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Feeding deer in Oak Bay is going to get more expensive. Oak Bay councillors have agreed to increase the fine for feeding deer within municipal boundaries to $300 from $100 for a first offence. Fines for second and subsequent offences will be $500.

B.C. Transit is rolling out changes that include service to Bear Mountain and Westhills, a summer connection to Thetis Lake, and measures to ease the problem of “pass-ups” — people left behind due to crowded buses.

Scott Burrow wrote the CRTC with a complaint about soccer coverage on television. What the Victoria man got back was an anti-gay rant written by a woman from the Prairies.

Police in Greater Victoria have tried many tactics to help nab distracted drivers, from riding on B.C.

Owners of a private residential care home in Duncan have handed 264 unionized employees layoff notices in the wake of an agreement to sell the facility.

David Ward quietly retired as Esquimalt fire chief earlier this month, leaving the position open for an indefinite period of time, Mayor Barb Desjardins has confirmed.

A new co-operative program where groups of people learn about taking care of their own health and watch out for each other is coming to Victoria.

Oak Bay will look to prohibit skateboarding on stretches of road deemed too dangerous, after hearing from concerned residents on Barkley Terrace.

AMY SMART Times Colonistand The Canadian Press Vancouver Island environmental groups are warning that a federal plan to expand marine pollution surveillance won’t be effective against a major spill.

The B.C. government is giving colleges and universities $10.5 million to ease the loss of federal money for programs that teach English as a second language.