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Seven months after it announced an education and training grant for B.C. children, the Liberal government still has no clear idea how to make the money available to children in care. B.C.

Canadian navy headquarters has deep-sixed suggestions by defence analysts that Canada move more of its fleet to Esquimalt in response to the buildup of the Chinese navy. While the U.S.

Things are shipshape for the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, says president and CEO Curtis Grad. “It was a very good year for us,” Grad said Thursday, in advance of the GVHA’s annual general meeting.

Vancouver Island’s towns, cities and regional governments have banded together to pressure Via Rail into negotiating a new deal for local passenger train service.

The Technicolor at SilverCity should stay on the inside. That’s the consensus of Saanich council in response to a request for a brighter exterior at the 10-screen theatre complex, which is 14 years old.

An unprovoked attack on the Galloping Goose that sent a woman to hospital is a rare event on the trail, Saanich police say, but it has left some trail users worried about their safety.

The Opposition NDP released new, more detailed reports into the expenses of its MLAs on Thursday. Reports cover purchases such as airfare, taxi rides, car travel, per diems and meal expenses for the month of July.

A summer celebration at Woodwynn Farms will go ahead this month, even though a letter from Central Saanich council does not specifically give permission for it to proceed without a permit.

Supporters of the Victoria branch of the B.C. SPCA will gather for a public demonstration at 1 p.m. Sunday outside the shelter at 3150 Napier Lane.

The 2300-block of Lansdowne Road in Oak Bay was closed for an hour today after a domestic gas line was struck. It has since reopened. The Oak Bay Fire Department was dispatched, sending six firefighters, and closed down the road at about 2:11 p.m.