22+ hour, 51+ min ago   (1510+ words) It took Dr. Jeff McCracken almost two decades to acquire the most advanced robotic ­surgical equipment for Greater Victoria hospitals. Now, in the final decade of his career, he intends to see that Greater Victoria remains on the map for…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (626+ words) Marking the end of his 117-day run across Canada, 22-year-old James Newman jogged toward Mile Zero on Friday to the cheers of onlookers. The Oakville, Ont. man set off from St. John’s, Newfoundland, on May 17 to raise money for Canadian…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (467+ words) Large cartoon ears attached to trees and posts across Victoria were designed to catch the eyes of passersby, and that’s exactly what they’ve done, says the group that put them up to raise awareness of mental health ­services. Each ear…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1731+ words) Game on. Labour Day is the kickoff for municipal elections in Victoria and taxpayers should brace themselves for a month of platitudes on motherhood and apple pie. Yeah, elections aren’t really the place to deal with reality. That’s why Victoria…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1344+ words) One of Stacey Hayden’s biggest fears used to be that her parents would die before she recovered from her addiction to opiates and crack cocaine. “I didn’t want them to die thinking I was going to be like that forever,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (412+ words) Military reservists in British Columbia can now take the same amount of unpaid leave from their day jobs for training and deployment as those serving in other provinces. The increase in reservists’ leave, from 20 days in a year to up…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (692+ words) Mary Singer was in her early 20s when she was told that her blood was special, since she’s O negative — a universal donor. Since then, the Nanaimo woman has donated blood whenever she could — 225 times, as of last month. Now 88 years…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (121+ words) Times Colonist UVic's Ian Stewart Complex evacuated after air-quality concern Air-quality concerns led to the evacuation of the Ian Stewart Complex at the University of Victoria on Tuesday. Emergency responders said the building was safe for re-entry about 1:40 p.m., but UVic…...

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…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (654+ words) The second phase of a fundraising campaign for advanced surgical tools at Greater Victoria hospitals is complete, after 4,700 donors helped raise $21 million. The Victoria Hospitals Foundation said Wednesday that the goal was reached this summer, following its launch last October....