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There’s no two ways about it when it comes to making changes on Sidney’s Beacon Avenue. A proposed change that would have seen town’s main drag returned to a two-way street has been dismissed.

The hardest part of living plastic-free — an aspect Victoria’s Carol-Lynne Michaels did not anticipate — has been the awkward social interactions.

Four people were sent to hospital — including two in critical condition — following a chairlift mishap at a West Kelowna ski resort on Saturday morning.

A charitable trust established by the Spencer family and its retail wealth, which has made numerous donations in Greater Victoria, is winding down with the biggest gift ever made to the Saanich Peninsula Hospital.

NANAIMO — Security guards were stationed at Nanaimo District Secondary School and the Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District administration office Friday after threats were made against staff members.

Saanich police detectives have been joined by an Island-wide investigation team as they continue their probe into the death of a 50-year-old man pulled from the Gorge waterway.

My favourite 24 Hour Relay moment came when I returned to my tent, only to find a pretty woman — a total stranger — sleeping inside. “This is the best fundraiser ever,” I said to my wife, who was peeking over my shoulder.

Brandon Carl Huth will learn Tuesday whether he will be sent to prison for the death of Tyler Noble in November 2011, or receive a lesser sentence that will allow him to remain on Vancouver Island to care for his ill father.

When Ken Noble answered the phone in the middle of the night on Nov. 26, 2011, his greatest fears were realized. “I could hear a voice talking. Someone saying, ‘breathe buddy,’ and, ‘roll him on his side.

Nanaimo RCMP do not believe foul play was involved after investigating the discovery of a body at the scene of a Lantzville fire. The body was discovered Tuesday evening after a fire started in a garage and spread to the adjacent house.