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The kindness of strangers is making a difference for Dave Inglis, who was paralyzed from the chest down last fall after being struck by a falling tree at Elk Lake.

Jackson and Odin have a lot in common. The dogs are in side-by-side kennels at the veterinary hospital after tangling with vehicles — and both are relying on donations to pay for surgery and metal plates in their shattered legs.

It’s humpback heaven in Juan de Fuca Strait with massive humpbacks almost taking the tourism spotlight off killer whales.

A 58-year-old convenience store owner has been convicted of sexual assault causing bodily harm to one of his young employees. On Wednesday, B.C.

Greater Victoria, with its 13 municipalities, presents a nearly perfect setting for an unsustainable “destructive interaction” between neighbouring jurisdictions, says a new research paper written by University of Victoria economists.

The luxury mansion built for Bear Mountain developer Len Barrie is back on the market at less than half of last year’s asking price.

After an unknown amount of recyclable material from this year’s Oak Bay Tea Party ended up in the garbage, disappointed volunteers are being assured that care will be taken to prevent such a mistake from happening again.

The Supreme Court of B.C. firearm possession charge against Simon Dockerill continued in Nanaimo Tuesday. Dockerill was involved in a May 2010 shootout in Nanaimo during which John Charles Borden, 47, was shot and died.

A British study has identified the age at which men finally grow up -- and it’s 43. That’s 11 years later than their female counterparts, according to research commissioned by Nickelodeon UK.

West Shore RCMP responded to a crash at the Esquimalt Lagoon just after 12 a.m. early Wednesday to find the vehicle abandoned, with significant damage to its front end. Cpl.