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A Port Renfrew man has had his conviction for three offences under the Wildlife Act overturned by the Supreme Court of B.C.

Victoria has been named one of the most boring cities in Canada, and we are outraged. Or indifferent. Here in Dullsville-by-the-Water, it’s hard to tell.

A former Victoria High School teacher could not explain how photographs of a woman’s underwear drawer and the inside of her house ended up on his camera.

The Capital Regional District will no longer pursue CFB Esquimalt land as a possible site for a sewage-treatment plant or sludge facility.

Premier Christy Clark’s cabinet, announced in Vancouver on June 7, 2013.

The Island Highway between Helmcken Road and Burnside Road West has reopened after a break in the water main forced motorists onto the Trans-Canada Highway instead. The rupture occured about 1:30 p.m., and the road reopened at 4:30 p.m.

Tough new rules for supervised drug consumption sites introduced by the federal government Thursday are an attempt to close down Vancouver’s InSite and prevent communities such as Victoria from opening facilities, critics say.

Every day, Richard Patterson wakes up in what he calls one of the most peaceful spots in Victoria, where he doesn’t have to worry about loud neighbours or paying rent.

Having received more than 100 complaints, Victoria councillors decided Thursday to dip their toes into the murky regulatory waters surrounding liveaboards and derelict boats anchored in the Gorge Waterway near the Selkirk Trestle.

Had the law been applied as the Conservatives’ get-tough-on-crime agenda demands, an 86-year-old Sidney war hero would have gone to prison for three years on Thursday. In the end, sanity prevailed.