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Victoria News Aug 20 to 26, 2017

Transit bus catches fire

Transit bus catches fire

Sidney Aug 26, 2017 / 5:20 pm

A double-decker transit bus caught fire in Sidney, Friday night. The blaze occurred at around 10:30 p.m. All passengers made it off safely. According to fire...

Remove John A. statue?

Remove John A. statue?

Victoria Aug 26, 2017 / 7:27 am

Activists are calling for the removal of a statue of Canada's first prime minister from the front of Victoria City Hall. Debate over Sir John A....

Body found and identified

Body found and identified

Victoria Aug 25, 2017 / 8:04 pm

The body of 25-year-old Euarchol Wanichpan has been found. Her body was located at SJ Willis School in Victoria on August 22. Euarchol Wanichpan had last been...

Digging for clues in death

Digging for clues in death

Victoria Aug 25, 2017 / 12:57 pm

A school in Victoria is the subject of a massive police investigation. RCMP were seen digging up a portion of the grounds at S.J. Willis School Friday morning....

Theft zaps Island non-profit

Theft zaps Island non-profit

Nanaimo Aug 25, 2017 / 6:42 am

A Nanaimo non-profit has been hit by thieves who stole solar panels off its roof. The four panels were only installed in March at Nanaimo Foodshare and cost...

Pay to play with Horgan

Pay to play with Horgan

Victoria Aug 24, 2017 / 10:13 pm

B.C.'s NDP government is facing heat over a $500-a-head golf event with Premier John Horgan. One of Horgan's campaign promises was a ban on major...

Commonwealth bid nixed

Commonwealth bid nixed

Victoria Aug 24, 2017 / 7:06 pm

Victoria's hopes of hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games have been dashed. Finance Minister Carole James said Thursday the province can't commit to...

Body scene still behind tape

Body scene still behind tape

Victoria Aug 24, 2017 / 12:31 pm

Police in Victoria still have the scene of a body discovery on Tuesday cordoned off. However, they say there’s nothing to indicate the public is at risk...

'Ban foreign farm sales'

'Ban foreign farm sales'

Victoria Aug 23, 2017 / 11:59 am

The leader of British Columbia's Green party wants to see the government ban foreigners from buying farmland in a bid to cool the province's real estate...

Possible body at school

Possible body at school

Victoria Aug 23, 2017 / 10:55 am

Police surrounded a school in Victoria Tuesday evening after they received reports of a dead body. Investigators taped off S.J. Willis School and were still on...

From charity to tragedy

From charity to tragedy

Vancouver Island Aug 23, 2017 / 6:17 am

More than $20,000 has been raised for a Vancouver Island man who was struck in the head Saturday during a charity softball game. Chris Godfrey, 32, of Courtenay...

BC to intervene on pipeline

BC to intervene on pipeline

Victoria Aug 22, 2017 / 6:56 pm

The provincial government has applied for intervener status in court challenges against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The NDP government announced...

Ferry riders must butt out

Ferry riders must butt out

Victoria Aug 22, 2017 / 5:15 pm

BC Ferries is banning smoking on all its vessels and at all terminals starting on Jan. 22. The corporation says it's providing advance notice of the new...

Poverty amid wealth

Poverty amid wealth

Victoria Aug 22, 2017 / 5:14 pm

B.C.'s NDP government says poverty remains a reality for many people in the province despite a stronger-than-expected budget surplus in the last fiscal...

BC's $2.7B surplus

BC's $2.7B surplus

Victoria Aug 22, 2017 / 11:04 am

The B.C. government ended the last fiscal year with a surplus of $2.7 billion, largely in line with an unaudited financial picture released about two months ago...

Eclipse warnings ignored

Eclipse warnings ignored

Victoria Aug 21, 2017 / 7:05 pm

Eye doctors in Victoria, one of the best spots in Canada to view Monday's eclipse, say they're fielding calls from people who ignored advice and looked...

Suspicious blaze guts hall

Suspicious blaze guts hall

Vancouver Island Aug 21, 2017 / 6:50 pm

RCMP on Vancouver Island are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a First Nations community hall. The Nanoose Community Centre burned Saturday on...

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