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Crowds flocked to Moss Street for the 34th TD Art Gallery Paint-In on Saturday (July 15) in Victoria. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Thousands visit 34th TD Art Gallery Paint-In

Moss Street was lined with artists displaying their work

Crowds flocked to Moss Street for the 34th TD Art Gallery Paint-In on Saturday (July 15) in Victoria. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Victoria firefighters battle a blaze at a Government Street car dealership. (File courtesy of Brandon Kainz)

Victoria police investigating suspicious car dealership fire

Early morning blaze saw two cars damaged at Mercedes dealership on Government Street

Victoria firefighters battle a blaze at a Government Street car dealership. (File courtesy of Brandon Kainz)
From left to right: Joe Cunliffe, Shannon Madill, Mike Madill, Hollis Turbine, Jason Gray outside My-Chosen Cafe in Metchosin. Cunliffe, Turbine and Gray are set to take over the establishment on Friday (July 14). (Courtesy of Joe Cunliffe)

‘Pass the torch’: Iconic Metchosin cafe sold after 36 years of ownership

New owners say the plan is to continue with a ‘business-as-usual approach’

From left to right: Joe Cunliffe, Shannon Madill, Mike Madill, Hollis Turbine, Jason Gray outside My-Chosen Cafe in Metchosin. Cunliffe, Turbine and Gray are set to take over the establishment on Friday (July 14). (Courtesy of Joe Cunliffe)
Lynn Osborn adopted Libre (Spanish for “Freedom”) from Malaga, Spain around two years ago. She recently took in a second galgo or Spanish greyhound a few weeks ago. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

‘Couch potatoes’: Vancouver Island group rescues Spanish greyhounds

Lynn Osborn is part of a Vancouver Island group that’s homed 26 galgos in B.C. and Alta.

Lynn Osborn adopted Libre (Spanish for “Freedom”) from Malaga, Spain around two years ago. She recently took in a second galgo or Spanish greyhound a few weeks ago. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Joseph Singers and Dancers from Esquimalt Nation performed at Spencer Middle School to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day on (Wednesday) June 14. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Langford school marks National Indigenous Peoples Day

Joseph Singers and Dancers from Esquimalt Nation were there to teach about Indigenous culture

Joseph Singers and Dancers from Esquimalt Nation performed at Spencer Middle School to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day on (Wednesday) June 14. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Head coach James Merriman watches on during Pacific FC’s pre-season training, held at the PISE (Pacific Institute for Sport Education) in Saanich on Feb. 24. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Pacific FC hosts Father’s Day Nash soccer reunion in Langford

York United head coach Martin Nash joined his dad John on the field at Starlight Stadium

Head coach James Merriman watches on during Pacific FC’s pre-season training, held at the PISE (Pacific Institute for Sport Education) in Saanich on Feb. 24. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Head coach James Merriman watches on during Pacific FC’s pre-season training, held at the PISE (Pacific Institute for Sport Education) in Saanich on Feb. 24. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Pacific FC host Father’s Day Nash reunion

York United head coach Martin Nash joined his dad John on the field at Starlight Stadium

Head coach James Merriman watches on during Pacific FC’s pre-season training, held at the PISE (Pacific Institute for Sport Education) in Saanich on Feb. 24. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
The Donnie Creek wildfire burns in an area between Fort Nelson and Fort St. John, B.C. photo. The Peace River Regional District issued a new evacuation order as well as an alert Sunday in response to two wildfires burning in northeastern British Columbia. (Courtesy of The Canadian Press/Ho, BC Wildfire Service)

Busy start to wildfire season for Metchosin fire department

Crews off to wildfire deployments on the mainland

The Donnie Creek wildfire burns in an area between Fort Nelson and Fort St. John, B.C. photo. The Peace River Regional District issued a new evacuation order as well as an alert Sunday in response to two wildfires burning in northeastern British Columbia. (Courtesy of The Canadian Press/Ho, BC Wildfire Service)
A crane driver works above the new post-secondary campus location at 798 Goldstream Ave. in Langford on April 27. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Cheaper housing needed to slow tradespeople shortage: Victoria builders

B.C. has set new housing targets, but who will actually build them?

