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Elza Mayhew’s Coast Spirit has been with me since I started working at the University of Victoria in 1983. Situated…
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VicPD pays six years in salary to suspended officers
Between 2024 and 2025, VicPD suspended six officers with pay for a total of 13,040 hours. That works out to…
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Wild Horses
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Growing Pains
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VicPD doesn’t want you to know they’re probably still hitting people with police cars
I’ve written multiple stories about how VicPD uses police cars to intentionally hit cyclists and pedestrians, contrary to their own…
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Bride Machine
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VicPD spent $24,000 so officers can ask an AI how to do their job
Tucked away in its $90 million budget document, VicPD announced it had “developed an internally hosted, closed AI system for…
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VicPD officers make up to $108,000 in overtime
While VicPD is asking for an $11 million, 14% budget increase in 2026, new FOI data shows that from 2022…
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Go Seahawks!
Sometimes we play. Sometimes we just watch. We always cheer! Physios Eric Bennett and Connor Willis will remember this game…
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Holiday Hours
A reminder of our adjusted hours and closures over the upcoming holiday season. Island Sexual Health wish you all a…
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VicPD’s budget stinks
Each year, I write to council telling them they shouldn’t give VicPD more money. Usually I provide background on local…
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drag – ISH Fundraiser November 28th
We are so thrilled that Brick and Lavender has offered to produce one of their legendary drag shows, drag –…
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Honouring Remembrance Day
Victoria has a long history of service — from our Navy community to generations of families connected to remembrance. Today,…
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Online Appointment Booking
Fantastic News! We have begun to roll out an online booking system for many of our sexual health and primary…
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VicPD parties at Government House for $22,000
This summer, VicPD used its bottomless budget to throw a party for their outgoing and incoming chiefs, which they called…
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Rental Space Available at ISH
We are offering a bright and spacious clinic space for lease at Island Sexual Health Community Health Centre, located at…
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Thursday Evening Clinic Closures
Effectively immediately, our Quadra St. clinic will be temporarily closing at 4pm on Thursdays due to reduced staffing levels. We…
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Phone Line Changes
Effective Immediately, we have made changes to our phone line hours due to reduced staffing levels. Please read the information…
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Becoming anarchival
Becoming Anarchival This fall, Kate Hennessy and I are presenting our collaborative work at 881 Gallery in Vancouver. The work…
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VicPD COVID-19 vaccination rates
VicPD sent back its COVID vaccination stats after an FOI. It looks like employees, reserves, volunteers, contractors and students had…
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VicPD gave someone access to the entire police database
Last year, the Executive Director of Restorative Justice Victoria said they’d had access to PRIME — B.C.’s police database —…
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VicPD salaries, 2021
By law, VicPD’s 2023 draft budget was delivered to councils by last week. In light of the upcoming financial chat,…
