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North Saanich could end up hiring third party to monitor pickleball courts

A new report pegs the annual cost of hiring a third party to monitor use of pickleball courts in North Saanich at $12,000. (Black Press Media file photo).

Other options up for consideration include use of cameras and timed locks

by Wolf Depner
2h ago

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At an outdoor drive-in convocation ceremony, Mount Royal University bestows an honorary Doctor of Laws on Blackfoot Elder and residential school survivor Clarence Wolfleg in Calgary on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

‘You didn’t get the best of me’: Residential school survivor gets honorary doctorate
- 8h ago
Barred owls dominate Greater Victoria owl-scape
- 3h ago
Victoria home sales slightly behind last June’s pace
- 3h ago
8 old-growth logging protesters arrested in Fairy Creek watershed Friday
- 1h ago
Edmonton man reportedly smashes van’s windows with hammer while woman and her dog inside
- updated 7h ago

The Walmart store along Highway 16 will be removing its traditional belt checkout lines and offering a “100 per cent self-checkout” option to customers. (Black Press File Photo)

Walmart getting rid of human cashiers at B.C. store as part of pilot project

by Binny Paul

updated 1 min ago

A million-dollar ticket was sold to an individual in Vernon from the Lotto Max draw Friday, June 11, 2021. (Photo courtesy of BCLC)

Lottery ticket worth $1 million sold in Vernon

by Brendan Shykora

updated 48 mins ago

Guns, $60K worth of pot products seized in commercial bust: Vancouver police

Cannabis 19+

Want to name the largest sturgeon ever caught by this BC hatchery? Here is your chance!

West Coast Traveller

“65 years, I’ve carried the stories in my mind and live it every day,” says Jack Kruger. (Athena Bonneau)

‘Maybe this time they will listen’: Survivor shares stories from B.C. residential school

by Local Journalism Initiative

55 mins ago

A logging truck carries its load down the Elaho Valley near in Squamish, B.C. in this file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chuck Stoody

Squamish Nation calls for old-growth logging moratorium in its territory

by The Canadian Press

60 mins ago

Flowers and cards are left at a makeshift memorial at a monument outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School to honour the 215 children whose remains are believed to have been discovered buried near the city in Kamloops, B.C., on Monday, May 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

‘Pick a Sunday:’ Indigenous leaders ask Catholics to stay home, push for apology

by The Canadian Press

1h ago

Pick up the <em>Financial Literacy Guide</em> from locations around Greater Victoria, or read the e-edition online.

Financial Literacy Guide shares what local families need to know now

How to tell if a call from ‘CRA’ is legitimate or a scam

NDP MP Leah Gazan rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, June 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

NDP calls on Ottawa to recognize residential schools as genocide

Vancouver Island First Nations and others gathered near Victoria’s harbour and on the lawn of the legislature to honour the 215 children who never came home from a Kamloops residential school. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Island First Nations canoe, drum, sing in Victoria to honour 215 residential school children

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks between buildings in the Parliamentary precinct in Ottawa on Friday May 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Trudeau says government looking at plan for return of international tourists

Victims of Pulse nightclub massacre remembered 5 years later

49 people killed in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Florida were honored in Orlando and around the world on Saturday

by Associated Press

15 mins ago

RCMP say an officer died tragically while on duty early Saturday, June 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Tim Taylor

Sask. RCMP officer on-duty dies during traffic stop

Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore says 26-year-old Const. Shelby Patton had been following a truck, which was allegedly stolen

by The Canadian Press

updated 30 mins ago

Relative of slain London, Ont. family says public support made him feel less alone
- updated 4h ago
104 ‘potential graves’ detected at site of former residential school in Manitoba
- updated 4h ago
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Esquimalt’s temporary urgent and primary care centre to open Monday
- 5h ago
Queen Victoria statue at B.C. legislature vandalized Friday
- updated 6h ago
Vancouver police officer charged with assault during an arrest in 2019
- 6h ago

Peninsula farmers markets ready to welcome back patrons

Both the Peninsula Country Market and North Saanich Farm Market plan to expand offerings in the summer

by Victoria News Staff

FRESH AND LOCAL: Greater Victoria farm markets ready to greet shoppers

A list of markets on the go this spring and summer, right into fall

by Victoria News Staff

12h ago

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