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The suspect in a Monday night home invasion that sent an 85-year-old man to hospital has been identified as William Irving Reedel. He is due to appear in court Friday afternoon.

Clearcut logging has begun on controversy-ridden land beside the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail as developer Ender Ilkay tries to recoup costs after a failed bid to build resort cabins. “This isn’t my first, second or third choice.

A shy and reclusive heiress who lived alone for 20 years in a rambling mansion on Southwest Marine Drive left the bulk of an estate worth $40 million to the Vancouver Foundation, it was revealed Thursday.

The carved sign on the summit of Mount Douglas, reclaiming the traditional First Nations name Pkols, will stay in place for now.

A 34-year-old former youth pastor who had a sexual relationship with a teenage girl from his Colwood church was sentenced Thursday to four months in jail and two years of probation.

Longtime Esquimalt resident David Scudmore was shaking his head in dismay Thursday night as he left an open house on the proposed rezoning of McLoughlin Point for a sewage-treatment megaproject.

A 27-year-old Campbell River man will appear in court this afternoon in connection with a home invasion in Saanich on Monday night.

Controversial U.S businessman Russ George, who orchestrated a dump of more than 100 tonnes of iron sulfate into international waters off the coast of Haida Gwaii last year, has been fired by the Old Massett-based Haida Salmon Restoration Corp.

A conference this weekend on Saturna Island will highlight changes in the attitude toward and treatment of orcas.

Trevor Absolon has worked and volunteered in variety of jobs in life, from English teacher to antique dealer to volunteering as an RCMP auxiliary constable. He can now add coin designer to the list.