Three crashes, 12 cars involved on Pat Bay Highway

Three separate crashes on the Pat Bay Highway involving as many as a dozen cars shut down the northbound flow of traffic for an hour and a half Friday afternoon. All the incidents occurred near the intersection of the Pat Bay and Sayward Road. The largest of the three involved seven... more

Man dies in Saanich stabbing

A 53-year-old man is dead and his 17-year-old son is in custody after a stabbing Thursday night. Police arrived at a residence in the 3900-block of Wilkinson Road just after 11:20 p.m. to find the older male suffering from life-threatening stab... more

• Naked man tasered, pepper sprayed, batoned
• Victoria going bananas
• Anti-Olympic Protest

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Tourism boss shakes up city’s image

Earns international honour When you think of Victoria, elaborate gardens, scenic coastlines and year-long golfing probably come to mind. But that wasn’t the passé image Rob Gialloreto wanted to promote when he became president and CEO of Tourism Victoria a year ago. Promotional... more

• Killer earrings combine two stores' wares
• Outlook brighter, coast loggers told
• Log exports no solution, minister says

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Shutting the P3 floodgate

Betty McWhinnie never thought of herself an activist. But when the municipality of Whistler announced it would operate its wastewater treatment plant as a public-private partnership, she got moving. McWhinnie was 83 in 2006 when she joined a grassroots organization, Whistler... more

• VIVIAN MOREAU: Shutting the P3 floodgate
• OUR VIEW: Murder info must be shared
• EDITORIAL: Murder info must be shared

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Letters to the Editor, Feb. 3

Decision to sell Lodge shortsighted The Vancouver Island Health Authority issued a request for proposals to sell Oak Bay Lodge and Mount Tolmie Hospital and replace them with corporate care “somewhere in Greater Victoria.” In front of Oak Bay council, Howard Waldner,... more

• Letters to editor, Jan. 27
• Letters to the editor, Jan. 20
• Victoria’s problems not insurmountable

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