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The Green party thinks it has found the prime minister’s smoking gun. The problem being that when it comes to the Enbridge pipeline, discovering a smoking gun on Stephen Harper is like finding a bag of weed on Woody Harrelson.

A couple is devastated after their truck, loaded with all their personal possessions, was stolen from a Langford hotel on Monday night.

Frontline workers, street community members, their friends and families say two recent deaths highlight a series of tragedies that have shaken the Victoria street community. Drug overdoses and homelessness take a constant toll, said Rev.

Some Victoria city councillors are balking at proposal from Mayor Dean Fortin that council adopt a code of conduct “to improve transparency and governance.” “I don’t think I’ll be voting in favour of it,” said Coun. Ben Isitt.

Victoria councillors are suggesting Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin write Russian President Vladimir Putin to condemn Russia’s homophobic policies, asking him to reverse course.

Philip Jacobs has been handed a five-month conditional sentence, followed by two years probation, for sexually touching a teenage boy while serving as a Catholic priest at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Saanich. B.C.

Victoria police are investigating a possible sexual assault that happened early Wednesday in the Rock Bay area. The woman was attacked as she walked alone down Bay Street near Pleasant Street around 5 a.m., said police spokesman Const. Mike Russell.

Natural resources minister rejects accusation; money being spent to protect Canada's coastlines, he says.

MAPLE RIDGE — Real estate agent and former Maple Ridge district councillor Franz Prokop, who was shot Saturday afternoon, is embroiled in a lawsuit with his former common-law partner’s son over lottery winnings.

A Comox Valley couple are feeling on top of the world after hiking the Comox Glacier in one of the longest marriage ceremonies ever conducted in B.C.