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Pork and chicken flesh stuffed into shoes, cast adrift, police still investigating

NDP leader Adrian Dix visited a college campus Monday to call on the B.C. government to reinstate the student grant program it canceled in 2004.

On Sept. 8, Donate2Play Media launched its first social media game, a collaboration with local protectors of old growth forests, the Ancient Forest Alliance. The anagram game for Facebook, Wordraiser, combines images, facts and a petition related to the organization’s work, while prompting players for small donations to continue playing.

For a small club of only 20 people, the Brentwood Bay Rotary is making some big contributions to their community.

Bats can carry rabies

For Joanne Egan, the impending arrival of a grandchild four years ago kicked off her interest in that continent’s children, and their caregivers.

Tour de Rock riders will be hitting the runway before jumping on their bikes for the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock trip on Sept. 24.

A 25-year-old North Saanich man was sentenced to three months in jail, Sept. 1 after he pushed a 79-year-old Sidney man to the ground.

The defeat of the harmonized sales tax has nearly tripled B.C.'s deficit forecast for the current fiscal year, doubled it for next year, and left a $458 million gap for 2013 when the B.C. Liberal government has committed to balance the budget and call an election.

Central Saanich’s road line marking program is underway