A crane driver works above the new post-secondary campus location at 798 Goldstream Ave. in Langford on April 27. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Valerie Frances Oliver (left) working with the crew on her new film Mary Two Bears. (Courtesy of Valerie Frances Oliver)

Indigenous short film shot in Greater Victoria calls for land preservation

First-time producer Valerie Frances Oliver shot the film in Langford and Sooke Potholes

Valerie Frances Oliver (left) working with the crew on her new film Mary Two Bears. (Courtesy of Valerie Frances Oliver)
Brooklyn Alexander is headed to Poland as part of Team Canada to compete in the IDO World Hip Hop, Popping, & Breaking Championships. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Langford hip-hop dancer going to worlds with national team

Brooklyn Alexander will be popping and locking in Poland come October

Brooklyn Alexander is headed to Poland as part of Team Canada to compete in the IDO World Hip Hop, Popping, & Breaking Championships. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
The entrance to Country Club Way is now closed, with people looking to access the trails behind either having to sign a waiver if they live in Bear Mountain or pay a $45 access fee. (Black Press Media file)

Langford mulls land expropriation over controversial $45 Bear Mountain trail fee

Motion calls to explore all legal options

The entrance to Country Club Way is now closed, with people looking to access the trails behind either having to sign a waiver if they live in Bear Mountain or pay a $45 access fee. (Black Press Media file)
Koko Farion (left) and Justin Holmes are both starring in their first film, a short independent romance called Sandcastles. (Courtesy of Susan Ko)

‘I want to be a superstar’: Two Islanders make acting debut in indie film

Sandcastles is a romance between two characters with learning disabilities

Koko Farion (left) and Justin Holmes are both starring in their first film, a short independent romance called Sandcastles. (Courtesy of Susan Ko)
Teaghan Dillon (left) and Michael Lee Maizik (right) wrote and ilustrated respectively The Adventure of 2 Stray Dogs, in the hopes of raising awareness and funds for animal shelters. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Two Langford teens write book to help animal shelters

Teaghan Dillon wrote The Adventure of 2 Stray Dogs and Michael Lee Maizik drew the illustrations

Teaghan Dillon (left) and Michael Lee Maizik (right) wrote and ilustrated respectively The Adventure of 2 Stray Dogs, in the hopes of raising awareness and funds for animal shelters. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Several of the pride banners the City of Langford put up along Goldstream Avenue were vandalized less than a day after being installed. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

Five Pride banners vandalized within 24 hours in Langford

Banners sprayed with paint, replaced by city staff

Several of the pride banners the City of Langford put up along Goldstream Avenue were vandalized less than a day after being installed. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Victoria boxer Brandon Colantonio is set to enter the ring in front of a hometown crowd for his second pro bout on Saturday (June 1). (Black Press Media file)

Pro boxing coming to Victoria

Saturday’s event features former Olympians and several local fighters

Victoria boxer Brandon Colantonio is set to enter the ring in front of a hometown crowd for his second pro bout on Saturday (June 1). (Black Press Media file)
Provincial Environment Minister George Heyman announces $10 million in funding for the BC Parks Foundation outside Goldstream Nature House in Goldstream Provincial Park on June 1. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

B.C. gives $10M to parks foundation to expand programs

Money will fund programming, including park ambassadors

Provincial Environment Minister George Heyman announces $10 million in funding for the BC Parks Foundation outside Goldstream Nature House in Goldstream Provincial Park on June 1. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service has killed six cougars in and around Metchosin and Greater Victoria this year. (Pixabay)

Six cougars killed in Greater Victoria by conservation officers after livestock deaths

Conservation officers said they have had a large number of calls about cougars attacking livestock

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service has killed six cougars in and around Metchosin and Greater Victoria this year. (Pixabay)
Colwood resident Tammy Donaldson videoed a Black bear walking by blue recycling bins laid out on Elizabeth Ann Drive near Wishart and Latoria at around noon on Tuesday (May 30). (Courtesy of Tammy Donaldson/Facebook)

VIDEO: Garbage warning issued after bear inspects West Shore recycling bins

Bear wandered down Colwood street, looking in recycling bins

Colwood resident Tammy Donaldson videoed a Black bear walking by blue recycling bins laid out on Elizabeth Ann Drive near Wishart and Latoria at around noon on Tuesday (May 30). (Courtesy of Tammy Donaldson/Facebook)
Oak Bay resident Doug Clarke posted a photo of a male deer with a growth at the bottom of its left antler, taken on May 22 in the Rockland neighbourhood. (Courtesy of Doug Clarke/Facebook)

Abnormal growth on Oak Bay deer likely caused by injury

While photo diagnosis isn’t conclusive, local vet says tumour or ‘cactus buck’ unlikely

Oak Bay resident Doug Clarke posted a photo of a male deer with a growth at the bottom of its left antler, taken on May 22 in the Rockland neighbourhood. (Courtesy of Doug Clarke/Facebook)