearings open on Island
- Mon., 27 – Artist campaigns for Malahat safety
- Thu., 23 – Goodbye Big Blue
- Thu., 23 – Remembering residential schools
- Wed., 22 – Carmen and Eurydice
- Wed., 22 – Decoding B.C. budget politics and former Falcon backer defends defection to Conservatives
- Mon., 20 – Taking down the bridge, taking out the trash and the cost of protecting killer whale habitat
- Mon., 13 – Monday
- Thu., 9 – Reconsidering rail, west shore's growing clout, run-of-river future and earthquake detectors
- Wed., 8 – Painting Victoria's history, Langford's population boom, smoking drug concerns and Island mags
- January 2012
- Tue., 31 – on the edge
- Tue., 31 – B.C.'s rising temperatures, Lake Cowichan radio, Catalyst fights bankruptcy and cycling to Rio
- Tue., 24 – The Drowsy Chaperone
- Mon., 23 – Teachers strike impact, libraries' ebook access, fishing licence buy-back and affordable homes
- Thu., 19 – Searching for Matthew Huszar, seeking shelter, SOPA's local impact and policing the police
- Mon., 16 – Sooke's pipeline worries, Ian Thow, United Way shortfall, movers fined and courtroom cameras
- Thu., 12 – Restoring gaming grants, Victoria's 150th, public-sector bargaining and leaving Market Square
- Wed., 11 – Mapping wellness, identity theft, looking between the covers and neighbourhood vs neighbour
- Tue., 10 – Labelling pipeline critics, UVic break-in, opposing a cull and Courtenay councillors' warning
- Tue., 3 – CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS 2010-2011
- December 2011
- Fri., 23 – Coming Up
- Fri., 23 – Eli Glasner's top ten films of 2011
- Wed., 21 – Float home accord, mutiny at Fort and Quadra, defending Kokish development and buying locally
- Mon., 19 – Catalyst debt, Canada's pension plan, Nanaimo's earthquake risk and the Dandelion Society
- Wed., 14 – Jack Purdy: Bamfield's absentee landlord
- Tue., 13 – A White Christmas
- Wed., 7 – The Good Hope Cannery
- Fri., 2 – CBC 25th annual Food Bank Show: A family's story, hunger in Victoria, and the Political Panel
- November 2011
- Wed., 30 – Leasing the CPR terminal, leaking oil tanks, revisiting a crisis and rallying for legal aid
- Tue., 29 – A Midsummer's Night Dream
- Thu., 24 – Nanoose logging reaction
- Wed., 23 – Graham Hill on the E&N railway
- Wed., 23 – Plans for Oak Bay Lodge - Tara Ney
- Tue., 22 – The Beauty Queen of Leenane and Jitters
- Tue., 22 – Another war in the woods
- Tue., 22 – New Victoria councillor Shellie Gudgeon
- Tue., 22 – New Tofino mayor Perry Schmunk
- Tue., 22 – CBC Radio Victoria Presents....
- Fri., 18 – Election Connection
- Fri., 18 – Sooke mayoral race
- Fri., 18 – Oak Bay mayoral race
- Fri., 18 – Juan de Fuca Electoral Area
- Wed., 16 – Victoria's mayoral race
- Wed., 16 – Port Alberni's mayoral race
- Wed., 16 – Esquimalt Village project referendum
- Wed., 16 – Mary's Wedding
- Wed., 16 – Construction forecast brightens, challenging suicide laws and adults in the children's ward
- Tue., 15 – Campbell River mayoral race
- Mon., 14 – Adults in the pediatric ward, java wars, gerrymandering allegation and Victoria magazines
- Mon., 14 – Saanich mayor's race
- Wed., 9 – Colwood: the race for mayor
- Mon., 7 – Rookery Nook
- Mon., 7 – U.S. deer deluge, real estate disclosures, new opera debut and NDP candidate Nathan Cullen
- Fri., 4 – Don Genova cooks with squash
- Fri., 4 – Wayne Johnston
- Fri., 4 – Gregor gets the pronunciation blues
- Fri., 4 – George Sirk
- Fri., 4 – Simon Whitfield
- October 2011
- Mon., 31 – The lepers of D'Arcy Island
- Mon., 31 – A cop campaigns for legalizing pot
- Mon., 31 – Gormenghast
- Mon., 24 – The Fall of the House of Usher
- Mon., 17 – Love Kills
- Thu., 13 – Smart Meter petition, remembering Alex Campbell, assessing treaty progress and Sliammon treaty
- Tue., 11 – The Flying Dutchman
- Wed., 5 – Coming Up
- Tue., 4 – Unsterilized surgical tools, shipyard competitor, The Flying Dutchman and Secret Shopper scam
- Tue., 4 – Theatre Review - The Melville Boys
- Mon., 3 – Replacing the RCMP, native property rights, safe injection options and Hutterite fish farm
- September 2011
- Fri., 30 – First Nations women's property rights, Political Panel , injection site ruling and derelict boats
- Thu., 29 – Defending CLBC, tracking microplastics, hospital on wheels and Alberni homeless plan scrapped
- Fri., 23 – The politics of job creation
