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Welcome to another edition of Hindsight 2020. If there were no pandemic … 1. A restaurant patio would be a novelty, not an economic necessity. 2. WE would be the 2020 version of 2019 blackface and 2018 SNC. 3.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ and the City of Nanaimo have announced a major initiative to develop about 190 permanent supportive housing units and another 125 affordable rental homes to help ease the years-long housing shortage in that community.

You can still get on your bike and take part in this year’s Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria, with the launch of the 2020 #ridelocal Summer Challenge last week.

Film production on Vancouver Island has been showing signs of life in recent weeks, which is welcome news as casts and crews look to get back to business after months of inactivity.

Victoria’s Brenda Brophy tried in vain to hold back tears on Friday as she said goodbye to her 100-year-old mother following their first official meeting since visitation restrictions for long-term-care and assisted-living homes were eased last week

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries is loosening some restrictions and increasing capacity as summer travel within the province grows.

The City of Victoria is seeking a court order to require people sheltering in Beacon Hill Park to relocate from ecologically sensitive areas to other parts of the park. An application was filed Friday in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½

Many hand-sanitizer dispensers are running dry in health facilities across Island Health, but not because there is a shortage. The question of half-empty and empty dispensers at hospitals was raised at a virtual town hall meeting.

Parents of children entering kindergarten to Grade 7 should plan for a five-day-a-week return to school in September, says sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Education Minister Rob Fleming.

Not a lot of Love Actually reunion moments at the Victoria airport Wednesday. Not a lot of tight embraces as masked passengers from the Toronto flight were greeted by girlfriends and husbands and children. That’s what worried Narender Cheema.