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A 21-year-old man was in custody after an attempted robbery of a Victoria convenience store. Victoria police were alerted after a man holding a knife entered the store, on Cook Street near Pandora Avenue, about 4:30 a.m. Thursday.

Victoria police Sgt. Mike Chicorelli and Central Saanich Chief Const. Paul Hames have been named members of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces. The two Island officers received the national honour from Gov. Gen.

Victoria should reconsider where it banks if it pursues a policy of sustainable purchasing, say some city councillors. “If we’re going to procure locally, let’s procure our financial services locally as well,” Coun.

Hundreds of people will gather at Gordon Head Middle School on Sunday to celebrate the one thousand children born in B.C. each year after fertility treatments — and to support the one in six couples who struggle to have children.

Plumbers, electricians and renovation experts wielding all manner of smashing tools raced into the Mustard Seed food bank Friday on a one-week extreme makeover mission. “We are ready to tear it up,” said Dave Meade, owner of KLAD Custom Building.

Out at the far end of a treeless point on Saturna Island, looking down at the shore where killer whales rub against the rocks, sits a lonely, windswept, red-roofed building. This is, of course, Mike Duffy’s summer house.

The B.C. government moved Friday to reassure the public about the safety of the province’s bridges after the collapse of a span over the Skagit River on Interstate 5 in Washington state on Thursday.

Victoria might test drive lower speed limits in some neighbourhoods. The city has been pushing to have the province reduce the default residential speed limit to 40 kilometres an hour from 50 km/h.

B.C. teachers are dismissing Premier Christy Clark’s renewed push for a 10-year contract as a confusing and “facile” political tactic.

The source of the fire that burnt down a barn at a poultry farm in Black Creek is still under investigation. However, the fire chief of the Oyster River Fire Department, Niels Holbek, suspects it might be due to an electrical problem.