Raising the pride flag with from left to right, Pride executive director Deidre Rowland, Pride president Britton Kohn, and city…
Read More Statement on Homophobic Threats and Cancelling of Family-Friendly Drag Show
Latest thoughts and ideas from Lisa Helps
Raising the pride flag with from left to right, Pride executive director Deidre Rowland, Pride president Britton Kohn, and city…
Read More Statement on Homophobic Threats and Cancelling of Family-Friendly Drag Show
Renderings of Cool Aid's Crosstown Building at Douglas and Burnside. Affordable housing buildings like this one can now get under…
Read More More Affordable Housing, More Quickly – Victoria Makes First of Three Big Housing Moves
This might be a bit of a heavy read, and it's a bit rambly about all the challenges we're facing.…
Hello everyone, Thanks for your emails over the past couple of weeks. I really appreciate hearing from all of you…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogMZpZbFHOc It was the middle of pandemic, and Dave Hatt, owner of the WetCleaner – Victoria's only non-toxic dry cleaner –…
Read More The Mayor Helps – New Podcast Created by Victoria Business Owner
On Friday we announced the first step in the creation of the Ocean Futures Innovation Hub. This is one of…
Read More Taking a Break from Twitter: The Stories We Tell About Our City Matter
Earlier this week at the Union of BC Municipalities conference, the City held a press conference attended by local elected…
An Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) camera like this one (left) allows for real time monitoring of the seabed (right). ONC…
Read More Open Letter to Victorians: Let’s Choose the Future Together
Photo complements of Karebags, a local company that sells bags wholesale to businesses in Victoria and donates a portion of…
Read More No Social License for Single-Use Plastics in Our Communities
Two women hard at work! Victoria's first female mayor, Gretchen Brewin and I planting a Garry Oak tree in Gretchen's…