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Pawnshops and payday-loan lenders have long been harbingers of hard economic times. But across the country, requests to pawn items are down and sales are up, which goes against conventional wisdom.

The last person known to have COVID-19 on Vancouver Island has recovered and been released from hospital. There was no one with COVID-19 in hospital on the Island on Wednesday.

Victoria plans to limit motor traffic on Government Street and close it entirely to cars from Fort to View to create more room for pedestrians and allow for physical-distancing, as downtown businesses look to recover from the COVID-19 outbreak.

The federal government has expanded requirements for the use of face-coverings on planes, trains, ships and transit in an attempt to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ government’s purchase of Paul’s Motor Inn to provide temporary housing for people without homes could spell the end of Paul’s Diner by Fol Epi at the same location.

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The chief executive of the Victoria Airport Authority is calling for national virus-related protocols co-ordinated with provinces, now that flight numbers are starting to increase and summer is approaching.

Increased demand as the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ economy re-opens has prompted sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries to add sailings to the Southern Gulf Islands.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 10K organizers presented this year’s race shirt to provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Premier John Horgan at the premier’s office on Tuesday.

The province of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has bought the 75-room Paul’s Motor Inn on Douglas Street for about $15 million to add to its stock of temporary supportive housing for people without homes in Victoria. It’s the second Victoria hotel sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½