Nicole Crescenzi

Creating a crisis plan is a great way to mitigate problems during a mental health crisis. (Black Press Media file photo)

Mental Health: Planning for a crisis

Crisis planning lays out a blueprint in case hard times hit

Creating a crisis plan is a great way to mitigate problems during a mental health crisis. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria’s youth poetry slam goes digital to accommodate COVID-19

Victoria’s youth poetry slam goes digital to accommodate COVID-19

Victorious Voices participants hit the stage virtually

Victoria’s youth poetry slam goes digital to accommodate COVID-19
Paula Roumeliotis says getting a proper diagnosis for her bipolar disorder and finding ongoing recovery support has changed her life. (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)

Mental Health: Erasing stigma leads to new path for Victoria woman

Paula Roumeliotis struggled with bipolar disorder for 35 years before finding support

Paula Roumeliotis says getting a proper diagnosis for her bipolar disorder and finding ongoing recovery support has changed her life. (Nicole Crescenzi/News Staff)
Volunteers collect and deliver pet food across Greater Victoria during COVID-19 pandemic

Volunteers collect and deliver pet food across Greater Victoria during COVID-19 pandemic

Richard Hawkes has ‘food coming out of his ears’ and would love to help those in need

Volunteers collect and deliver pet food across Greater Victoria during COVID-19 pandemic
Beth Bates, physiotherapist and co-owner at Lab Health Physio, performs tele-rehabilitation services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lab Health was offering the service for free before April 2. (File contributed/ Mark Dale)

B.C. health care workers gain access to virtual health care options

During COVID-19 many clinics have closed, leaving health care workers with nowhere to turn

Beth Bates, physiotherapist and co-owner at Lab Health Physio, performs tele-rehabilitation services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lab Health was offering the service for free before April 2. (File contributed/ Mark Dale)
Cycling advocates call for more pedestrian space, temporary bike lanes during pandemic. (Black Press Media file photo).

Victoria cycling advocates call for more pedestrian space, temporary bike lanes during pandemic

An increase in foot traffic means transportation needs to be prioritized, advocates say

Cycling advocates call for more pedestrian space, temporary bike lanes during pandemic. (Black Press Media file photo).
A child snuck out of a window on Wednesday morning. (Flicker/Glasseyes View)

VicPD reunites four-year-old boy with family after he snuck out a window

The boy was spotted wandering alone on Wednesday morning

A child snuck out of a window on Wednesday morning. (Flicker/Glasseyes View)
3D-printed parts will become part of face shields for health care workers. (File contributed/David Gilmour)

Victoria brewery uses 3D-printer to make face shields for health care workers

Phillips Brewing is teaming up with engineers to create single-use medical equipment

3D-printed parts will become part of face shields for health care workers. (File contributed/David Gilmour)
Some nurses on the Island are seeking alternate living quarters so they can distance themselves from their families as they battle the COVID-19 pandemic. (pixabay photo)

COVID-19: Health care workers seek alternative housing options to prevent families from getting sick

Volunteers, residents and businesses step up to provide frontline workers with alternative housing

Some nurses on the Island are seeking alternate living quarters so they can distance themselves from their families as they battle the COVID-19 pandemic. (pixabay photo)
Victoria Police arrested two men in relation to an AirBnB scam. (Black Press Media File Photo)

Two men arrested after lying about having COVID-19 to stay in AirBnb unit for free

Victoria Police found stolen goods inside the occupied unit

Victoria Police arrested two men in relation to an AirBnB scam. (Black Press Media File Photo)
Melanie Sibbitt is back home after spending two weeks in quarantine at CFB Trenton. (File contributed/ Melanie Sibbitt)

Woman comes home to ‘entirely different’ Victoria after cruise ship, military base quarantine

Melanie Sibbitt booked herself a last-minute vacation on a cruise ship hit by COVID-19

Melanie Sibbitt is back home after spending two weeks in quarantine at CFB Trenton. (File contributed/ Melanie Sibbitt)
Downtown street nurses received an outpouring of donations from local businesses. (File contributed/Corey Ranger)

Victoria street nurse thanks public for outpouring of donations

Businesses and individuals donated gloves, masks, sanitizers and more to frontline workers

Downtown street nurses received an outpouring of donations from local businesses. (File contributed/Corey Ranger)
MISSING: 26-year-old woman Shorene Jones

MISSING: 26-year-old woman Shorene Jones

Victoria Police are looking for a woman last seen on March 25

MISSING: 26-year-old woman Shorene Jones
Victoria Police are seeing new trends in light of COVID-19. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria Police see new trends in calls due to COVID-19

Police link jump in domestic, mental health calls to pandemic

Victoria Police are seeing new trends in light of COVID-19. (Black Press Media file photo)
North Saanich MLA and Interim BC Green Party Leader Adam Olsen with his mother, Sylvia Olsen. (File contributed/ Emily Olsen)

Interim BC Green Party leader asks people to stay home after parents get positive COVID-19 test

Adam Olsen’s mother and her husband have been in quarantine for two weeks

North Saanich MLA and Interim BC Green Party Leader Adam Olsen with his mother, Sylvia Olsen. (File contributed/ Emily Olsen)
Hundreds of people attended the Indigenous youth’s press conference. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria Police overtime costs soar after series of protests in the downtown area

Demonstrations by environmentalists and Indigenous Youth large drivers to costs

Hundreds of people attended the Indigenous youth’s press conference. (Black Press Media file photo)
LandlordBC responds to provincial announcements about aid for renters. (Black Press Media file photo)

Landlords respond to Horgan’s announcement about rental contributions, eviction freezes

LandlordBC sends out a statement after Horgan’s March 25 announcement

LandlordBC responds to provincial announcements about aid for renters. (Black Press Media file photo)
A little free library with barren shelves after books were pulled due to COVID-19. (File Contributed/ victoriaplacemaking.ca)

Vancouver Island little free libraries pulling books due to COVID-19

Some community book exchanges opt to temporarily close to reduce risk of coronavirus exposure

A little free library with barren shelves after books were pulled due to COVID-19. (File Contributed/ victoriaplacemaking.ca)
VicPD say one man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Victoria man. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria man dies a week later, after being assaulted with a weapon

One suspect has been arrested in connection with what is now a homicide case

VicPD say one man has been arrested in connection with the death of a Victoria man. (Black Press Media file photo)
March 26 is Purple Day– Epilepsy Awareness Day. One in 100 people will be diagnosed with epilepsy. (file contributed/canadianepilepsyalliance.org)

Purple Day 2020: Epilepsy awareness heads online

More than 260,000 Canadians are diagnosed with epilepsy

March 26 is Purple Day– Epilepsy Awareness Day. One in 100 people will be diagnosed with epilepsy. (file contributed/canadianepilepsyalliance.org)