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Throwing banana peels into the wrong can has the potential to be costly come the new year when Victoria moves to divert kitchen scraps from the garbage.

Might buy the Christmas tree today. Or maybe I’ll just go straight to a divorce lawyer instead. It’s a bit of a yuletide tradition in our house, the annual tannenbaum tension.

Victoria’s vacancy rate is going up and rents are among the country’s highest but advocates for both tenant and landlord groups still say they are facing tough times.

New rental vacancy figures released by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. paint an increasingly positive picture for the Capital Region’s estimated 50,000 renters and their families. The vacancy rate for purpose-built apartments is up to 2.

As The Land Conservancy trims its empire to financially manageable levels, Craigflower Manor and Craigflower Schoolhouse will be handed back to the province.

Strong winds reaching nearly 100 km/h in some areas of the Georgia Strait cancelled several B.C. Ferries sailings and floatplane flights Saturday.

TORONTO - When Serena Ryder was a teenager with a fresh face and full voice, she landed an auspicious opportunity: the chance to open for Steve Earle and Missy Higgins for crowds numbering in the five digits.

TORONTO - The owner of a monkey who was found in a Toronto Ikea parking lot last weekend wearing a shearling coat is going to court to get him back.

A Saanich police officer has been handed a 90-day roadside prohibition for driving while impaired. Sgt. Dean Jantzen confirmed that the officer was pulled over by Sidney/North Saanich RCMP several weeks ago.

UPDATE, 7:30 a.m., Saturday: Oak Bay police have located Laila Szakacs in good health, at a residence in Langford. Oak Bay Police are hoping the public can help locate a missing 22-year-old woman. Laila Szakacs was last seen Dec.