Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchIs Victoria’s community safety plan working?
Downtown Victoria business owners say they’re seeing a positive impact, four months after the city launched the first phase of its community safety a…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why a grocery store on Salt Spring offers employee housing
We know communities across the island region are struggling with housing. That challenge can be especially acute on smaller islands, with even more l…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Greater Victoria’s urban deer and the drug used to manage them
Wild deer are a common sight in greater Victoria, as we humans keep building our homes in their habitat - but the immuno-contraceptive experiment in …
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Island response to the Cowichan ruling and private property concerns
Even though it’s been three months since a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that Quw’utsun Nation (Cowichan Tribes, Stz’uminus First Nation, Penelakut …
5 months ago
GHGs will keep flowing from Victoria cruise ships
The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) has been trying to find a way to install shore power at Ogden Point, so that some of the cruise ships t…
5 months, 1 week ago
Not all island communities provide winter homeless shelters - why not?
There are unhoused people living in communities across Vancouver Island, but not every community has a place for them to go on nights when winter wea…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
An easy way to help earthquake research
Every time the earth shakes on the island, we flock to social media to see who else felt the tremor. But did you know you can also report your experi…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Will the public sector strike end anytime soon?
Thousands of union members rallied at the B.C. Legislature in Victoria this week, as the BCGEU and PEA strike entered its sixth week. So what’s keepi…
6 months ago
An arts and music future for Pandora?
The Victoria Conservatory of Music (VCM), which is located on the 900-block of Pandora, is getting ready to fully reopen the Alix Goolden Performance…
6 months, 1 week ago
Tiny homes could soon be a reality on some islands
Tiny homes on wheels are technically not allowed as permanent housing - but that hasn’t stopped some people in rural B.C. communities from living in …
6 months, 2 weeks ago