20+ hour, 34+ min ago   (952+ words) A Beacon Community Services employment program designed to help people facing barriers to employment gets the spotlight at an upcoming open house. BEAMS (Beacon’s Empathetic and Aspirational Method of Service) open house runs from 1-4 p.m. on Sept. 23 at 1452 Elford St....

21+ hour, 43+ min ago   (355+ words) Spectators waved Mexican flags and sang along with a mariachi band as a Mexican Navy tall ship arrived at the Canadian Coast Guard base in Victoria on Saturday morning. The ARM Cuauhtémoc sailed into port with cadets stationed along its…...

2+ day, 21+ 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, 12+ 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, 17+ hour ago   (153+ words) In a stark reminder that school is back in session, two drivers will have to pay a $368 fine after passing a school bus with its stop sign out. Both passed the same bus on Wednesday morning in the school zone…...

3+ day, 14+ 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…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1127+ words) Re: “Saanich taxes employers out. Then it asks how we’re doing,” ­commentary, Sept. 6. Industrial Plastics and Paints, a 75-year-old local employer, reports the assessed land value for their site as rising from $3.9 million in 2021 to $7 million in 2025, almost an 80 per…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (689+ words) Where: The Belfry Theatre, 1291 Gladstone Ave., Victoria When: Now through Oct. 4. Tickets: Pay what you want, 250-385-6815 or online at tix.belfry.bc.ca If audiences at the Belfry’s season-opener are unsure about exactly where and when the show is set,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1066+ words) A new wildfire-spotting camera on Sidney Island can detect fires so well that the first five alerts crews received were for blazes burning on the San Juan Islands and Vancouver Island, as far away as the Malahat. The AI-powered machine…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (648+ words) Five students hopped on a “walking school bus” to Millstream Elementary on Tuesday morning, walking in a pack through three stops on their way to the Langford school. Up to 10 kids are registered to walk to and from the Hoylake…...