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UPDATED: Off-duty Victoria police officers stop alleged sexual assault while on vacation in Hawaii

Man charged with lewdness, sexual assault, threatening and kidnapping

Jan 2, 2020 7:04 AM Read more >

Storm set to sweep rain, wind over Vancouver Island

Snow could fall at higher elevations Thursday morning, followed by heavy rain and wind

Jan 1, 2020 6:00 PM Read more >

VIDEO: Metchosin residents run into ocean for annual polar bear swim

Approximately 50 people took the plunge at Taylor Beach

Jan 1, 2020 5:30 PM Read more >

PHOTOS: First-timers plunge into Gorge Waterway for annual polar bear swim

‘It was pins and needles,’ says a Saanich mother

Jan 1, 2020 3:30 PM Read more >

COLUMN: Saanich council takes on housing, climate, and the environment in 2020

The council just passed its one year anniversary

Jan 1, 2020 2:30 PM Read more >

Significant work on the horizon for SD61 in the new year

Vic High renovations, catchment boundary changes, strategic plan of interest in 2020/21

Jan 1, 2020 2:00 PM Read more >

Oak Bay’s top stories of 2019

The death of a beloved community member, a controversial speaker and a historical wall all caught readers’ attention

Jan 1, 2020 6:30 AM Read more >

Five West Shore mayors look back on 2019

Mayors also outline what’s on the horizon for 2020

Jan 1, 2020 6:00 AM Read more >

Saanich community association chairs say the network will look at housing issues in 2020

Developments, affordable housing, garden suites, and institutional land will be a focus next year

Jan 1, 2020 5:30 AM Read more >

Broken bones and buried parks: Stories of skateboarding’s beginning in Victoria and Vancouver

Part 2: Earliest skate parks were buried in Esquimalt, Saanich and West Vancouver

Dec 30, 2019 5:45 PM Read more >