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Good evening, Victoria! The sunshine is hanging on for now, but with plenty of rain in the forecast, be sure to soak up those rays whenever you get the chance! ☀️
In today’s newsletter, we’re catching you up on several stabbing-related incidents that kept VicPD busy, the reopening of Telegraph Cove’s Whale Interpretive Centre, Victoria’s ongoing housing affordability challenges, the return of Esquimalt Ribfest and more.
Catch up on all of today’s stories below, and don’t forget to give the Island Scramble a go!
Today’s roundup · 10 stories |
Top story News And to not vacation in the United States. |
| The Latest | Today in Victoria |
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 | Housing That is $580 less than required in June! |
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 | Environment They will be open for the remainder of the season. |
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More Around the Region |
 | Concerts Catch one of the many Fringe Festival shows! 🎭 |
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 | Events Including free events! |
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 | Crime There were four stabbings in two days. |
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 | Events Last year they raised over $93,000 for charity! |
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 | Travel Courtenay ranked second overall in BC! |
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 | Missing Person He hasn’t been seen since late July. |
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 | Concerts Summer’s not over yet! |
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A little brain break Today’s Island Unscramble Rearrange the letters to find a familiar local place. EOINHMCST Hint: A rural community on the southern West Shore. |
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Today Mainly sunny 21° / 17° |
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Fri Partly cloudy 21° / 14° |
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Event · Victoria Directed by Kathleen MacLean Set in “eighteen hundred and something”, three very different women with a preference for 21st-century slang sit in a fort… |
Event · Greater Victoria Reprise reunites three Victoria lens-based artists. After their successful collaboration last fall at the Gage in Light Reigns, Shadows Rule, the trio is expanding… |
Event · Saanich 25th Annual Celebration | Get Your Greek On! August 28-30 and September 4-7, 2026 WHAT 25th Annual Greek Fest - authentic Greek food, live… |
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