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Economy will be out of the woods if we look beyond trees: researcher

Is the bullfrog threat to Victoria's water supply nothing but bull feathers? Local governments have spent thousands of dollars trying to stop the spread of the American bullfrog but the province says the amphibians pose no threat to water quality in

Prolific Victoria criminal has more than 60 convictions

Saanich police arrested a man who assaulted his girlfriend after several neighbours called to report a woman screaming Saturday night. Neighbours in the 900-block of McKenzie Avenue called police around 11 p.m.

For 85-year-old Janey Tivy, the 72nd Victoria Highland Games and Celtic Festival means more than bagpipes, tartan kilts and the haggis hurl.

Students dependent on bursaries, scholarships will mostly get help

Greater Victoria students could get 2-week holiday next year

The 23-year-old Alberni Valley man who died when his all-terrain vehicle flipped over a cliff was an experienced rider who always wore his safety gear, his family and friends said yesterday.

Meghan Wearne shivers slightly outside a Nanaimo nightclub as she waits for her cue.

Most visitors to Vancouver Island were headed to the same place at the end of the Victoria Day weekend: B.C. Ferries terminals to catch a ride back home.