3+ day, 21+ 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…...

4+ day, 22+ 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…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (900+ words) As students prepare to return to school today, they’re being warned of the dangers of e-bikes, e-scooters and other transportation devices amid rising injuries. The Sooke School District issued a notice on its website reminding students that they are required…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (157+ words) Thousands of Victoria residents were without power on Monday after an SUV crashed into a power pole on Fort Street. The sight of a heavily damaged Nissan Rogue with its front wedged into a downed utility pole near the intersection…...

1+ week, 22+ 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   (758+ words) Nanaimo barber Dave Lawrence can still remember the day he left his winter coat at the park when he was a kid growing up in Harewood. He always “ran hot” in those days, and had taken it off while playing....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (689+ words) At least three candidates are challenging incumbent Marianne Alto for the mayor’s seat in the City of Victoria in October’s civic elections. Real estate agent Mike Harris, business owner Lyall Atkinson and retired Vancouver Island University instructor Bruce McGuigan are…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (338+ words) Victims of deadly flooding in Nepal will be remembered at a candlelight vigil Thursday evening at the B.C. legislature in Victoria. More than 1,100 people have died and thousands more are missing after last week’s severe flooding. The federal government has said…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (611+ words) Glen Lynch started Baggins in 1969, the summer of love, when Jimi Hendrix was king, the hippie culture was peaking and everyone needed that little something from Victoria’s first head shop. “We had a black light poster room and people would…...

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…...