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The government should stop hiding its list of the publicly owned property it plans to sell to balance its budget, NDP leader Adrian Dix said Wednesday.

Victoria police are hoping to find the owner of a black and silver Rocky Mountain bike. A Victoria police officer saw a cyclist in dark clothing riding the wrong way up Carlisle Avenue in Esquimalt without a helmet or lights early Wednesday.

B.C. has introduced changes to its outdated liquor laws allowing Victoria’s Belfry Theatre to raise money by auctioning off donated alcohol.

B.C. introduced a stripped-down version of its promised seniors watchdog Wednesday, but the new seniors’ advocate office won’t investigate individual complaints made by seniors.

While the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon is still eight months away, 19 winners — charities chosen by organizers to be included in the event’s Times Colonist Charity Pledge Program — were announced Wednesday.

The Information Commissioner of Canada has been asked to probe the Harper government’s efforts to prevent media and the public from obtaining information from federal scientists.

THURSDAY, FEB. 21 Pacific Baroque Festival 2013 presents Welcome to All the Pleasures: The Music of Henry Purcell. Two performances, A Little Consort, 11 a.m. and Purcell’s Fantasy, 8 p.m. at Alix Goolden Hall, 907 Pandora Ave. Tickets at pacbaroque.

The B.C. government continues to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars out of B.C. Hydro and the Insurance Corp. of B.C., in a bid to balance the provincial budget with profits that don’t really exist, the Opposition says. B.C.

B.C. snowbirds who holiday out of the province will be able to stay away longer without losing their basic medical coverage, the government said Wednesday.

He may have been a day late, but Len Barrie was not short on good humour and confidence as he came to court for the first day of a trial for unfiled taxes.