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A 16-year-old high school student is in hospital in serious condition while police hunt for the man who sexually assaulted her in Port Alberni on Tuesday.

A 16-year-old high school student is in hospital in serious condition while police hunt for the man who sexually assaulted her in Port Alberni on Tuesday.

[Update:10 a.m.] The leak is cleaned up and the plaza reopened. Shelbourne Plaza in Saanich was evacuated this morning as a precaution after a gas leak, say police. Around 8 a.m.

A B.C. man missing and feared kidnapped in Mexico is facing drug charges in Victoria Supreme Court.

The Royal Jubilee Hospital’s new Gamma-CT scanner helped Carrie Birch face the fear of a third battle with cancer.

Victoria and Nanaimo residents fed up with petty acts of theft have taken to social media to help clean up their neighbourhoods.

It’s tough to persuade a suffering 1,000-kilogram Steller sea lion to stay still so that the fishing gear or garbage slowly killing it can be removed.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she’s surprised by controversy around her support of a petition to change the name of Victoria Day. “I don’t mind taking controversial positions, but I didn’t think this was one of them,” May said Tuesday.

An 85-year-old man is in hospital with serious head injuries after a home invasion late Monday. Saanich police were alerted to an incident on James Heights, a small street just off Maplewood Road and bordering Cedar Hill Golf Course, about 10:20 p.m.

Victoria businesses who use city property as their own private parking lots might have to start paying for the privilege.