Local News

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.

We have gone from three Bear Mountains to one, and some people are relieved.

More than 2,000 budding gardeners and local food advocates dug into the 21st annual Seedy Saturday in Victoria this weekend.

Sangster Elementary School is getting back to normal with the completion of an 18-month, $2.1-million seismic refit that saw four classrooms, a number of key walls and a section of the roof made earthquake-ready.

A Grade 2 class project has raised awareness and more than $400 for a Victoria girl battling cancer. One month ago, seven-year-old Lola Ramesbottom went home with a small bag of coloured rubber elastic bracelets that she had made at school.