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Drop off option still available locally for HST ballots

Aug. 5 is deadline for Elections B.C. receive HST package

Marijuana's role in car crashes focus of UVic centre's massive study

CARBC’s Cannabis and Motor Vehicle Crashes: A Multicentre Culpability Study could have the same consequences for marijuana and driving that previous studies of alcohol’s role in vehicle crashes had on impaired laws.

Plans to shift transit governance progressing

Members of the Victoria Regional Transit Commission, who are provincially appointed, have long complained the governing body lacks representation since it is comprised of leaders from five of 13 municipalities in the region.
Large, remote brush fire contained in Thetis Lake park

Large, remote brush fire contained in Thetis Lake park

View Royal Fire Rescue contained an aggressive brush fire that scorched a rocky outcrop at Thetis Lake park Tuesday afternoon and threatened to spread into the forest.
No car, no problem

No car, no problem

Demand for Victoria car share prompts fleet expansion
Musical splash

Musical splash

Music director Tania Miller conducts the Victoria Symphony at the 22nd annual Symphony Splash on Sunday as it performs on a barge in the Inner Harbour. Tens of thousands crowded the waterfront for the popular summer event, enjoying free musical performances, kid-friendly activities, food vendors and other entertainment.
Visiting Buddhist master inspired Victoria site

Visiting Buddhist master inspired Victoria site

The Buddhist master responsible for the start of Victoria’s first Buddhist centre is returning to the city for the first time in more than 20 years to teach how the principles of Buddhism apply to daily life.

POLICE BRIEFS: Basketball opponent mugs teenager

Dealer round-up targets Pandora;
B.C. loses people to Alberta

B.C. loses people to Alberta

B.C. recorded a slight net loss of people migrating to other provinces in the first quarter of 2011, according to preliminary data compiled by Statistics Canada.
Victoria man celebrates centenary

Victoria man celebrates centenary

Alf Truema has seen a lot in his 100 years