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Parking enforcer runs red light, strikes a pickup

Parking enforcer runs red light, strikes a pickup

A commissionaire on a scooter ran a red light and struck a pickup truck in Victoria on Monday afternoon. The 66-year-old commissionaire sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital.
Teen cyclist from Victoria killed in collision with car during Ride to Conquer Cancer

Teen cyclist from Victoria killed in collision with car during Ride to Conquer Cancer

A teenage cyclist from Victoria was hit by a car and killed during the final leg of the Ride to Conquer Cancer on Sunday in Washington state. The 16-year-old died in Arlington, Wash.
Jack Knox: Meet the white knight who made Dad’s day

Jack Knox: Meet the white knight who made Dad’s day

We found Ron. Last Sunday’s column told the tale of the mystery man who, in an act of kindness to a stranger, showed up at a Saanich hockey rink to cheer on an 83-year-old player on behalf of his distraught, absent daughter.
Victoria war veteran honoured as selfless hero on many fronts

Victoria war veteran honoured as selfless hero on many fronts

If Nick Kerr loves anything more than baseball, it’s helping people.
Good Neighbours: Surfriders clear debris at remote beach

Good Neighbours: Surfriders clear debris at remote beach

Volunteers of the Vancouver Island chapter of the Surfrider Foundation collected 590 kilograms of marine debris last week as part of their annual remote beach cleanup event, Combing the Coast.
B.C. wild salmon test negative for three diseases

B.C. wild salmon test negative for three diseases

Wild salmon in B.C. have tested negative for three fish diseases at the centre of controversy around the effect of fish farms on wild salmon runs.
Tragic coincidence of fatal fire at bus accident victim’s Vancouver home probed

Tragic coincidence of fatal fire at bus accident victim’s Vancouver home probed

VANCOUVER — Police and fire investigators spent Sunday at the scene of a deadly fire in a south Vancouver home that claimed the life of a man in a downstairs suite while, upstairs, a family was mourning the loss of their matriarch in a bizarre accide
Six inmates taken to hospital in Nanaimo after ingesting unknown substance

Six inmates taken to hospital in Nanaimo after ingesting unknown substance

NANAIMO — Six convicts at the Nanaimo Correctional Centre were taken to hospital Thursday after consuming a noxious substance, possibly believing it to be an intoxicant.
University of Victoria’s rare find celebrates James Joyce

University of Victoria’s rare find celebrates James Joyce

The University of Victoria has extra reason to celebrate Bloomsday today, a worldwide salute to James Joyce’s novel Ulysses.
Carving honours Campbell River writer and conservationist Roderick Haig-Brown

Carving honours Campbell River writer and conservationist Roderick Haig-Brown

CAMPBELL RIVER — Thirty seven years after his death, Roderick Haig-Brown returned to the banks of the Campbell River on Sunday.