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Two people were unhurt but their boat received significant damage after a grounding near Swartz Bay this evening. The 46-foot yacht, based in Canoe Cove, ran aground on a shallow reef at 5:50 p.m.

The Cat in the Hat came back, but it took him almost 56 years. A 1957 first-edition copy of The Cat in the Hat, signed by author Dr.

Calls for the Royal Canadian Navy to scrap or replace its beleaguered fleet of submarines are premature, says retired rear-admiral Tyrone Pile.

Premier Christy Clark has handed out pay hikes to political staffers, bumping the maximum pay for assistants above the salary of an MLA.

• First-generation antipsychotics include chlorpromazine, droperidol, flupenthixol, fluphenazine, haloperidol, mesoridazine, perhpenazine, pimozide, prochlorperazine, promethazine, thioridazine, thiothixene, trifluoperazine, and zuclopenthixol • Seco

There is no evidence of a direct cause-and-effect relationship in statistics showing the number of youth who die while taking antipsychotics, but there is reason to be concerned and investigate, says a B.C. researcher.

It’s 2 p.m. Monday and Victoria’s Cannabis Buyers Club is hopping in a way that would make any retailer green as grass with envy. Half a dozen people are lined up to buy cookies, oils, capsules, whatever.

Warning: This story contains graphic content. - - - A North Saanich man who sat at his computer and directed a Chinese father to sexually assault his young son will be sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court on June 27.

Gordon Berg’s relatives were out in force Monday to see the man who killed him sentenced for second-degree murder. B.C.

Less will be more when it comes to building a new deck on the Inner Harbour side of the landmark CPR Steamship Building, says Coun. Pam Madoff.