Laura Brougham
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Greater Victoria office vacancy rate 6% below national average (opens the original)
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The vacancy rate in offices across Greater Victoria has declined slightly and is sitting over six per cent below the national average, but the Downtown Victoria Business Association is concerned over the downtown rates. The office vacancy rate in Greater Victoria is 10.5 per cent, below the national 16.7 per cent, according to the CBRE’s Q3 2026 Canada Office Figures. However, the vacancy is not evenly spread across the board. Downtown Victoria is seeing the highest vacancy rate, with 15.2 per c
Missing teen found safe: Saanich Police (opens the original)
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The missing teen was found safe. The original story is preserved below with identifying details removed. Saanich Police is asking the public to keep an eye out for a missing teen who is considered to be high risk. They were last seen around 12:20 p.m. around Saanich Centre near Reynolds Secondary School. They have connections throughout Greater Victoria and are believed to be travelling on foot, “although other transportation methods have not been ruled out,” police say. They were last seen wear
Some Saanich residents to have water shut off for emergency water main repairs (opens the original)
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The District of Saanich says it will be shutting off water for “a few hours” in a neighbourhood for emergency water main repairs Thursday morning. Residents in the Prospect Lake area will have their water shut off starting at 11 a.m., the district said in a notice issued at 10:52 a.m. “District staff are currently responding to a watermain leak near West Saanich Road which will require that water be shut off for the Prospect Lake area, including Hartland Avenue,” the district said. “While the du
RCMP remind drivers to adjust driving to incoming rainy conditions (opens the original)
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Rain may be a fact of life for people living on the “wet coast,” but the B.C. RCMP is reminding drivers to be mindful of the road hazards that it brings. In October, the BC Association of Chiefs of Police is kicking off its “Drive Relative to Conditions” campaign. With the arrival of fall conditions, drivers are reminded they have a legal obligation to slow down to keep everyone on the roads safe. “Speed limits are created for ideal conditions, and that’s not what we’re seeing now,” says Supt. L
'Going to be protected forever': 330 acres of land on Gulf Island to be conserved (opens the original)
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A 330 acre parcel of land, adjacent to an already protected 1,000-acre parcel of land, will be conserved on one of the Gulf Islands. BC Parks Foundation says the parcel of land on Lasqueti Island is now being protected next to the existing Ecological Reserve and Mount Trematon Nature Reserve. The land includes a salmon-bearing stream, and a Coastal Douglas-fir maritime ecosystem, which is one of the rarest ecosystems in B.C. Bruce Fleming-Smith and Domena Diesing contributed a portion of their l
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