Victoria News

Victoria's Aidan Knight and his five-piece band bring their latest EP, inspired by Germany's Forest Boy, to the Black Sheep Inn on May 23.

Mom is just back from another drive. This was a 3,500-mile round-trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Seven STEM teachers from Connections Academy virtual public schools across the country set sail today on board the scientific ocean drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution , as participants in the 2013 "School of Rock Expedition for Educators" professional development workshop.

"It makes it exciting, they're always trying to spice it up," Faia says. "This time you have two new regular characters who are going to be there for the season." As you can guess, Faia plays one of those new characters, with Rookie Blue returning for its fourth season, Thursday on Global and ABC.

Dr. Peter deFur, of Environmental Stewardship Concepts LLC, will tie together and update the public on the Rayonier and the Port Angeles Harbor cleanup efforts at a forum on Tuesday, 28 May at 7 PM in the Port Angeles Landing Mall 2nd floor meeting room.

Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, inspects a flag from a member from the 78th Fraser Highlanders, the 1st regiment to come from Scotland in 1757, at the opening ceremonies of the Victoria Highland Games in Victoria, B.C. Saturday May 18, 2013.

Several thousand people took in the 67th annual Cloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair Saturday.

That Civil-War-period fact is not lost to cyclists who are retracing the route, which courses northward from Alabama to Ontario, Canada.

Perhaps Alberta should open a trade office in Victoria, B.C., to boost our image and woo Premier Christy Clark.

Peter Gustavson is using cash he earned from Custom House to invest in promising firms, and has found some in Winnipeg.

One more talk is set for The Whale Trail 's series, announced today by TWT's Donna Sandstrom : "Adventures with Orcas in the North Pacific, From A1 Stubbs to Iceberg, the White Russian Bull," featuring author/researcher Erich Hoyt .

VICTORIA, B.C.: May 14, 2013 - Green Party's Jane Sterk watches as the results to come in, at her campaign office in Victoria.

Like a lot of us, Gordie Panovic of Surrey didn't know exactly how much of his gas bill goes to taxes.

Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May and Oak Bay/Gordon Head B.C. Green Party MLA candidate Andrew Weaver brave the elements to wave at traffic and speak to people along Oak Bay Ave.

British Columbia's Liberals defied common wisdom and months of abysmal polling numbers to win a majority government Tuesday, a stunning turnaround for a party and a premier written off for dead when the election started just a few weeks ago.

Victoria, British Columbia CANADA, May 14, 2013 /FSC/ - Carmanah Technologies Corporation , In two separate commercial rooftop solar projects valued at approximately $2.0M, Carmanah Technologies was awarded to design and build roof mounted solar photovoltaic systems that will deliver a total of 500kW of renewable energy for the province of Ontario.

Citizen opposition groups in Greater Victoria decry that the venture is a colossal waste of money, and residents and politicians in Esquimalt don't want treatment plants in their backyard.

British Columbia Green Party leader candidate Jane Sterk, left, answers questions from the public as BC NDP leader candidate Carole James listens during an all-candidates debate at the New Horizons Activity Centre in Victoria, B.C. Wednesday May 1, 2013.

Icicle Seafoods closed its plant in Adak last month, but fisheries business on the island didn't grind to a halt - fish buyers are moving in to fill the void left by the processor.

This innovative partnership between Canada's largest fitness company and Canada's largest airport demonstrates an incredible investment in the health and well-being of individuals travelling in and out of , Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia," said David "Patch" Patchell-Evans, GoodLife Founder & CEO.