April 2019

Rental proposal at Cook and Hillside switches gears in pursuit of BC Housing-backed condo project

Posted on Apr 02, 2019


A year following the unveiling of a 46-unit rental complex at Cook Street and Hillside Avenue, proponent NVision Properties is shifting gears to pursue a BC Housing-backed condominium project instead.
As the sister company of market housing development firm Abstract Developments, NVision Properties' primary focus is on the delivery of rental housing...

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Victoria’s population grew by 1.3 per cent from 2017 to 2018

Posted on Apr 02, 2019



New population estimates show the population of the Greater Victoria grew by about 1.3 per cent from 2017 to 2018. (Derek Ford/District of Saanich)

New population estimates show the population of the Greater Victoria grew by about 1.3 per cent from 2017 to 2018.

According to new population estimates, 395,523 people lived in the Greater Victoria area...

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Former Ming's Chinese restaurant to serve as expanded Big O Tires automotive shop 

Posted on Apr 02, 2019


The former home of downtown Victoria’s Ming’s restaurant will be transformed into an expanded location of Big O Tires, an automotive repair business that has neighboured the shuttered restaurant for decades.

Ming’s, located at 1321 Quadra Street at Johnson Street, closed its single-storey building just over a year ago following a Vancouver Island He...

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