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Victoria security company sees jump in clients in lower downtown after influx of thefts

Themis Security has signed several new contracts for businesses in lower Yates, Johnson streets area

Jan 24, 2020 7:00 AM Read more >

Victoria ranks as 16th least affordable city in the world

Vancouver, as well as the Fraser Valley, Nanaimo and Comox Valley also crack the Top 25

Jan 24, 2020 5:30 AM Read more >

Lion dance, Kung Fu demonstrations celebrate Chinese New Year

Sunday’s event rings in the Year of the Rat

Jan 24, 2020 5:15 AM Read more >

Number of EI recipients up 8.1 per cent in Greater Victoria, but unemployment remains low

Greater Victoria recorded the lowest unemployment in December 2019

Jan 24, 2020 5:00 AM Read more >

Occupancy rates remain above capacity in Greater Victoria hospitals

Region’s hospitals have more patients than acute care beds

Jan 23, 2020 5:00 PM Read more >

Greater Victoria cop, firefighters rescue man trapped headfirst as well fills with water

The rescue involved crews from Oak Bay and Saanich

Jan 23, 2020 4:30 PM Read more >

Victoria votes to go ahead with installation of turf field at Topaz Park

Last week council was largely against the idea

Jan 23, 2020 4:10 PM Read more >

Central Saanich council calls for higher speeding fines

Motion approved Monday could end up before UBMC delegates in Victoria later this fall

Jan 23, 2020 3:30 PM Read more >

‘We could see fire all over the landscape’: Vancouver Island man recounts helping crews in Australia

Kevin Cochrane of the Coastal Fire Centre spent 38 days Down Under

Jan 23, 2020 1:30 PM Read more >

‘Clever’ 90-year-old Saanich resident evades vitamin phone scammer

Police warn of phone scammers claiming to be from the Regional Health Authority

Jan 23, 2020 12:50 PM Read more >