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Residents of Cheanuh Marina campsite — where elaborate cabins rub shoulders with mobile homes and rickety shacks — are pooling their cash to fight for a four-month reprieve from dismantling their homes.

Even though he was a child, Alvin Dixon found it odd when he was asked to fill in sheets detailing what he had eaten during his time at Alberni Indian Residential School.

A collision between a dump truck and pickup just off Highway 1 on the Malahat highway has sent one person to hospital with serious injuries. The crash occurred at 2:45 p.m.

British Columbians who don’t want a new wireless smart meter can opt out of the program and keep their old analog meters — for a fee.

Questions about the fire that destroyed the historic Tudor House Pub in Esquimalt on Tuesday may never be answered, Esquimalt Fire Chief David Ward says.

Two men who died in a July 13 crash in Campbell River have been identified by the B.C. Coroners Service as 20-year-old Jordan Conred Stewart and 21-year-old Christopher Joseph McAuliffe. They were driving in a pickup truck just before 2 a.m.

With above-average temperatures and no significant rain since before the start of July, summer weather is firmly in place in the capital region. No temperature records have been set in the recent sunny stretch.

Neighbourhood businesses are reeling from the effects of the Tuesday morning fire that destroyed the Tudor House Pub in Esquimalt.

Victoria tourism appears to be rebounding after years in the doldrums now that sunny weather has arrived. “I think we are on a roll here,” tourism consultant Frank Bourree said on Wednesday. “May was good. June was fantastic.

Victoria could piggyback the construction of new separated bike lanes on sewer main work planned along Dallas Road. City engineering staff are recommending the city explore the possibility of installing stand-alone, two-way bike lanes along a 2.