PHOTOS: Expo 86 kicked off in Vancouver 36 years ago – Victoria News

Diana, late Princess of Wales, has a quiet chat with Vancouver-born rock star Bryan Adams Saturday night, May 5, 1986, at the Expo Theatre in Vancouver. The fair, featured pavilions from 54 nations, including Italy, Cuba, Australia and Thailand. Twenty years after Expo 86 changed Vancouver to a destination point on tourism maps, both proponents […]

Data project blames short-term rentals for strangling Victoria’s housing market

“The picture is very similar to many cities around the world,” said founder Murray Cox from New York. The listings for entire homes nearly comprise the 2,900 additional units required in the City of Victoria between 2020 and 2025 to fill growing housing demand, according to the Capital Regional District’s housing needs assessment for the […]

Florida Senate passes bill to end Disney self-government – Victoria News

Monorail tracks and concrete pilings lead into contemporary hotel under construction at Walt Disney World July 7, 1971 Orlando, Florida. The proposal could have huge tax implications for Disney, whose series of theme parks have over the decades transformed Orlando into one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations. The bill would eliminate the Reedy […]

Parking pickle prompts changes around Deep Cove Market in North Saanich – Victoria News

Deep Cove Market owner Rosemary Scott, pictured in 2020, disagrees with council’s decision to remove frontage parking spots around her store and create parallel street parking. “I’m 100 per cent opposed,” she said. District staff say the change is aimed at creating more space for pedestrians, as well as southbound cyclists on West Saanich, and […]

Greater Victoria drivers can now find most fuel-efficient route on Google Maps

Google Maps now has “eco-friendly routing,” which it says will get users to their destination quickly, but also optimize lower fuel consumption. It estimates eco-friendly routing could prevent more than one million metric tonnes of carbon emissions every year, which Google said is equivalent to removing 200,000 internal combustion engine vehicles from the road. The […]