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White crab found off Sooke coast is never seen in Canada

The odds of the crab’s random leucism mutation are as low as one in six million

May 19, 2021 11:30 AM Read more >

Man arrested after threatening Victoria police, bylaw with knife

Bylaw was enforcing sheltering rules in Cecelia Ravine Park

May 19, 2021 8:52 AM Read more >

UPDATED: Two COVID-19 exposure incidents reported at Oaklands Elementary School in Victoria

Potential exposure dates are May 10, 11, 13 and 14

May 19, 2021 6:50 AM Read more >

UPDATE: Victoria security guard survives mall stabbing

Guard was stabbed May 18 while stopping a theft from a Hillside Mall store

May 19, 2021 6:33 AM Read more >

Cowichan, Malahat and Langford MP on committee to review medical assistance in dying

Bill C-7 legislates a change to who can access medical assistance in death

May 19, 2021 5:45 AM Read more >

Oak Bay budgets $70,000 to move pickleball courts to lacrosse box

Noise complaints spurred investigation into options for moving courts

May 19, 2021 5:30 AM Read more >

Victoria’s Point Ellice heritage gardens and exhibit space set to reopen

The historic house will remain closed to the public due to public health measures

May 19, 2021 5:00 AM Read more >

UPDATE: Woman last seen at Saanich mental health facility found safe

Christina Olsen, 41, left Seven Oaks Tertiary Mental Health Facility on May 15

May 18, 2021 4:50 PM Read more >

Parks Canada wants to eradicate invasive deer on Sidney Island

Proposal to shoot about 400-500 fallow deer part of a larger plan to restore local ecology

May 18, 2021 4:30 PM Read more >

Saanich council meeting put on pause for medical incident

First responders called to care for individual, meeting resumed afterward

May 18, 2021 4:20 PM Read more >