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Cellphones, some from the 1980s, digital cameras and pagers adorn the outside of Adam Coolidge’s houseboat at Fisherman’s Wharf.

The death of an 87-year-old resident of Selkirk Place has been directly linked to a norovirus outbreak at the facility last month. Janis Helen Smith died Aug.

An alert homeowner who didn’t buy a man’s excuse for being in the driveway called police, helping them nab a man in possession of stolen goods. The man was spotted in the driveway on Cowper Street about 6 p.m. on Aug.

Greater Victoria’s troubled sewage treatment project will face its latest hurdle Wednesday as politicians vote, yet again, on whether to pause and review the plan. The Capital Regional District board will consider a motion by Saanich Coun.

The family of a young Saanich mother who died last month in the aftermath of widespread blood clots is making a critical contribution to genetic research that may some day help others.

Two local mayors say they would support an increased naval presence on Canada’s west coast as a way of bringing economic benefits to the regional economy. Defence analysts are suggesting Canada move the majority of its warships from Halifax to the B.

The Capital Regional District wants to know how you use Victoria’s harbours and waterways, and how, or if, you’d like to see them change in the future.

A naked man reported to be in trouble Monday morning in the waters off Nanaimo spurned would-be rescuers and ran away once he reached Newcastle Island. Members of Nanaimo search and rescue responded to the scene about 8:30 a.m.

A man in reported medical distress was hoisted to a helicopter from the deck of a fishing boat in north Island waters Sunday night.

Counter-culture campers at Raft Cove Provincial Park on northern Vancouver Island were preparing to leave Monday night and Tuesday morning on a van chartered by the provincial government, after the World Rainbow Gathering of Tribes was shut down by B