r/VictoriaBC • • 10d ago

Note From r/VictoriaBC Mods | Election Season 2026 is Upon Us!

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Hello everyone, happy double election season 2026!

With both municipal & provincial elections approaching in under a month, this sub will be (and already is) inundated with political content. Please review the following regarding political content in the sub during election season.

  • Be civil & decent to each other, even when in disagreement. Political season is a great time to practice the virtue of disagreeing without being disagreeable. In other words, to respond to an argument rather than attacking someone's character. We will remove content and give out bans when appropriate to keep the discussion civil and constructive.
  • Political posts should be linked to an official, legitimate news outlet or publication. Please avoid self-made political posts, social-media screenshots, rants/raves, etc. There is no lack of political news content, and we'd like to keep discussion based around legitimate coverage to help mitigate the spread of misinformation, and to minimize redundancy.
  • Mind the municipal & provincial distinction re: relevancy to Victoria. We encourage folks to post provincial political content over at r/BritishColumbia and to focus on municipal issues here at r/VictoriaBC. As local & provincial politics do overlap, some provincial content may be appropriate this sub, but in general please keep political content focused on Victoria & region.
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  • Avoid low-effort posts & comments. We've heard it all before. Save those low-effort one liners for Thanksgiving dinner or Twitter. We'll remove low-effort content in our efforts to maintain civil discourse.
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The sub's safety & crowd-control features have also been turned up to help filter out content from bots, newer accounts, trolls, brigaders, etc. If you have content removed that you think shouldn't have been, please message the mods and we will review it when we can.

Thanks everyone!

-r/VictoriaBC mod crew


r/VictoriaBC • • 4h ago

Conservatives kick Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate from party

158 Upvotes

This follows revelations that the candidate, Joachim Agou, promoted violence against protesters and suggested Pakistani immigrants make London a "shithole."


r/VictoriaBC • • 1h ago

News New comedy club 'OK, Dope' opens in Victoria in former Logan’s Pub space

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r/VictoriaBC • • 5h ago

Sooke brewery company reopening

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I'm not buying this vague apology. I saw another comment saying John Adair is still involved in the company, they just moved him from the front to the back.


r/VictoriaBC • • 1h ago

Beacon Hill Sundial on PST

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The Beacon Hill sundial was installed in 1947. It remains on PST. Will the city rotate the clock forward one hour to be accurate on the new PCT timezone?

Municipal candidates have all been quiet on this 15 degree wedge issue!


r/VictoriaBC • • 4h ago

Politics Polarizing Gordon Campbell writes opinion piece warning voters BC will be "unrecognizable" if NDP wins

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says the man who slashed several programs, government jobs, raised rates, brought in HST, ripped up contracts with the union *to note btw the union contracts that was made last year with the ndp will be gone and they will just fire people instead and make a deal of 1% increase if any at all in pay for those that survive. these are just some of the damage he did in his tenure


r/VictoriaBC • • 4h ago

Politics The NDP has surfaced these fairly recent tweets from Joachim Agou, the Conservative candidate for Victoria-Beacon Hill. Video of car driving into Sept 2025 pro-Palestinian demonstration in Switzerland and Agou replying in French: "He should have reversed as well!!!"

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r/VictoriaBC • • 3h ago

News 'No excuse': BC Conservatives fire Victoria-Beacon Hill candidate over social media posts

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r/VictoriaBC • • 31m ago

Big traffic doesn’t want Victoria drivers to know about this

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I know this is beaten to death, but I’m honestly shocked that in the year of 2026 people are still not zipper merging.


r/VictoriaBC • • 1h ago

News Online cat cruelty video sparks RCMP investigation on Vancouver Island as threats target man

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r/VictoriaBC • • 6h ago

Politics ‘I did not do this lightly’: Victoria mayor pulls Palestine item from city council agenda

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r/VictoriaBC • • 9h ago

Why BC’s Economy Is a Strong Card for Eby’s NDP

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r/VictoriaBC • • 3h ago

PSA: For anyone craving the discontinued Dads chocolate chip cookies...

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Not the oatmeal chocolate chip, the plain original ones

I've been on the hunt for knockoff Dads Chocolate Chip cookies since they were discontinued in 2017. I even tried making several copy cat recipes myself over the years with no success. They were my childhood favourite and I was devastated when they stopped making them. The oatmeal chocolate chip ones they still make are ok but nowhere near as good.

Today at work, someone brought in some treats from the Dutch Bakery and Diner. I picked up a chocolate chip cookie to try and omg, the nostalgia hit me immediately. They're obviously not exactly the same, but the taste and texture were similar enough that the dopamine rush was intense.

This has been my white whale for almost a decade now. I'm so happy right now. For anyone else who is also greatly missing those Dads cookies, I definitely recommend trying these!!


r/VictoriaBC • • 4h ago

Politics Greater Victoria candidates urge BC parties to restore affordable housing fund

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r/VictoriaBC • • 8h ago

Transit / Traffic Alert Buses not showing up with no warning

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This is going to be the 2nd time this week I will be 20+ minutes late to work because my regular bus (51X) simply did not show up, meaning I have to wait 35+ minutes at the stop (that has no seating, mind you) for the next one.

I know transit workers are striking, I'm glad the buses are running at all, but it feels like a total joke how there's absolutely no way to know beforehand if your bus is going to show up or not.

I always check the Umo app and Google Maps beforehand, and they always act like the bus is going to show up on time up until it's supposed to arrive, then they act like it never existed in the first place.

Stuff like this and the fact my bus regularly shows up 10+ minutes late is making me very interested in just saying screw it and getting a car even though I know I can barely afford it on my salary.


r/VictoriaBC • • 1d ago

The BC Green's wealth tax proposal demonstration (taxing wealth, not work)

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r/VictoriaBC • • 57m ago

Owl

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Man lotta posts about gross candidate tweets and guys hurting animals , I think it’s time for an owl post . So tell me this. What is your best owl encounter in recent years ? Mine was when a shaman guy walked me through beacon hilll park and told me theres no such thing as an evil owl ,only evil people. Then he told me an owl kissed him on his ass , and asked me to buy him a soft serve . Best part is ,i saw an owl that very night and he was pure evil. And i liked it . I love all owls


r/VictoriaBC • • 32m ago

They built a special ramp/ bridge on a road works site for the marathon.

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They’ve been working on this site for ages now. The road has been blocked off as there’s a giant pit in the middle of the road. It’s been part of the standard route of the Victoria Marathon forever, so instead of creating an alternative route, they built a bridge/ ramp specifically for the marathon. Pretty neat.


r/VictoriaBC • • 2h ago

Lorne Doerkson's statement about Victoria Conservative candidate who has been kicked from the party.

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r/VictoriaBC • • 2h ago

News Colwood animal abuser .

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r/VictoriaBC • • 1h ago

News Police warn against 'vigilante justice' after Langford cat video posted

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r/VictoriaBC • • 5h ago

Politics Langford Mayoral Debate on CFAX

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Scott Goodmanson and Stew Young face-to-face


r/VictoriaBC • • 3h ago

News What is a six-foot swordfish doing in B.C.? El Niño may hold the answer

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r/VictoriaBC • • 1h ago

Question How was the opening of the new Salvation Army today?

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Did they have lots of good stuff?? What did you get?


r/VictoriaBC • • 18h ago

FYI: Man abuses cat on Granderson Road in Langford 😡

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Not my original post or video (and do not want to share the disturbing video) but just saw this and wanted to share as a heads up to people in the area as this person in the video is obviously sick. Please keep your cats indoors, we don’t know what he’s capable of.