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Langford Lake cleaner and safer ahead of summer thanks to scouts
7+ hour, 49+ min ago (249+ words) Published 5: 45 am Friday, May 29, 2026 The 10th Jd F Cub Scouts, kids aged 8 to 11, celebrate their impact on Langford Lake Park after a cleanup May 20. (Courtesy Ryan Swan) A gang of scouts scouring the shoreline means a cleaner, safer Langford Lake as…...
PHOTOS: Young Vancouver Island eagles set to soar
2+ week, 4+ day ago (135+ words) Published 5: 30 pm Sunday, May 10, 2026 This young eagle is in rocky spot where it hopes to spot some small fish trapped in some of the water pools nearby. It's grooming time for this young eagle, shaking stuff from its feathers. This…...
LETTER: Good news is worth celebrating
2+ week, 6+ day ago (179+ words) Published 11: 30 am Saturday, May 9, 2026 Congratulations on Mathew Claxton's well-written and accurate column on April 30. So true that bad news makes the headlines, but that good news, even in our own backyard, rarely makes the headlines. In the international shambles of…...
From the Victoria creators of Wind Cries Mary and Rudi, here comes Birdman
4+ week, 34+ min ago (413+ words) Published 5: 00 pm Friday, May 1, 2026 Jesse Dame, founder of Cottage Hospitality Group, which opens Birdman at the historic 537 Johnson St. in downtown Victoria on May 22. (Courtesy Birdman) What started as Wind Cries Mary's late-night fried chicken menu becomes Birdman in downtown…...
Plantation gone wild: human hands help nature restore a forest in Comox Valley
4+ week, 1+ day ago (913+ words) Published 2: 30 pm Wednesday, April 29, 2026 A team of volunteers from the Comox Valley Land Trust has been restoring forestry plantations at the qax mot Conservation Area back to the wild by replicating forest regeneration systems found in nature (Francoise Gervais/CVLT)…...
Langford gives park protection status to over 200 acres of green space
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (232+ words) Published 5: 30 pm Thursday, April 23, 2026 By Goldstream News Gazette Staff Over 200 acres of Langford parkland is now protected in perpetuity, ensuring future generations have access to green space. Adopted April 20, the new park dedication bylaw formally declares 90 parcels of "amenity lands…...
Langford diver goes deep in the Saanich Inlet to reveal ancient species
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (467+ words) Published 5: 30 am Wednesday, April 1, 2026 Langford diver Ryan Swan takes the steps necessary to go deep in the Saanich Inlet, and find the rare and elusive glass sponges " living remnants of ancient reef systems that once dominated prehistoric oceans. (Courtesy Ryan…...
South Island feral cat crisis worsening, Sooke rescue says
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (361+ words) Published 12: 00 pm Monday, March 2, 2026 By Sooke News Mirror Staff A Sooke-based animal rescue society says the number of stray and feral cats around the South Island is rising, despite more than a decade of volunteer efforts to curb the problem....
Nature becomes a classroom for View Royal students
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (141+ words) Published 9: 15 am Tuesday, November 25, 2025 Students from View Royal Elementary joined forces with the Greater Victoria Green Team to remove 10 cubic metres of invasive plants. (Courtesy of Green Teams of Canada) Grade 3, 4 and 5 students from View Royal Elementary learned about invasive…...
Some ducklings released from Metchosin rehab, others star on critter cam
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (155+ words) The latest critter cam stars out of the BC SPCA rehab site in Metchosin are doing "swimmingly" well with some already settled back into home waters. At the start of the month the Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre (Wild ARC) saw…...