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The Fair Start program has reached the 15-year milestone. Started in 1998 by Linda Matthews and her late mother, Vera Webb, the program is a tool for collecting school supplies to give to children from low-income families.

A South Korean soccer player who held up a sign with a political message after a victory over Japan did not get a bronze Saturday when the Olympic medals were handed out in a ceremony to the rest of his team.

A elderly man with advanced Alzheimer's disease was located at Swartz Bay ferry terminal Saturday evening, a day after he was reported missing. Sidney RCMP found Frederick Vickers, 78, from Abbotsford, and reunited him with his family.

The District of Saanich has an ambitious goal to provide an urban cycling network that will place on-road bike lanes within blocks of every home.

Saanich police arrested a man at gun point after he threatened people with knives early Sunday morning. Several people were standing in front of a convenience store on the corner of Burnside Road West and Harriet Road around 1 a.m.

DENVER — The Colorado theatre shooting suspect left a good impression on people he met in his pursuit of a neuroscience career, with a reference describing him as having a “great amount of intellectual and emotional maturity.

JANESVILLE, Wis. — Even before Wisconsin sent Paul Ryan to Congress, he was meticulously carving a path that seemed to point only upward.As a young staffer in Congress, he impressed Republican lawmakers with his hustle and intellectual curiosity.

Victoria police are searching for a suspect after a business was robbed in Oak Bay Saturday evening. Around 5:45 p.m., the consignment and vintage store, House of Savoy, on Oak Bay Avenue was robbed by a male with a knife.

Two men were taken to hospital Sunday after crashing their dirt bikes during a motocross race at Western Speedway in Langford. B.C. Ambulance paramedics and Langford Fire were called to the Langford race track around 11:30 a.m.

The London Games are set to end in a blazing tribute to British pop and pizazz, with a closing ceremony that will see stars from the Spice Girls to The Who turn Olympic Stadium into a giant jukebox of musical hits.