In those days — the late ’70s — the French had conscription: citizens were expected to serve a year. “So, we used to pick up the young men and women who would arrive from civvy street with their long ...

He hopes to explore options for a new or upgraded swimming pool and recreation centre, and is looking to support an Esquimalt municipal police force. "I would want anyone that's going to build ...

As Esquimalt continues to explore options to split from VicPD, its council has voted to not fund the additional staff requests in the 2025 budget. For this year, Victoria Police (VicPD ...

Esquimalt council has voted against approving its portion of new funding for the Victoria police budget that would allow the hiring of four new officers and three new civilian staff. Mayor Barb ...

An Esquimalt councillor is once again pushing to have trustees for the Greater Victoria School Board elected from specific zones, rather than from the district as a whole. Coun. Tim Morrison said ...

(CHEK News) With the Greater Victoria School District (SD61) school board being effectively fired and replaced by a trustee earlier this year, the Township of Esquimalt is calling on the province ...