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Oak Bay, Saanich seek direction on how to handle deer problem

Victoria police, the military police and conservation officers have scoured the area but found no sign of a cougar, despite several supposed sightings.

A Saanich police officer is recovering at home after he was injured during an encounter with a pit bull Saturday night.

NDP leader Adrian Dix visited a college campus Monday to call on the B.C. government to reinstate the student grant program it canceled in 2004.

Eat Here Now festival was a free family friendly festival featuring farm goods, music and tastes from restaurants around the region.

Info session allows the public to voice concerns, kudos with proposed design for new facility

On Sept. 8, Donate2Play Media launched its first social media game, a collaboration with local protectors of old growth forests, the Ancient Forest Alliance. The anagram game for Facebook, Wordraiser, combines images, facts and a petition related to the organization’s work, while prompting players for small donations to continue playing.

There’s has been a report of a cougar sighting in the heart of Saanich early Saturday morning. Police say the employees of a business in the 900 block of Cloverdale Ave. saw the animal and that it was “larger than a German shepherd and definitely a cougar.”

Courtnall Celebrity Classic cash donated to Royal Jubilee Hospital

Police and fire were called to McKenzie Avenue near the Interurban Road overpass just after 6 a.m. to the small blaze, which was extinguished quick.