Wheelie's Motorcycles & Cafe was one of the first foodie spots to pop up in Victoria's mostly industrial Rock Bay neighbourhood. Seven years later, they've become a word-of-mouth hub for foodies, bikers, and musicians alike. The first episode in a Capital Daily podcast series profiling unique local businesses in the Capital Regional District.

For the past five years, Shannon Carman has been trying to bring a park to Metchosin’s small town centre. After a proposal to council, it may finally come to fruition. She joins us to tell us more about the project.

Stephanie Renaas was diagnosed with hearing loss as a toddler and has spent her life working with the Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre to create a successful life for herself. Now she has come full circle to working with the Deaf and hard of hearing communities as an audiologist at the IDHHC. This is her story.

Perched high above the river at the Sooke Potholes Regional Park is the abandoned dream of Albert Yuen and his elaborate but ill-fated Deertrails Resort project. All that remains of the sprawling building-to-be is an intricate stone foundation of pillars, stairways, and three-storey chimneys. In this episode, we'll bring you through a tour of the resort's history, and take a trip out west to Sooke to see it for ourselves.

A double whammy of bad primary care news hit Greater Victoria this week. The Gordon Head Treatment Centre announced it will be closing its doors in August when one of their physicians leaves for another opportunity, and the James Bay Urgent and Primary Care Clinic is losing three doctors and one nurse. We speak with Damien Contandriopoulos from the University of Victoria's School of Nursing about why the primary care network in the region is unable to provide primary care for one quarter of residents.

With the province on high alert this wildfire season, we speak to an expert about risk factors for Vancouver Island municipalities and prevention and preparation.

This Municipal Monday, we speak to the District of North Saanich Geoff Orr about the ongoing Official Community Plan process. He addresses concerns from the public and explains what happens next. 

High school students in the remote Indigenous Nitinaht community started a recycling program to fill a gap in their area.

As Victoria grapples with the intense emotions that lead to protestors tossing the Captain James Cook statue into the harbour, we take a step back and analyze what statues mean for our society, what they come to symbolize, and how we can move forward while acknowledging the history that got us here. 

Its been 75 years since Canada's largest onshore earthquake occurred on the Island. We look back at that day and learn about how it happened. We also speak with a seismologist about the earthquake hazards on the Island today and into the future.