Cindy E. Harnett

Over the course of Michael Bohonos’ two-hour resuscitation he’d be revived many times.

The number of customers on Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands affected by power outages was down to about 3,700 by late Friday afternoon

Three municipal councillors on Vancouver Island were elected to provincial office in the 2024 provincial election, which triggers byelections for local government in the new year.

The foundation is fundraising for a 10-year robotics program and system upgrades that will first be used in urology

The quake was centred near Sidney and D’Arcy Islands, just east of the Saanich Peninsula and about 11 kilometres from Sidney.

The Royal Bay clinic, staffed with eight family doctors paid on salary by the city, could open within two years, says the mayor.

Dr. Daniel Vigo says only about 2,500 people in B.C. have a combination of mental illness, substance use and brain injury, and even fewer are “extremely intractably disturbed”

Del Manak says the problem could be solved in part by provincial legislation to give security guards in hospitals special constable status.

Supplies come under fire, said to enable drug use instead of offering treatment.

Staff want no-smoking rules enforced, full-time security, and specialized clinicians to deal with hard-to-house residents.

The $95-million project involves widening about 3.8 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway between the McKenzie Avenue interchange and the highway off-ramp to Colwood.

But no lifeguards are planned for the popular swimming lakes, since the cost is estimated at more than $270,000 per lake

Ryan Oakley, owner of True North Group estate liquidation services, says he has purchased five dock-edge life-rings and he’s just waiting for a green light from the city to install them.

As part of cancer screening, the province launched the country’s first HPV self-screening program to catch the virus that can cause cervical cancer. Almost 30,000 have been ordered since Jan. 29.

“There’s only one story about this decision… what’s in the best interest of our family,” MLA Adam Olsen said of his decision not to run for re-election.

Everyone got out safely except one cat when a barbecue at the back of the Ontario Street house ignited the wood siding, then roof

Victoria firefighters were called Sunday night to the blaze on Ontario Street at Oswego Street

Les Sylven, who served as Central Saanich chief, earned his PhD from UVic based on a study of meditation that began soon after he was targeted in a murder-suicide plot as a first-year cop

Pen-and-paper instructions, medication, lab and radiology orders, faxes and telephone orders are set to shift to a computer-based system at 6 a.m. Saturday.

The goal is to ensure basic standards for education, licensing and professionalism.