Local social media (you shouldn’t pay too much attention to social media) sometimes suggests that an overwhelmingly large proportion of BC’s unregulated drug deaths take place in Greater Victoria. The …
I’ve been asked lately about changes on Pandora Avenue. A lot is changing. Here’s a partial list, with more info on each point below. Some of these are changes that …
At the Capital Regional District Board meeting Wednesday, we had a very informative presentation from Hon. Christine Boyle, BC’s Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs. I made the above chart …
The Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) 2025 convention stirred up a lot of media coverage, especially the session “Disordered Downtown – Rethinking care for those in need,” and especially the …
Update: two recent Globe and Mail articles note homelessness in towns and rural and northern areas. January 17, 2026: Small and remote towns across Canada are struggling with a surge in …
Pandora (and other streets) have a lot of victims – victims of government decisions that have taken place over the last few decades: cuts to the social safety net, a …
Many thanks to Victoria News for publishing my letter to the editor. Here is a link to the letter on their website. And here is a link to the VicPD …
This issue comes up daily, and in many forms. People ask: How can we better care for the people on Pandora? (By the way I’m using “Pandora” to also cover …
As Council’s Downtown Neighbourhood Liaison, I attended the DVBA’s AGM today. I had to leave for a CRD meeting before the panellists’ opening remarks were finished. I later heard that …
(Update: Victoria City Council has endorsed (an 8-1 vote) the Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan, which identifies needed actions by the relevant levels of government (more on that below), and …