A 70-year-old Vancouver Island woman died Saturday afternoon when she fell 60 feet off a cliff in Helliwell Provincial Park on Hornby Island.

The Queen of New Westminster has been repaired and the long sailing waits between the Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen terminals that had been feared for Monday likely have been averted.

Victoria police Deputy Chief Const. John Ducker has received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his long service record.

The man who died in the scuba-diving accident in Saanich Inlet on Saturday was a member of CFB Esquimalt and might have been on a technical deep-water dive, several sources reported Sunday.

It takes time, compost and a strong back to turn clumps of hard clay at Sunriver Community Garden into fertile loam.

The past week as seen by Times Colonist photographers

More than 200 babies are born at Victoria General Hospital each year after being exposed to harmful substances during their mothers' pregnancies, usually through addictions.

Plenty of people have driven over the Blue Bridge in its time, but it's unlikely the now-doomed structure has carried a crew quite like the one I transported over it one fine day in 1987.

Startled, I froze in the doorway, key still in hand. Someone was in the house.

The lack of travel disruptions in face of reduced ferry sailings on the long weekend could indicate fewer people are taking their vehicles to and from Vancouver Island, says the president for the B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers' Union.

A partial solar eclipse today will be something to behold - as long as you protect your eyes while you're at it.

A sentencing hearing will be held Tuesday for a homeless man convicted of the attempted murder of a 25-year-old Victoria police officer last year.

It has been 57 years since Bill Donald ran trays of burgers and fries to drive-in customers at Paul's Motor Inn and Restaurant.

Provincial forestry technicians and science officers have been given authority to act as park rangers and will help patrol provincial parks this long weekend.

Carmen Archer missed her 20-year high-school reunion this month, but she had a solid excuse.

A sailor in his 70s who was looking for tsunami debris south of Prince Rupert spotted three fishermen who had been stranded on a remote island for 10 days after their fishing vessel capsized and sank.

Carol Arcus listened to the phone message in disbelief: The Vancouver Island Health Authority wanted to know if her father still wanted to be transferred from the Priory to the Lodge at Broadmead. The thing is, her dad died in 2010.

Langford Fire will spend $100,000 to upgrade its dispatch centre, according to documents released Friday, but it will still use different technology than the emergency communications centre in Saanich, making it more difficult for the two to provide backup for each other in an emergency.

Education Minister George Abbott said Thursday that he will fire the Cowichan school board if trustees proceed with plans to submit a deficit budget.

A Clayoquot Sound salmon farm is under a quarantine order and 570,000 salmon are being euthanized following confirmation of a fatal virus.

Jennifer Lannan's fight to bring her husband to Canada appears almost over.

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It is impossible to police all parks and protected areas in B.C. to prevent occasional tree thefts because they cover vast areas, Environment Minister Terry Lake said Thursday.

A Comox Valley Mountie likely saved a woman's life by running into a burning house and pulling her out early Thursday morning. Now arson investigators are trying to determine whether the fire was deliberately set.

Gorge Road shouldn't become a dumping ground for affordable-housing projects, says Victoria Coun. Shellie Gudgeon.