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Former agricultural land to become subdivision in Langford

Proposal is to create create 102 single family lots, 61 townhouses and 338 apartment units in five buildings of up to six storeys

 
 
 

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Greater Victoria’s much-maligned emergency radio system may get a boost from equipment left over from the Olympics.
 
 
 

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Esquimalt council unanimously approved a motion last night to create a special zoning for recovery homes for people dealing with drug and alcohol dependency.
 
 
 
 
 

Life

Qué Banh spent time browsing stores with Sarah Petrescu to explain what people with even a minor disability have to put up with just to go shopping. Banh, who requires leg braces to walk (due to polio in infancy) appreciated the ramp as well as steps to enter the Paper Box Arcade.

Enabling great style

Shopping trips hold huge obstacles for fashionistas with mobility issues


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What's happening in Greater Victoria this week

Community, sport and cultural events we want you to know about


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Woman on the Run: New Runner Stacie Dley discovers better late than never

Dley finds motivation in her dad, being outdoors and the possible acquisition of a dog


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Survey says public opposed to public-private partnership for sewage centres

Hundreds of people have attended open houses, responded online and spoken at special CRD meetings


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Colwood pair face drug, counterfeiting charges

A 24-year-old Colwood woman has been arrested for trafficking in a controlled substance after West Shore RCMP found her with several thousands of dollars worth of drugs on March 12.


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Vandals cause $20,000 damage at Stelly's school; blood splatters provide DNA clue

Vandals shattered skylights and smashed in doors and vents in a $20,000-rampage at Stelly’s Secondary School on the weekend that left police searching for a bloody suspect Monday.


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Victoria Landlord apologizes to fraud victims

A sobbing Charmaine Roy apologized "from the bottom of my heart" to the people she defrauded in an apartment rental scam as her sentencing hearing continued yesterday in Victoria provincial court.


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Sooke residents shocked, owner enraged after brazen arson destroys landmark home

Cat dies as home torched Saturday; nearby van burns in separate blaze


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Wind warning for west coast of Island

Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for the west coast of Vancouver Island, advising that gusts will reach speeds of up to 80 kilometres an hour this morning.


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Growing numbers of Paralympians are war veterans

Three years ago, the number of injured war vets in Canada was substantial enough that Soldier On — which uses sport and recreation to improve quality of life — was founded.


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A man is loaded onto a stretcher before being taken to hospital with minor injuries Sunday afternoon after a Pontiac Sunfire ran a red light and smashed into his Dodge Aries at the intersection of Quadra and Caledonia streets. Police are investigating.

ICBC: Take time to be extra vigilant on the roads today

ICBC is warning that some might still not have adjusted to the time change by this morning, and that groggy commuters could cause more smash-ups on the road.


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Undated image from Tahsish River Valley on Vancouver Island, where a lightning-caused fire last July devastated an area of clearcut old-growth forest over sensitive limestone karst.

Old-growth logging blamed for Island wasteland

A patch of the Tahsish River Valley on western Vancouver Island is the new poster child for the ecological impact of old-growth logging — this time on limestone karst, perhaps the world’s most fragile landscape.


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