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Children playing minor hockey will face a lower risk of injury as a result of Hockey Canada’s decision to ban bodychecking at the peewee level, Harold Bloomenthal, president of Juan de Fuca Minor Hockey, said Saturday.

The 70th running of the Swiftsure International Yacht Race drew 194 registered boats to local waters Saturday — typical numbers but well below those from the height of the event’s popularity in the 1980s.

Police are looking for passengers of a packed bus who may have witnessed a gruesome fatal collision on the Stanley Park causeway that killed a female cyclist and shut down the Lions Gate Bridge Saturday night.

On Saturday morning around 10 a.m., Vancouver resident and amateur photographer Anthony Ellis snapped a photo of the North Shore Mountain.

More than 1,000 runners and 1,000 spectators came out for the Peninsula Runners Oak Bay Kool Half Marathon Sunday morning, according to police estimates. “It had one of the largest turnouts I’ve seen,” said Oak Bay police Sgt. Ian Craib.

West Shore RCMP are warning campers in Goldstream Park to be on the alert for cougars, following a sighting reported early Sunday morning. Witnesses said the cougar could be heard in the campground area at around 4:45 a.m.

Passion radiates from Nathalie Chambers as she describes her plan to save the world — one piece of farmland at a time.

More than 7,000 Greater Victoria residents will choose two-wheeled transit this week, say the organizers of a campaign to encourage cycling. The goal of Bike to Work Week is to entice more commuters to embrace cycling as a means of transportation.

A 17-year-old Langford man was sent to hospital with serious injuries after he was struck by a car near Tillicum mall on Friday night. The young man was crossing Tillicum Road near Maddock Avenue mid-block, just after 10 p.m.

Hundreds of Victoria residents gathered at the legislature Saturday as part of a global rally against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces.