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The Crown agency that oversees some of Victoria’s best-known properties moved a step closer to extinction Monday. Following through on its announcement last November, the B.C.

The province’s police watchdog will investigate after a man was badly injured by a police dog during his arrest on Jan. 31 in Courtenay. The Independent Investigations Office said a man was arrested around 2 p.m.

Music producer David Foster’s Shoal Point penthouse has sold for $5 million, a record high for a condominium in the capital region.

Strong winds Sunday night delayed ferry travel. On the Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen route, the 6 p.m. sailing of Spirit of Vancouver Island was held in dock at Tsawwassen until 8 p.m. because of the severe weather. The B.C.

A woman who died after being hit by a car last week was among a group of neighbours concerned about increased traffic along a stretch of Goldstream Avenue.

A tiny piece of plywood dropped into the sea off the Saanich Peninsula in late October has been retrieved from a beach on Haida Gwaii, providing another small piece in two environmental groups’ case against shipping oil off the B.C. coast.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, is recovering in hospital after his Chevy Tahoe slid and flipped on black ice outside Hope on Valentine’s Day. “He’s in good spirits.

Victoria is throwing its weight behind bringing the Western Canadian Music Awards/BreakOut West to the city in 2015 — possibly in conjunction with the Rifflandia Music Festival. Victoria councillors have agreed to allocate $25,000 toward the bid.

Human rights advocates are calling on the Ministry of Health to follow through on a promise to adjust gender identification policy and even the playing field for gender-variant British Columbians.