2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (353+ words) A Victoria man who was facing eviction after losing money to fraudsters impersonating Elon Musk will be able to stay in his View Towers apartment, after a groundswell of community support. Fodie Karim, 61, said he’s grateful to those who raised…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (332+ words) An RCMP helicopter tracked a speeding motorcycle for officers on the ground during a traffic-enforcement blitz in Nanaimo last week, leading to the arrest of the rider and impoundment of the bike. Nanaimo RCMP said the rider was weaving through…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (246+ words) Nanaimo RCMP are warning about a scam targeting people who recently received new cellphones that they had purchased from legitimate providers. Police said they have received several reports of people obtaining a new phone through a promotion, then being contacted…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (174+ words) Nanaimo RCMP are investigating two break-and-enters early Tuesday and Wednesday that occurred at Tim Hortons locations, with the same person possibly behind both. Nothing appeared to have been taken. Surveillance footage shows a masked male wearing dark clothing, gloves and…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (151+ words) Impairment is suspected in a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning in Parksville that sent a male driver and female passenger to hospital. The driver had the most serious injuries of the two. Oceanside RCMP said emergency crews responded about 7:10 a.m. to the…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (388+ words) West Shore RCMP is moving its public counter service as demolition of one of the detachment buildings in Langford approaches in October. Officers and staff will continue to operate from the Atkins Avenue location, but the site will not be…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (620+ words) The trial of two men accused of participating in a drug-trafficking network in the Comox Valley linked to the Hells Angels will continue, despite exceeding the time limit set by Canada’s top court for criminal trials. Randall James Morley King…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (86+ words) Victoria police say a 74-year-old man suffered serious facial injuries Monday afternoon in an assault in Gorge Park in Esquimalt. Police responded to a report of an assault in progress about 1:15 p.m. in the park, off Tillicum Road. The victim was…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (929+ words) Five years after her brother was killed in their mother’s Rockland home, Alisa Gordaneer is losing faith that her family will ever have answers in what remains an unsolved homicide. Police have shared little about Jeremy Gordaneer’s death on Aug....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (579+ words) A prolific Nanaimo drug trafficker has started to turn his life around as a result of his involvement with the Guthrie program, defence lawyer Owen James argued in a sentencing hearing at Nanaimo Law Courts for Roger Ian Der on…...