Victoria Police Department so far sees an 8.7 per cent increase in calls compared to this time last year – responding to ...

What started as two friends chasing a dream to cycle across Canada has grown into a coast-to-coast fundraising powerhouse, with its latest stop bringing a $100,000 donation to Victoria General ...

For almost 20 years, the Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival has gathered Canadian authors and bibliophiles, and this year they invited Vancouver Island’s Zoe Dickinson to share her poetry that ...

On July 7, eight Canadian Armed Forces veterans and six civilian business leaders arrived in Courtenay after an intense two-week expedition to Mount Waddington. The mountain, once known as Mystery ...

Leo may have lived in Greater Victoria for less than five years, but the 13-year-old dog has quickly built a reputation as one of the capital region’s most well-known pooches. Without saying a word, ...

The bells of Victoria’s Christ Church Cathedral rang for an extended period on the morning of July 12 as the cathedral marked the 90th anniversary of its first ringing. Beginning at 9:30 a.m., members ...

How Metchosin residents are alerted in the event of a prison break from the William Head Institution is under scrutiny. “I think that Facebook and email just doesn’t cut it,” said Coun. Steve Gray at ...

Imagine an afternoon of carnival games that only cost a nickel. Imagine no longer! On July 24, kids can enjoy an afternoon of affordable fun when Courtenay Recreation’s annual Nickel Carnival returns ...

The Comox Valley came out to celebrate Canada Day in a big way this year. Celebrations continue at Lewis Park until 3 p.m.

Pianist Sarah Hagen presents an evening concert celebrating the gift of water on July 23 at 7 p.m. at the Comox United Church. The programme will feature Ravel’s Jeux d’eau (Water Games), Debussy’s ...

A grass fire that sparked off Highway 97 and Sneena Road, Saturday evening, was quickly doused. According to West Kelowna Fire Chief Jason Brolund, crews responded to the area at about 5:30 p.m. as ...

When a humpback whale named Pop Tart found itself in a tangle, Greater Victoria’s whale watching community sprang into action. Identified as the 2016 calf of famed Salish Sea humpback whale Big Mama, ...