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The baby was a girl. As her first cries rang through the hospital room, her mother began to cry, too.

The B.C. Liberals may have stunned many British Columbians with their dramatic election-night victory, but the party says it knew a week prior that it had the public support to defeat the NDP.

The Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, which has been offering summer day camps for children with special needs for over 20 years, is now offering day camps for siblings who are not physically or emotionally challenged.

Even though Kim Dagenais can’t afford dental care for herself, she doesn’t have to worry about paying to keep her son’s teeth healthy. Because of his mother’s low income, four-year-old Avery is one of nearly 152,000 B.C.

There’s a first time for everything. And hefting a 27-pound putting stone probably fit the bill for Prince Andrew, Duke of York during Saturday’s Heavy Events Challenge at the 150th Victoria Highland Games and Celtic Festival.

A man suffering an apparent cardiac arrest on a fishing boat off Thrasher Rock, near Gabriola Island, received help Saturday afternoon from three vessels, including two from the Canadian Coast Guard.

Greater Victoria’s sewage commission approved up to $50,000 Friday to hire a communications company for the sewage treatment megaproject.

Victoria will have to either change or ignore one of its own bylaws in order to open the door to an apartment and commercial complex to be built on the old St. Andrews School site on Pandora Avenue.

They are devoted to community service, have conquered the outdoors, mastered skills in computers, music and crafts, participated in team and individual sports.

Dusty Miller stood on the steps of Government House on Friday, British medals gleaming on his chest, as he welcomed guests to a black-tie dinner for the Duke of York.