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Camosun College has posted a nearly 36 per cent increase in international student enrolments this year despite a strike by foreign service workers that threatened to delay the processing of study permits.

A Victoria woman and a police officer were recognized Wednesday for their work in saving a woman’s life. Kelsey Kanhoffen was walking with friends along Johnson Street after a night out just before 2 a.m. Sept.

Premier Christy Clark said she knows little about an RCMP investigation into her government’s multicultural outreach plan and pledged not to interfere with the probe.

UPDATE: Two Victoria men missing on Mount Albert Edward since the weekend have been found alive and healthy. Paul Berry of Comox Search and Rescue said the hikers were found in "good condition" by Moat Lake this morning.

The northbound lanes of the Trans-Canada Highway near the Nanaimo Airport were closed for hours this morning after a serious crash involving a car and a cement truck. B.C. Ambulance and Ladysmith RCMP rushed to the scene around 7 a.m.

Times Colonist West Shore RCMP are looking for the man who robbed a convenience store in View Royal early Tuesday. The man was armed with a pair of scissors when he walked into the Mac’s on Admirals Road and demanded cash about 3:53 a.m.

Under a heavy gauze bandage covering a skin graft, Molly Burton has a tattoo that in Gaelic says “stay strong.” That and the constant presence of her family is what helped the 24-year-old endure painful surgeries after the Sept.

September rainfall arrived in Victoria seemingly determined to flood previous records. And it did. David Jones, meteorologist with Environment Canada, said September saw 119 millimetres of rain dumped at Victoria International Airport.

Legal-aid lawyers across B.C. are threatening to adjourn hundreds of criminal trials if they can’t reach a funding agreement with government.

Doncaster Elementary parents have been warned about a man who lives near the school who has been charged with four offences after having online chats with an undercover police officer posing as the parent of a girl “in a pre-pubescent state” who was