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u/CartoonistOk3507

▲ 233 r/VictoriaBC

137% increase in 12 years. So discouraging.

Looking thru the price histories of multiple homes and they’ve all more than doubled in the last 10 years. I’m in the highest earning phase of my life, did all the “right” things, and even then, buying one would mean being house poor and making a financially questionable decision by putting more than half my income toward housing (tho I recognize people are having to do this nowadays). And $700k is just the purchase price! Homes will always come with a steady stream of other costs. Just feeling so deflated.

u/CartoonistOk3507 — 9 days ago
▲ 121 r/VictoriaBC

Four Canadians from hantavirus-linked cruise ship arriving in B.C. for isolation

Four Canadians connected to a hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship are expected to arrive in British Columbia on Sunday and will enter a monitored isolation period upon arrival, provincial health officials say.

While officials have not publicly confirmed where the four Canadians will isolate in B.C., flight tracking data suggests they may be headed to Victoria Sunday evening.

cheknews.ca
u/CartoonistOk3507 — 12 days ago
▲ 63 r/VictoriaBC

Falling rates giving Victoria renters a bit of spare cash

The report indicates the average asking rent for all residential properties in Canada declined 4.7 per cent year-over-year in April to $2027, marking the 19th consecutive month of annual rent decrease.

“Rents in Canada are basically back to their level from three years ago,” said Urbanation president Shaun Hildebrand. “This improvement in affordability should help bring renters into the market who were priced out in recent years.”

vicnews.com
u/CartoonistOk3507 — 15 days ago
▲ 14 r/VictoriaBC

The Downtown Victoria Business Association says the event, which started in 2019, has become “financially unfeasible.”

u/CartoonistOk3507 — 16 days ago
▲ 2.1k r/canadian+2 crossposts

Turns out they were trying to wrangle a goose and her goslings.

Edit: I forgot the word for goslings. Thanks for the reminder

u/CartoonistOk3507 — 21 days ago
▲ 95 r/LangfordBC+1 crossposts

A Victoria-based animal-rescue group is calling for dog owners to get their pets vaccinated against parvovirus, after four puppies died over the past two weeks.

u/CartoonistOk3507 — 23 days ago