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The good news for this year鈥檚 troubled Fraser River salmon stocks is that high levels of freshwater run-off have been dropping in recent days, giving returning fish a better chance of making it past the Big Bar slide and to their home streams to spaw

The latest forecast for this year鈥檚 Fraser River sockeye run predicts an historic low of 283,000 fish, down more than 40 per cent from last year鈥檚 disastrous return.

The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce has partnered with CHEK TV to broadcast its annual business awards. The chamber鈥檚 annual awards gala is typically held in the spring, but was postponed due to the pandemic.

The massive coal stacker-reclaimer built by United Engineering at Point Hope Shipyard was lifted onto a barge Monday in preparation for transport to North Vancouver.

Citing the slow pace of recovery and the more than 300,000 workers still unemployed, the Canadian restaurant industry is urging the federal government to continue relief through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hotel workers afraid they鈥檒l never get back to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic began a hunger strike Monday at the legislature, with an initial group of 10 people fasting to bring attention to their concerns.

Greater Victoria鈥檚 unemployment rate increased for the fifth straight month in July as it hit 11.1 per cent last month according to numbers released by Statistics sa国际传媒 Friday.

Another ride-hailing company is running rubber on local roads. But the fleet for Kabu Rides is small as the pandemic is pumping the brakes on demand, the company says.

Walmart is instituting a mandatory mask policy for all customers in sa国际传媒 starting Wednesday in a move that has been welcomed by some local shoppers.