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Greater Victoria handyDART workers could strike if their employer refuses to negotiate a pension, says union president Ben Williams.

Victoria police say alcohol was a factor in the stabbing that left a 45-year-old man with non-life-threatening injuries. The victim was drinking in an apartment suite Thursday with two other people at 717 Pandora Ave. about 6:30 p.m.

West Shore RCMP are looking for a 53-year-old Langford man who hasn’t been seen since Tuesday morning. The family of Lawrence (Larry) Johnson reported him missing at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday after he failed to return home.

Victoria police are looking for a motorcyclist who grazed a traffic officer and blew through a red light, narrowly missing oncoming cars to avoid getting a ticket Thursday afternoon.

Nanaimo-Cowichan NDP MP Jean Crowder — who a decade ago traded in her Birkenstocks for high heels to work on Parliament Hill — will not seek re-election.

Langford will wait to see what other municipalities do before deciding whether to put an amalgamation question on November’s municipal ballot.

Right, here I am back from the 15-day suspension I got for going all Tortorella and trying to fight my way into the CBC newsroom. Time to follow up on a couple of recent columns.

The owners of the Tudor House in Esquimalt are keen to rebuild, but reluctant to commit to a plan before new provincial liquor regulations are finalized, says the pub’s manager.

Alleged details of a complicated business deal in 2008 that led to fraud charges against Colwood businessman Ralph Kelly were revealed in B.C. Supreme Court on Wednesday.

The province should review safety regulations governing use of longboards and other “alternative” modes of transportation in the wake of recent longboarding tragedies, says Vancouver Island’s chief medical health officer.