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A healthy Baby Iver was born Saturday evening, his proud father Dylan Benson confirmed Monday night. “It was the most incredible experience of my life so far,” said an emotional Benson, 32. “He just looks perfect.

West Shore RCMP are investigating the theft of a catamaran from the Oak Bay Marina in broad daylight Sunday. Oak Bay Sgt. Rob Smith said the 11.5-foot, dark blue 360 catamaran had been moored in a berth at the marina. About 12:30 p.m.

Update The 65-year-old Sidney man who died when his truck flipped over the barrier on the Patricia Bay Highway may have suffered a medical emergency while driving, police say.

Confidence in the campaign to resume Island passenger rail service took a hit this week, with word that the service will terminate in Nanaimo weekdays and news that track restoration costs have skyrocketed.

It was a hard decision for Paul Bourke of Victoria to make, selling land he has owned for 40 years to the Cowichan Valley Regional District. “We used it for recreation — I never cut down a tree or branch of a tree,” Bourke, 67, said Sunday. The 15.

From the Victoria Police Department blog, posted by Sgt. Darrell Fairburn. ‘Dave” is a pseudonym, used to protect the identity of the person the story is about.

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake was felt by some residents in Sandspit in Haida Gwaii on Sunday morning. The quake occurred at 7:37 a.m. in the Pacific, 108 kilometres southwest of Queen Charlotte City. There were no reports of damage.

He didn’t serenade her with I Want to Hold Your Hand, but Beatle George Harrison nonetheless had a soft spot for Sooke’s Jacqueline Davenport one night in the early 1960s.

A Vancouver Island hawk is the first raptor to join the list of species believed to spread Lyme disease.