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PORT ALBERNI — A 17-year-old Port Alberni youth has been charged in Tuesday’s brutal sexual assault case, Port Alberni RCMP said.

Premier Christy Clark will send her new majority government into the legislature this summer to pass a budget for 2013, she announced Thursday.

The death of a 76-year-old Yellow Point man late last week has been deemed a homicide by police. A neighbour discovered Kenneth Benjamin Hein's body at his Wagon Wheel Trail home on May 16.

An alert Youbou resident helped to save the day after hearing cries for help in the north arm of Cowichan Lake just after midnight on May 20. The Lake Cowichan RCMP arrived to find an overturned boat on the lake. The 19.

A 2012 Porsche that was abandoned on the Spirit of Vancouver Island ferry has been impounded while police check on why the person who drove it on board opted not to drive it off.

Greater Victoria’s sewage treatment megaproject barrelled forward Wednesday after a closed-door meeting of regional politicians reaffirmed a tight new timeline that won’t wait for Esquimalt’s approval.

A large sign with the word Pkols carved into it was firmly cemented into the ground Wednesday evening as First Nations people, accompanied by hundreds of supporters, proclaimed a return to the traditional name for a place that has been known as Mount

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says an independent inquiry would be the best way to investigate the prime minister’s former chief of staff, Nigel Wright, who stepped down Sunday after it was revealed he paid the $90,000 owed by Sen.

Sit and have a coffee with Victoria police deputy chief John Ducker and you won’t go unnoticed. Count on a string of hellos and nods coming his way, a testament to his reputation as a genuinely nice guy as well as a veteran cop.

Bad drivers can count on police scrutiny this spring. Police throughout Greater Victoria are increasing enforcement against “high-risk” driving habits such as tailgating, failure to yield and running red lights.