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Most politicians would be happy just to win their race in an election. But Michelle Stilwell isn’t like most politicians. The Parksville-Qualicum MLA and government caucus chairwoman set a world record of two minutes, 14.

The City of Langford is throwing its doors open to the hot rod and classic car community after a parking dispute forced the enthusiasts out of their longtime Royal Oak hangout.

Oak Bay Police are asking the public to keep a lookout for a 55-year-old man who hasn’t been heard from since mid-June. Wayne Gerber told his family on June 13 that he was going camping, but didn’t say where.

B.C. Ferries has won approval to buy three new vessels and will seek to bring more standardization to its fleet with the purchase.

A DNA sample has been requested by Victoria police from a Surrey man, following a tip that he might be Michael Dunahee. Victoria police Const.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority will perform almost 400 more colonoscopies over the next month to clear up a backlog created after a new provincial colorectal-cancer screening program, launched in April, flooded the system.

Beecher Bay First Nation is offering evicted residents of Cheanuh Marina campsite a brief respite, but many who have built homes on the reserve land say it is not enough time.

A Greater Victoria sewage meeting devolved into procedural chaos Wednesday after politicians refused to finalize the “insane” option of a sludge facility at Hartland landfill.

The Ministry of Social Development has reversed a previous decision and will pay moving costs for a family whose belongings were put in storage after they were evicted from their Esquimalt home.

Two men have been charged in connection with a shooting on Constance Street in Esquimalt early Monday morning. Rithybuth Puv and Solin Touch are charged with pointing a firearm, discharging a firearm and other firearms offences.