- Thu., 22 – Investigating serial murders, e-books for high school, solving strata disputes, testing the Volt
- Wed., 21 – How to survive an earthquake
- Mon., 19 – Amadeus
- Mon., 19 – Evolution book, residential school compensation, defending smart meters and counting sea lions
- Fri., 16 – Back on the Attack
- Thu., 15 – Explaining the earthquake, MLAs Horgan and Chong on resort decision and Island press review
- Fri., 9 – The cost of cutting the HST
- Tue., 6 – Questioning LRT, math app for kids, Juan de Fuca hearing and Victoria's Booker Prize nominee
- Fri., 2 – Calling off the election
- August 2011
- Tue., 30 – Blogging the Fringe: The Donnelly Sideshow
- Tue., 30 – Bear encounter, VGH power failure, dead carver honoured and BC Ferries. Plus, climate change course
- Mon., 29 – Fringe Fest Previews
- Fri., 26 – Axing the tax: the death of the HST
- Fri., 26 – Ferries CEO answers listeners, acetaminophen warning and political panel on post-HST options
- Thu., 25 – Blogging the Fringe: My new process
- Tue., 23 – SNAFU Summer 2011
- Fri., 19 – How to fringe
- Wed., 17 – Chasing parking violators, Denman school bus squeeze, lifehacking explained and solo dining
- Fri., 12 – Halting Hydro's rate increases, challenging the bike helmet law and homeless support group folds
- Tue., 9 – Theatre Review - Fire
- Tue., 9 – Report from the riots, STI e-cards, following the gold rush and the Pacheedaht perspective
- Wed., 3 – Squirrel registry, privatizing SAR, Sunday market, Big Time Out fest and addiction risk factors
- July 2011
- Fri., 29 – Kinsol Trestle reopens, Cumberland fest moves, Ledge Guys, Nanaimo-bar trail and Gold River
- Fri., 22 – Courtenay homeless shelter
- Fri., 22 – Racing war canoes
- Tue., 19 – Watching gangs in Nanaimo, assessing the HST, protecting Echo Heights and Portraits of Honour
- Mon., 18 – REDD Alert, geriatric care, bear attacks and shark fin soup. Plus: Federal energy grants return
- Fri., 15 – On the Ledge with Gregor Craigie
- Thu., 14 – Juan de Fuca approval, defending Fan Tan Alley reno, decoding strata law and fish pedicures
- Fri., 8 – We're big in Belize!
- Wed., 6 – Unemployed nurse practitioners, preventing youth homelessness, building a better fish farm
- Tue., 5 – Comox Valley rail, a call for tougher mining rules, recycling antifreeze and Virginia Woolf
- June 2011
- Thu., 30 – Saving the Nanaimo train
- Mon., 27 – Saltspring stream protection, Woodwynn suspended, deer conflicts and West Coast development
- Wed., 22 – Raising a totem pole, drinking water worries, building backyard houses and punishing a rioter
- Tue., 21 – National Aboriginal Day on the Island
- Tue., 21 – The Sea Wolf
- Tue., 21 – ICBC photo-sharing, public sector wage talks, naming the team and National Aboriginal Day
- Mon., 20 – Elizabeth Rex
- Mon., 20 – George Abbott on school deficits, changing recall law, life vests for float plane passengers
- Wed., 15 – Blythe Spirit
- Wed., 15 – Firing school trustees, closing the video store, rezoning in Juan de Fuca and assessing the Aerie
- Thu., 9 – Interview with Thomas Stocker
- Tue., 7 – Submarine trouble, bringing the Stanley Cup home to Campbell River, and postal strike hits Island
- Wed., 1 – Canucks fever on the Island
- Wed., 1 – From hoofbeats to a hayfield
- May 2011
- Wed., 25 – What would you do with a lottery jackpot?
- Tue., 24 – Giants in the Bay
- Fri., 20 – Coming Up
- Wed., 18 – Rapidly ready for the LRT
- Tue., 17 – Tsawwassen mega mall proposal
- Tue., 17 – Steel Magnolias
- Mon., 16 – A good death
- Fri., 13 – The future for island rail service
- Thu., 12 – The Raven Underground Coal Mine Project
- Wed., 11 – Getting to higher ground
- Tue., 10 – Discovering Mitlenatch Island
- Mon., 9 – Victoria's first LRT
- Fri., 6 – Good news and bad news about the HST
- Thu., 5 – Meet the new ferry commissioner
- Wed., 4 – Four more years of the Colwood Crawl?
- Tue., 3 – Orange, Green and Blue
- Mon., 2 – The cost of raising the minimum wage
- April 2011
- Fri., 29 – Theatre that takes it FROM the streets
- Thu., 28 – A pre-nuptial tea
- Tue., 26 – Nettles on the table
- Thu., 21 – Cleaning up the Goldstream fuel spill
- Wed., 20 – Victoria gets a new hockey team
- Tue., 19 – Two takes on the Malahat fuel spill
- Mon., 18 – Rigid hulled inflatable boats
- Fri., 15 – The Majencio Camaso civil suit
- February 2011
- June 2010
- Tue., 22 – Franz Boas and the Yuquot Whalers' Shrine
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