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Tossing and turning, unable to sleep, heart racing from cocaine and alcohol, Meaghan Ball would start thinking about how she was messing up her life. “It was always me, lying in my bed, hating myself,” Ball said.

A team of researchers from the University of Victoria embarks on a voyage today to further explore an expanding zone of low-oxygen water off Vancouver Island that threatens coastal fisheries and aquaculture.

A cyclist who died after being hit by a truck in Nanaimo has been identified as 36-year-old Norman Jack Ellison. The Nanaimo man was riding his bicycle on Albert Street near Pine Street when he was hit by a Nanaimo Regional Transit bus about 4:45 p.

Victoria councillors have given unanimous support to sending a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin that expresses opposition to his country’s policies on homosexuality.

Vandals have smashed 14 solar panels and more than a dozen windows at Reynolds Secondary School — damage that will cost upwards of $28,000 to fix.

The power went out at the Victoria International Airport around 2:40 p.m. today, along with 3,444 North Saanich residents in the area.

The attempted sexual assault of a woman walking through the Rock Bay area of Victoria early Wednesday morning was unprovoked and carried out by a stranger. The victim was walking down Bay Street near Pleasant Street around 5 a.m.

A pickup truck loaded with personal possessions belonging to a Victoria couple has been located, but it was stripped of a rifle and other valuables.

B.C. taxpayers have had to pay nearly half a million dollars for a public hearing into a contentious arrest by two Victoria police officers. The arrest in 2010 attracted widespread public attention when a video of the episode was posted to YouTube.

Langford Mayor Stew Young is incensed that B.C. Hydro is foisting potentially millions in additional costs on developers creating new neighbourhoods.