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B.C. testing older drivers

B.C. testing older drivers

Victoria Apr 9, 2018 / 5:17 am

Frank Harding is 98 years old and most days he drives his 1990 Volvo sedan to the Comox Recreation Centre where he works out. One summer, the resident of...

Cholera outbreak on Island

Cholera outbreak on Island

Vancouver Island Apr 7, 2018 / 7:03 am

Cholera has been detected in herring eggs and water samples on Vancouver Island. Island Health and the First Nations Health Authority confirmed the outbreak...

Attack on PM's security

Attack on PM's security

Victoria Apr 6, 2018 / 3:51 pm

A man protesting the prime minister's visit to Victoria was arrested on Thursday. In a brief two-line news release Friday morning, Victoria police say the...

Cops attacked, in hospital

Cops attacked, in hospital

Victoria Apr 6, 2018 / 12:53 pm

Four police officers were assaulted and two sent to hospital in Victoria since Thursday night. The attacks happened during two separate incidents in the...

Free trip for ruined cruise

Free trip for ruined cruise

Victoria Apr 6, 2018 / 6:22 am

An offer of a free cruise isn't enough to quell one passenger's anger over a Panama Canal vacation that she says was marred by construction noise and...

Victoria to ban the beep?

Victoria to ban the beep?

Victoria Apr 5, 2018 / 2:11 pm

The back-up "beep" of work vehicles could soon be banned in Victoria. City council will discuss a motion Thursday, looking at alternatives to the...

Rabbit show cancelled

Rabbit show cancelled

Victoria Apr 5, 2018 / 7:27 am

A disease that is deadly to rabbits has prompted the Vancouver Island Rabbit Breeders Association to cancel its annual show. A notice posted on the...

Shot fired at stolen car

Shot fired at stolen car

Ladysmith Apr 5, 2018 / 6:50 am

Police opened fire as a suspect fled in a stolen car near Ladysmith on Wednesday. RCMP say shortly before 11 a.m., an officer noticed a stolen vehicle at Elliot...

Exploding ammo in fire

Exploding ammo in fire

Vancouver Island Apr 5, 2018 / 6:41 am

Firefighters had to contend with exploding ammunition during a garage fire in Sidney on Vancouver Island. Crews were called to the blaze Tuesday afternoon and...

Slain Mountie memorialized

Slain Mountie memorialized

Victoria Apr 4, 2018 / 12:04 pm

West Shore RCMP will unveil a special memorial to honour fallen officers on the anniversary of Constable Sarah Beckett's death tomorrow. A special Wall of...

New bridge safety concern

New bridge safety concern

Victoria Apr 4, 2018 / 6:57 am

Safety concerns have been raised over Victoria's new Johnson Street Bridge. Bumpers have been installed under the south side of the bridge, but there is...

Nurse banned for assault

Nurse banned for assault

Victoria Apr 4, 2018 / 6:44 am

A Victoria nurse has been barred from working in the field after admitting to sexually assaulting a 73-year-old patient. The College of Registered Nurses of...

Cruise becomes nightmare

Cruise becomes nightmare

Victoria Apr 3, 2018 / 2:37 pm

A suburban Victoria woman says she didn't expect to be hearing jackhammers or smelling strong fumes when she booked a spring-break family cruise through the...

Okanagan cadet wins

Okanagan cadet wins

Victoria Apr 3, 2018 / 10:36 am

An Okanagan sea cadet, Joshua Fitzpatrick, is sailing to the national competition in Kingston, Ontario this summer. Sea cadet Joshua Fitzpatrick is off to...

Banned man can return

Banned man can return

Victoria Apr 3, 2018 / 5:11 am

A Nova Scotia man banned from Victoria's stately Fairmont Empress hotel is welcome back after apologizing for an incident more than 17 years ago in which...

Missing on BC Ferries sailing

Missing on BC Ferries sailing

Victoria Mar 30, 2018 / 11:29 am

Delta Police are leading the search for an older man who went missing on a ferry between Victoria and Vancouver on Thursday night. B.C. Ferries spokeswoman...

Canada-wide warrant issued

Canada-wide warrant issued

Victoria Mar 30, 2018 / 8:20 am

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a 33-year-old man who according to police is "unlawfully at large" after failing to meet his parole...

Teen dies at ball camp

Teen dies at ball camp

Parksville Mar 28, 2018 / 7:32 pm

A Victoria youth has died during a spring break softball camp on Vancouver Island. Thirteen-year-old Robin Carey of Victoria started feeling flu-like symptoms...

Denies link to FB scandal

Denies link to FB scandal

Victoria Mar 28, 2018 / 2:37 pm

A small Victoria-based tech firm has found itself mired in a privacy scandal unfolding in Europe as it faces accusations that it played a role in influencing...

Luring eagles, scaring gulls

Luring eagles, scaring gulls

Victoria Mar 28, 2018 / 6:50 am

Victoria's Harbour Authority is hoping to attract eagles and scare off seagulls. A fake tree nesting platform on top of a warehouse at Ogden Point is part...