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Several students who witnessed the overdose death of University of Victoria student Sidney McIntyre-Starko, 18, testified on the second day of the coroner’s inquest into her death.
How a student died after overdosing in a UVic dorm — and the major mistakes her parents say were made that night.
A plan to include student housing in a downtown development in Victoria has been scrapped in favour of building a hotel, retail and office space.
A University of Victoria security officer said two collapsed students showed symptoms of drug overdoses but defended his decision not to give them the overdose-reversing drug naloxone for several ...
Two new student housing buildings at the University of Victoria (UVic) have been given names to reflect the language and culture of local Indigenous people.
The 911 call placed by a dorm-mate as University of Victoria student Sidney McIntyre-Starko was suffering a fatal fentanyl overdose was played for the jury on day two of the coroner's inquest into the ...
Scoones was tasked with investigating potential drug trafficking on the UVic campus a few days after the first-year student died of a fatal fentanyl overdose in a UVic student dorm.
Premier John Horgan says the homes will be provided to UVic students at market rates, significantly relieving the tight rental market for student accommodation in Greater Victoria.
This is the most difficult year that Jim Dunsdon, UVic’s associate vice-president of student affairs, has seen for off-campus housing in his 13 years at the university.
Sidney McIntyre-Starko, 18, was poisoned by toxic drugs in a UVic dorm room in January 2024. Photo courtesy: Sidney's family Three students who witnessed an overdose death in a University of Victoria ...