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The woman’s remains were discovered after a fire was extinguished alongside a professional building in the 1100-block of View Street, at Cook Street, on Nov. 11.

The investigation has involved the Oak Bay and Saanich police departments, along with an RCMP team.

The driver was fined $368 and had his vehicle impounded for seven days.

The deal, which includes a new payment model that the government hopes will help attract and retain family physicians, was approved by 94 per cent of doctors who voted.

“One of our concerns was that the food bank campaign would suffer if people had already made a donation to the kettle campaign outside of our stores.” — B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch

B.C. Premier David Eby has said he doesn’t intend to change the election date of October 2024, but B.C. Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau says she wants to be prepared.

Special weather statements are in place for the Malahat portion of the Trans-Canada Highway as well as east and and inland Vancouver Island.

The larger space is designed to deal with a growing number of cardiac patients, which has almost doubled in the last two years.

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake was recorded at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday about 150 kilometres west of Vancouver Island’s northern tip, at a depth of about 10 kilometres.

Police said no one was injured in the robberies but such incidents are “highly traumatizing” for employees and put the public at risk.