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A Columbia Fuels driver whose truck crashed and spilled 43,000 litres of fuel into Goldstream River placed hundreds of people in jeopardy by driving while impaired and tired, prosecutor Steve Salmond told Western Communities provincial court Wednesda

The University of Victoria will resume bargaining with its support staff next week after several days of walkouts by members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

The Canadian Forces is increasing funding for treatment programs for mentally ill military personnel and veterans, a move the Opposition calls long overdue. Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Wednesday his department will spend $11.

TODAY Rifflandia, four days of music, art, cinema, food and more. To Sunday at Market Square, Royal Athletic Park, Alix Goolden Hall, Club9ONE9, Victoria Events Centre, Lucky Bar and Metro Theatre. > See the GO section, page C1; rifflandia.com.

Monitoring program had received stewardship money for 10 years

Muslim anger over perceived Western insults to Islam has exploded several times, most recently in protests this week against U.S. diplomatic posts in the Middle East.

A high-profile sit-in, billed as a massive act of peaceful civil disobedience, is being planned for the legislature lawn next month to protest possible threats that pipelines and tankers would pose to the West Coast.

By James Weir and Amir RaminTwo critical transitions are scheduled to take place in Afghanistan in 2014, the results of which will help determine the fate of the country long after foreign troops withdraw.

A man wanted in connection with a suspected fraudulent cancer fundraiser in Calgary has been arrested in Victoria. Victoria police brought a man into custody Tuesday on Yates Street, near Central Middle School.