Raising the pride flag with from left to right, Pride executive director Deidre Rowland, Pride president Britton Kohn, and city…
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More Affordable Housing, More Quickly – Victoria Makes First of Three Big Housing Moves
Renderings of Cool Aid's Crosstown Building at Douglas and Burnside. Affordable housing buildings like this one can now get under…
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The World is Coming Apart at the Seams, and What We Can Do About It – A Dose of Inspiration
This might be a bit of a heavy read, and it's a bit rambly about all the challenges we're facing.…
Affordability, Housing and Homelessness/Civil Society and a Strong Social Fabric/Leadership/Sustainable Transportation/Well Being and Healthy Cities
Clover Point, Parks Sheltering and Indoor Sheltering – Mayor’s Sunday Email – February 28 2021
Hello everyone, Thanks for your emails over the past couple of weeks. I really appreciate hearing from all of you…
The Mayor Helps – New Podcast Created by Victoria Business Owner
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 –…
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Civil Society and a Strong Social Fabric/COVID-19 Recovery/Economic Development and Prosperity/Leadership/Well Being and Healthy Cities
Taking a Break from Twitter: The Stories We Tell About Our City Matter
On Friday we announced the first step in the creation of the Ocean Futures Innovation Hub. This is one of…
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City to Ask Supreme Court of Canada to Rule on Municipal Power to Regulate Business Use of Plastic Bags
Earlier this week at the Union of BC Municipalities conference, the City held a press conference attended by local elected…
Open Letter to Victorians: Let’s Choose the Future Together
An Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) camera like this one (left) allows for real time monitoring of the seabed (right). ONC…
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No Social License for Single-Use Plastics in Our Communities
Photo complements of Karebags, a local company that sells bags wholesale to businesses in Victoria and donates a portion of…
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Victoria’s First Woman Mayor, Gretchen Mann Brewin, Honoured with Planting of Garry Oak In Mayors Grove
Two women hard at work! Victoria's first female mayor, Gretchen Brewin and I planting a Garry Oak tree in Gretchen's…