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A Saanich teenager was arrested Saturday night after assaulting two other teenagers who were leaving the Oak Bay Tea Party. The 17-year-old suspect approached the two 18-year-old victims around 9:30 p.m. as they left the Beach Drive event.

The B.C. government has paid out millions of dollars to prisoners in provincial jails to settle lawsuits filed in just over four years, The Vancouver Sun has learned. According to documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, more than $3.

A Coombs family is safe after a fire damaged part of their home on Saturday afternoon. Coombs firefighters arrived on the scene about 2:15 p.m. to find fire spreading at the rear of a house at 800 Poplar Way.

Vibrant artwork in the Mustard Seed’s newly renovated youth and volunteer room do more than feed the soul — they will also help fill the bellies of those who come to help or heal.

Sixteen old school desks are at the centre of a lesson in compassion for students at Elizabeth Buckley School. The desks had recently been replaced by new ones, purchased through fundraising efforts of the school’s parents advisory council.

The number of homeless seniors in Victoria is increasing, mirroring the aging general population, says the executive director of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness.

‘The toothpaste cannot be put back in the tube,” I said, gazing at the computer screen. Across the room, she paused before intoning: “The eagle flies at dawn.” This perplexed me.

Every Monday to Friday, 71-year-old Judie Ker leaves her house on Gorge Road about 8:30 a.m. and walks 10 minutes down the street to Craigflower Elementary.

A hunter in medical distress on a remote north Island inlet was rescued by a a Royal Canadian Armed Forces Cormorant helicopter early this morning, said Capt. Trevor Reid from 19 Wing Comox.

Nanaimo RCMP are advising merchants to be wary of debit fraud, following reports of a man and woman targetting small businesses. Several local stores have had fraudulent transactions carried out on their debit machines in the past two weeks.