Local News

Oak Bay police are searching for a suspect in a Monday afternoon robbery at TD Canada Trust on Cadboro Bay Road, near Foul Bay Road.

Russ Jones took over the position of B.C.’s auditor general yesterday as his controversial predecessor John Doyle left for a similar job in his native Australia. Jones was sworn in as acting auditor general.

Around 1:30 a.m. today, staff at the Tim Hortons on Ravine Way in Saanich called police to report two unruly men had stolen some ice cream from a freezer display and fled. One employee tried to chase them down, going south on Blanshard Street.

In a raid just over a year ago, Victoria police confiscated drugs and more than $15,000 in cash stashed in an apartment on Constance Avenue in Esquimalt.

The excavation of what appears to be an ancient food storage system along the beach of Russell Island, between Fulford Harbour and Swartz Bay, is helping to cast more light on the history and development of local aboriginal groups.

A B.C. Supreme Court jury has heard how a man burst through a window with bear spray and a hammer the night Langford resident Gordon Berg was killed.

Crowbarred my butt out of the car and onto my bicycle for Bike To Work Week on Monday. I’m still waiting for the congratulatory phone call from David Suzuki. Bystanders who saw me rocket/wobble past were impressed. “Omigawd!” squealed one.

They sure weren’t swift. The boats in this year’s Swiftsure races were mired in windless conditions, but the weekend of sailing competition still had its special flair and large public following.

Jeanne Socrates may hail from the United Kingdom, but she has plenty of Victoria friends getting ready to welcome her “home” next month from an epic voyage around the world.

A Victoria woman expressed surprise and amazement Monday when Victoria police officers came to her home to ask if she had just been involved in a hit-and-run.