Jake Romphf

A protester dressed as a Forest Spirit drums at the event. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror

Islanders join B.C.-wide calls for protecting old-growth forests

Protesters target MLAs as province has yet to implement review panel’s 14 calls to action

A protester dressed as a Forest Spirit drums at the event. Photo by Marc Kitteringham/Campbell River Mirror
Demonstrators in Victoria joined others across the province on Sept. 28 as they called for more protection of old-growth forests. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria gathering joins B.C.-wide calls for protecting old-growth forests

Province has yet to implement review panel’s 14 calls to action

Demonstrators in Victoria joined others across the province on Sept. 28 as they called for more protection of old-growth forests. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Rob Sam sits with his handmade drum in his office at the Pacific Centre Family Services Association, where he helps people as the counselling agency’s Indigenous liaison. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Shielded by love, WSANEC helper uses ancestors’ knowledge to guide all he does

Rob Sam considers himself one of the few to be protected, now he looks to heal Coast Salish pains

Rob Sam sits with his handmade drum in his office at the Pacific Centre Family Services Association, where he helps people as the counselling agency’s Indigenous liaison. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A cyclist navigates the shoulder in traffic along Oak Bay Avenue in Victoria. Road vehicles were once again the Capital Region’s greatest emitter in 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)

Car travel and natural gas use stress targets as CRD emissions rise

Emissions drop 7 per cent in 15 years amid goal to cut GHGs by 61 per cent by 2038

A cyclist navigates the shoulder in traffic along Oak Bay Avenue in Victoria. Road vehicles were once again the Capital Region’s greatest emitter in 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)
Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon at the Saanich Municipal Hall on Sept. 26 to announce the number of homes that the first 10 cities subject to the Housing Supply Act will have to build over the next five years. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria, Saanich, Oak Bay must build 10K housing units in 5 years: B.C.

Greater Victoria mayors ask for more resources to meet Housing Supply Act targets

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon at the Saanich Municipal Hall on Sept. 26 to announce the number of homes that the first 10 cities subject to the Housing Supply Act will have to build over the next five years. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto outside city hall on Sept. 25 as she calls on the federal government to release housing funds that, in her view, are owed to the city. (Jake Romphf/ News Staff)

Victoria says feds owe the city $28M for streamlining housing process

Victoria not among ‘high-cost cities’ in Conservative leader’s housing plan

Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto outside city hall on Sept. 25 as she calls on the federal government to release housing funds that, in her view, are owed to the city. (Jake Romphf/ News Staff)
Flipside Plastic founder Laska Pare, left, and Love Your Suds founder Belinda Williams have collaborated on a Pacific Northwest-themed gift box that hopes to show sustainability and quality go hand in hand. (Courtesy of Laska Pare)

Circular Victoria creator partners on sustainable soapy gift box

Flipside Plastics joined forces with a Vancouver soap maker to highlight conscious consuming

Flipside Plastic founder Laska Pare, left, and Love Your Suds founder Belinda Williams have collaborated on a Pacific Northwest-themed gift box that hopes to show sustainability and quality go hand in hand. (Courtesy of Laska Pare)
The Vancouver Canucks held an intrasquad scrimmage at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre during day three of their Victoria training camp on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

PHOTOS: Canucks players face off in scrimmage at Victoria training camp

Greater Victoria NHLer takes the ice in front of Vancouver Island fans

The Vancouver Canucks held an intrasquad scrimmage at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre during day three of their Victoria training camp on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Kids enjoying the midway rides at the Luxton Fall Fair on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Luxton Fall Fair brings smiles and farming fun to rainy day in Langford

Kids flew around on midway rides at the agriculture celebrating fair

Kids enjoying the midway rides at the Luxton Fall Fair on Sept. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A Victoria police vehicle drives through downtown in August. The force says staffing issues are among the reasons officers are confined to their vehicles over walking the beat. A majority of councillors said they’d like more emphasis on foot patrols ahead of budget talks. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria councillors make pleas for more police foot patrols

Summer pilot that saw officers walking downtown enticed councillors

A Victoria police vehicle drives through downtown in August. The force says staffing issues are among the reasons officers are confined to their vehicles over walking the beat. A majority of councillors said they’d like more emphasis on foot patrols ahead of budget talks. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A man drowned at Coles Bay Regional Park on Sept. 18. (Black Press Media file photo).

