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Head-on crash sends woman to VGH

A woman was in critical but stable condition in Victoria General Hospital after the van she was driving collided head on with a semitrailer on the highway between Port Alberni and Parksville. The woman was alone in the van, heading toward Parksville.

For Saanich park's neighbours, public dock a 23-metre eyesore

Structure will give landlocked residents better access, district says

Nature can offer divine intervention

For as long as I can remember, nature is where I have been most in touch with the mystery I call God. When I was 12, I had my first real babysitting job.

Trail dash highlights tsunami debris path

A Victoria man will today attempt to run the 47-kilometre Juan de Fuca trail - which extends along the Pacific shoreline - to raise awareness about marine pollution.

Arena liquor ban to be appealed

Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre's ongoing battle over a 10-day suspension of its liquor licence will be going back to the B.C. Court of Appeal, the arena's lawyer says. Michael Mulligan, who represents R.G. Facilities, said a B.C.

Woman robbed at bus stop

A woman who fell while resisting an armed robbery on Friday tried to flag down passing motorists for help, but no one stopped, Saanich police say. A man approached the woman on Vernon Avenue at 6: 13 a.m.

Victoria parkades get charged up

Victoria will put seven electric vehicle charging stations for public use in five city-owned parkades next spring.

'Incomprehensible evil' lands Vancouver Island killer in prison for 23 years

A Vancouver Island killer who boasted of torturing his victims has been sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 23 years for the second-degree murders of two men. "These acts were a manifestation of incomprehensible evil," B.C.