Ryan Painter launches campaign for Mayor of View Royal
Councillors Ron Mattson and Don Brown have endorsed Ryan Painter as a candidate for Mayor of View Royal. Here they are at the View Royal Community Association, after p...
View Royal advocate warns modest B.C. charity grant cut will have big impact
Greater Victoria non-profit organizations are warning a cut to the province’s Community Gaming Grants Program could cause significant consequences for the critical ser...
VIDEO: Hand-made hearts bring joy to View Royal Starbucks
This story originally appeared in the Saanich News. After a patron was caught on camera angrily opposing COVID-19 protocols at a View Royal Starbucks, Greater Victoria...
Comment: Police officers in schools are a victory for common sense
A commentary by a former board chair of the Greater Victoria Board of Education. As students return to classrooms this week across the Greater Victoria School Distric...
Comment: 'Streamlining' development can cause more problems
A commentary by a crisis communications and public relations professional, who is a former school trustee and board chair. This was originally posed on the Times Colo...
Gridlock: Victoria bridge-lane closure brings traffic backlogs, business woes
The following article originally appeared in the Victoria Times Colonist. Nick Crooks is dreading the next four months. The owner of the Saltchuck Pie Company on Bay S...
Ryan Painter: How bureaucrats almost stopped B.C. from saving a child's life
In British Columbia, at least 10 members of the province’s expensive drugs for rare diseases (EDRD) committee have resigned, not because the government failed a dying...
Victoria school district board chair releases open letter on suspension of 2 trustees
The following originally appeared on CBC. Ryan Painter, School District 61 Board of Education chair, released an open letter on Feb. 24 detailing the processes that le...