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UCLUELET — A 78-year-old Ucluelet woman out for her daily walk was killed just before 8 a.m. Thursday when a driver lost control of a truck pulling a loaded boat trailer.

A Colwood man has been charged for his role in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. Trevor Charles Porter is accused of trying to pay a man in Sooke to kill someone in Langford.

Nanaimo residents can now track crime in their neighbourhoods as easily as they can find directions to the local pub thanks to a new open data-powered web application.

A water taxi and moving the Gabriola Island ferry terminal in Nanaimo are among options islanders want government to consider with B.C. Ferries service cuts looming.

A kitchen fire at the Italian Bakery on Quadra Street on Thursday morning was caused by an oven that was left on, fire investigators say. Victoria firefighters rushed to the bakery at 3197 Quadra St. at 3:53 a.m.

The Alberni School District will be looking at closing facilities and eliminating the middle school program in order to retain programs and services for students, the board of education announced Tuesday night.

Victoria council should delay the introduction of the city’s new stormwater utility until next year in order to give residents and businesses more time to prepare, say city staff.

Two Victoria police officers were injured Monday night after attending to a distraught 25-year-old man. The man, who had requested that police be called, was in the underground parking area of the Victoria courthouse.

The victim of a break-and-enter helped police arrest three people after arranging to buy back his stolen sneakers which he saw posted online. Thieves broke into a home in the 2800 block of Glen Lake Road in Langford on Jan.

Victoria police believe they have tracked down the source of some bad bills floating around the city. A search warrant was carried out last week at a Harrison Street residence in Fernwood, and four people were arrested. Victoria police Insp.