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A handful of kids enjoy the playground at Keating elementary. The play equipment will be unused for an extra week next year since the Saanich school board opted to extend spring break by a week.

Saanich school district gets 2-week spring break in 2013

Saanich school district trustees vote in favour of two week spring break next year as cost saving measure

A handful of kids enjoy the playground at Keating elementary. The play equipment will be unused for an extra week next year since the Saanich school board opted to extend spring break by a week.

Oaklands neighbourhbood campaign to save St. Albans nears deadline

Victoria residents rallying to raise $1.1 million to buy church

Welcome to the [insert corporate name here] Victoria Conference Centre

City explores whether citizens willing to sell naming rights to major public assets

B.C. Transit drivers return to calling out stops on Victoria buses

Program touted as a welcome convenience by at least one regular rider

Now the waiting begins for Victoria’s 2014 Juno Awards bid

Having submitted bid, local society will do its due diligence in advance of host city announcement

Ride on Alison Smith gets ready to ride during an International Female Ride Day event that saw about 30 women riders cruise from Langford to Sooke and back and then up the Saanich Peninsula. The idea for the ride originated in Canada in 2007 with a group of women motorcyclists who wanted to encourage other woman to take up riding.

Langford ladies lead the way on International Female Ride Day

The idea for the ride originated in Canada in 2007 with a group of women motorcyclists

Ride on Alison Smith gets ready to ride during an International Female Ride Day event that saw about 30 women riders cruise from Langford to Sooke and back and then up the Saanich Peninsula. The idea for the ride originated in Canada in 2007 with a group of women motorcyclists who wanted to encourage other woman to take up riding.

Dwarf-planet focus of science discussion at Café Scientifique

The last planet in the solar system: visiting Pluto starts at 7 p.m. on May 8 at the Solstice Café, 529 Pandora Ave.

What would change if government were majority women?

Middle school student wins video contest on political role reversal

Darwin Avenue blaze causes $100,000 in damage

A fire in a second-storey rental unit caused an estimated $100,000 in damage to a home and its contents on Darwin Avenue Thursday evening.

Dynamite sticks seized in a Sooke Road Home were each 1.5 inches in diameter and 10 inches in length with electric detonators in each stick.

Arrest of armed men leads police to dynamite stashed in Sooke Road home

The RCMP’s West Shore Street Crime Unit recovered three sticks of dynamite on Wednesday (April 30) from a Langford home on Sooke Road.

Dynamite sticks seized in a Sooke Road Home were each 1.5 inches in diameter and 10 inches in length with electric detonators in each stick.

Cars seized after Blanshard street race

Two drivers had their vehicles impounded Thursday afternoon after police were called about a pair of reckless drivers on Blanshard Street.

New airline could operate out of Victoria International Airport

NorthStar Air hopes to run flights between Victoria and Bamfield - West Coast Trail, Tofino

Patricia Walter stands on the staircase of her home with Kathleen Gilbert

Selling Victoria on the big screen

Location manager turned film commissioner reveals tricks of the trade to attract productions to Greater Victoria

Patricia Walter stands on the staircase of her home with Kathleen Gilbert
B.C. Investment Management Corp. has closed a deal to purchase 419 acres of Royal Bay properties from Lehigh Northwest Materials

Buyer found for Colwood’s Royal Bay lands

The vast and long empty Royal Bay lands in Colwood have found a buyer, a $91-billion pension investment trust based in Victoria.

B.C. Investment Management Corp. has closed a deal to purchase 419 acres of Royal Bay properties from Lehigh Northwest Materials

Greater Victoria MPs react to Harper’s first year

A year ago this week, Canadians headed to the polls to elect Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s first majority government since 2004.

City of Victoria to consider selling Harbour Road lands

Ralmax Group hoping to expand its operations on waterfront properties

This septic tanker crashed and rolled across the Trans-Canada Highway Wednesday. The driver escaped with minor injuries.

Sewage hits the fan on the Trans-Canada

TCH northbound lane closed near Thetis Lake for septic truck rollover

This septic tanker crashed and rolled across the Trans-Canada Highway Wednesday. The driver escaped with minor injuries.

City funds hazmat team, but no Victoria firefighters on specialized unit

Hazmat unit would welcome members from Victoria department: CRD

Charges unlikely after hazmat scare in downtown Victoria

Chemicals discovered prove to be household products, but crews didn;t want to take chances, fire chief says