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THURSDAY, MARCH 28 Love Letters, presented by Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre, 8 p.m. at the McPherson Playhouse. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca. For more information, go to tel. 250-386-6121.

A young male harbour porpoise is under 24-hour watch at the Vancouver Aquarium after it was found stranded Tuesday on the shores of Saanich Inlet.

NANAIMO — The transfer of 877 hectares of heavily treed land marks a new beginning for the Snuneymuxw First Nation, its chief said Wednesday.

A 15-year-old girl was rescued from the frigid waters of Finnerty Cove Wednesday afternoon.

OTTAWA - Former MP Paul Szabo remembers the day he jammed a stick in the spokes of his own majority Liberal government's bill on reproductive technologies by getting opposition help on 76 amendments.

There are two reports of a cougar sighting in Saanich today. Saanich Police contacted the Saanich school district at 10:45 a.m. to report a cougar sighting near Claremont School and Santa Clara Avenue.

When everything is black, it’s natural to want to light a candle in the dark. So it is with the family of Kimberly Proctor. It was three years ago this month that the 18-year-old Langford girl was lured to her death by two classmates.

Traffic, drug awareness, aboriginal policing and youth remain high priorities for officers based at the Shawnigan Lake RCMP detachment at the turn of the new fiscal year.

Don’t expect to walk into your favourite tackle shop to get a 2013 salt water fishing licence any time soon.