Victoria News

It's a year of celebrations at Vancouver Island's Fairway Market grocery store chain as it celebrates its 50th anniversary serving the grocery needs of its customers.

It was December 1978 and my family was in Victoria, British Columbia for my Dad's sabbatical.

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The 16-year-old Victoria, British Columbia, boy who was killed while biking near Arlington on a cancer charity ride was showing his support for his uncle, a cancer survivor.

Renee Alice Riley-Adams, otherwise known by her initials "RaRa," celebrated her graduation from life-coach school on Saturday in the most unusual way: For once, she followed tradition.

The family of a Victoria B.C. teen who died in an accident during a cancer charity bicycle ride on Sunday say they are heartbroken by his death.

Cathleen "Kay" Eddison learned about the Second World War in her high school history class this year.

The province's Independent Investigations Office is looking in to the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Saanich Saturday morning that involved a Victoria police officer.

Thanks to decades of geologic detective work, scientists know that on Jan. 26, 1700, at 9 p.m., a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the Pacific Northwest.

The Report Card rates 284 public and independent schools based on several factors, but primarily on mandatory provincial exams in grades 10 through 12. Only two public schools appear in the Fraser Institute's top 20 secondary schools in British Columbia, as private schools continue to dominate the controversial School Report Card ranking system.

A teen bicyclist was hit and killed Sunday morning during a fundraising bike ride passing through Arlington.

The teen was killed shortly after 10 a.m. PT on this stretch of road near Arlington, about 80 kilometres north of Seattle.

Arlington Police say just after 10 a.m., a 16-year-old boy from Victoria BC, described as a "novice rider," was riding with his mother and uncle.

Children's books with anthropomorphic animals reproduce "racist, colonial, consumerist, heteronormative, and patriarchal norms," according to paper presented at the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, in Victoria, British Columbia, reports the National Post .

Police say a speeding car hit a lamp post at the intersection of Blanshard Street and Cloverdale Avenue just after 3 a.m. PST.

On Wednesday June 12, 2013 at approximately 5:15 PM, Casey J. Hallabrin, 32, Of Joshua Tree, CA was driving a 2006 Hummer H3 eastbound on State Route 62, east of Saddleback Road .

Thanks to decades of geologic detective work, scientists know that on Jan. 26, 1700, at 9 p.m., a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the Pacific Northwest.

"Garden," a 5-by-10-foot painting by Amy Storey, is among her works on display at the New Canaan Library from June 22 to Aug. 9. Photo: Contributed Artist Amy C. Storey prefers to work from the inside out.

The CU Expo 2013 Engagement Fair was held at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland on Thursday, June 13, 2013.

The venerable Empress Hotel commands attention front and center with the stately B.C. Parliament Buildings to her left.