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The Sooke school district plans to delay spending on supplies this fall in order to eliminate a projected $900,000 shortfall.

Victoria businesses will be allowed one portable sign each under proposed regulations to be discussed by city councillors today, but they’ll have to pay for the privilege.

Nick Lerik has commuted to work and travelled around Victoria for 10 years by bus. He doesn’t have a driver’s licence and sees no reason to change that. The 25-year-old hopes proposed changes to the region’s bus routes will make his commute easier.

When a computer repair specialist talked to an agitated client about incriminating material on a computer, he felt compelled to call police, the trial of a former Victoria High School teacher heard Wednesday.

A tiny Vancouver Island First Nation is challenging the federal government in an effort to halt an investment treaty with China.

The two main unions representing the 2,000-member civilian workforce at CFB Esquimalt asked members to boycott Wednesday’s annual barbecue to honour civilian employees at the base.

A search by land and sea in Nanaimo after a canoe was found adrift earlier this morning was shut down hours later when the boat’s owner reported it missing.

Premier Christy Clark is parachuting into Kelowna, the home of the Bennett political dynasty and the “cradle of free enterprise,” to try to regain a seat in the B.C. legislature.

An extortion charge against Nanaimo Hells Angels member Fred Widdifield was stayed on Monday due to delay in the judicial process.

Two bear cubs are spoonfed a mixture of baby formula and applesauce while they huddle together inside a nursery, a room with a water bowl, a small barred window and blankets, one of which holds the scent of their dead mother.