Man drowns in waters off Coles Bay Regional Park in North Saanich

Police say man was attempting to get to his boat when the incident occurred

A man drowned at Coles Bay Regional Park on Sept. 18. (Black Press Media file photo).
A previous design concept shows what could replace the Ship Point site that’s dominated by parking lots. (Courtesy of the City of Victoria)

Revived Ship Point plans aim to transform Victoria’s harbourfront parking lots

Phased work would look to green and pedestrianize the downtown waterfront

A previous design concept shows what could replace the Ship Point site that’s dominated by parking lots. (Courtesy of the City of Victoria)
Salt Legacy founder and CEO Meaghan McDonald hand cuts a sail from Port Angeles that went into a tote bag the upcycling company collaborated on with fellow Victoria enterprise ANIAN. (Courtesy of ANIAN)

Victoria circular economy creators sell out collaboration tote bag in days

Salt Legacy and ANIAN joined forces on the bag made from old ship sails and recycled wool

Salt Legacy founder and CEO Meaghan McDonald hand cuts a sail from Port Angeles that went into a tote bag the upcycling company collaborated on with fellow Victoria enterprise ANIAN. (Courtesy of ANIAN)
University of Victoria astronomer Spencer Bialek takes in the stars at Sombrio beach. The PhD student is studying how to mitigate the impact that hundreds of thousands of new satellites are expected to have on astronomy observations. (Courtesy of Spencer Bialek)

UVic astronomer studying satellite influx risks to galactic archaeology

Thousands of satellites planned for orbit could hinder observations of stars and space

University of Victoria astronomer Spencer Bialek takes in the stars at Sombrio beach. The PhD student is studying how to mitigate the impact that hundreds of thousands of new satellites are expected to have on astronomy observations. (Courtesy of Spencer Bialek)
Statistics Canada says what amenities are included in rents across the country are important for accurately comparing the costs borne in different markets. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. renters pay more despite getting fewer amenities included: StatsCan

B.C. rent gets even more expensive than Ontario when lower air conditioning rates factored in

Statistics Canada says what amenities are included in rents across the country are important for accurately comparing the costs borne in different markets. (Black Press Media file photo)
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh talks housing at the University of Victoria on Aug. 30. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Feds should front a third of student housing costs, NDP’s Singh says at UVic

NDP leader supports schools having to show how they’ll house international students

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh talks housing at the University of Victoria on Aug. 30. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A member of the Deeley Research Centre’s immunotherapy lab works on developing CAR-T cells on Aug. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Victoria centre providing new hope for patients with hard-to-fight cancers

The Deeley Research Centre is celebrating 20 years of advancing new treatments

A member of the Deeley Research Centre’s immunotherapy lab works on developing CAR-T cells on Aug. 23. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A man convicted of charges in relation to two 2017 robberies was sentenced to three years in prison on Aug. 24. (Black Press Media file photo)

Man gets 3 years in jail for Victoria robbery, role in Oak Bay attack

Court concluded Christopher Standell had limited roles compared to his co-accused

A man convicted of charges in relation to two 2017 robberies was sentenced to three years in prison on Aug. 24. (Black Press Media file photo)
One of ETGM2’s modular gasification systems that the Calgary-based company said could be utilized by the CRD in addressing its biosolids. (Courtesy of ETGM2)

Calgary company hopes to fill CRD’s biosolid gasification needs

Facilities at Hartland could be ready in weeks to months, company says

One of ETGM2’s modular gasification systems that the Calgary-based company said could be utilized by the CRD in addressing its biosolids. (Courtesy of ETGM2)
A Victoria police vehicle drives through downtown in August. The force says staffing issues are among the reasons officers are confined to their vehicles over walking the beat. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Stakeholders call for making Victoria police foot patrols a regular thing

Staffing constraints limit the number of patrols officers can do on foot, VicPD says

A Victoria police vehicle drives through downtown in August. The force says staffing issues are among the reasons officers are confined to their vehicles over walking the beat. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)