📱Best Twitter accounts in Victoria

Get to know the Island through the best Twitter accounts in Victoria, BC. Follow these hashtags on Twitter: #yyj, #yyjtech, #yyjobs, #yyjjobs, #victoriabc, #vanisle, #vancouverisland

🏔️ Indigenous Twitter accounts in Victoria

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@IPSociety_ca (Indigenous Perspectives)

One of the best Indigenous twitter accounts in Victoria for posting events, news and resources for places to go, things to see and learn about Indigenous issues, rights and news

Photo credit: @ipsociety_ca, Twitter

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@Animikii

If you’re looking for an Indigenous tech twitter account, start here. This local Indigenous-owned web development agency has a fantastic curated twitter of Indigenous news in tech, business, education, health & more.

Photo credit: @animikii, Twitter

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@MalahatNation

The official twitter of the Malahat Nation

Photo credit: @malahatnation, Twitter

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@SongheesNation

The official twitter of the Songhees Nation

Photo credit: @songheesnation, Twitter

🕵 News Twitter accounts in Victoria

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@CapitalDailyVic

News, culture, everything in-between. Capital Daily Vic posts a few times most days.

Photo credit: @capitaldailyvic, Twitter

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@cfax1070

One of our AM talk radio stations, and has a great, up-to-the-hour twitter feed of local news.

Photo credit: @cfax1070, Twitter

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@CHEKNews

Our local TV station runs a funny and heartfelt twitter account, posting multiple times a day. Always fresh.

Photo credit: @cheknews, Twitter

🚁 Even more Twitter accounts in Victoria

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@BCFerries

This twitter account is a lifesaver. If you’re waiting for a ferry, wanting to know if the ferry is canceled, wondering if your ferry is full or not, this account is the official place to check. We all use this account.

Photo credit: @bcferries, Twitter

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@MondayMag

They’re about arts, culture, events and basically a guide to what is happening around town. They’re also great for reporting what movies & tv shows are filming (and where) in Victoria so you can possibly spot the actors.

Photo credit: @mondaymag, Twitter

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@VicPDCanada

Notice something weird going on in your neighbourhood, or by your work? Usually the Victoria Police will tweet about incidents within an hour or two.

Photo credit: @vicpdcanada, Twitter

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@VictoriaBuzz

We don’t know how they do it, but their news is the first on traffic, cows escaping, celebrity sightings and construction. They’re on it.

Photo credit: @victoriabuzz, Twitter

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What the heck is “ISO”?

It means “In Search Of”, and you’ll see it a lot online in posts from people searching for apartments or childcare.

We’ve listed all the other weird words you won’t know when you move here on the “Glossary” page.