Hugo Wong

Service dog trainer and veteran Tyson King is training Groot to help him with his own PTSD. Groot is replacing his longtime service dog Cully, who he recently retired to a fellow veteran as a pet. (Hugo Wong/News Staff)

Vancouver Island veteran finds peace, and his calling training service dogs

Service dog helped Tyson King deal with post-traumatic stress disorder

Service dog trainer and veteran Tyson King is training Groot to help him with his own PTSD. Groot is replacing his longtime service dog Cully, who he recently retired to a fellow veteran as a pet. (Hugo Wong/News Staff)
Seamus Weeks (file photo)

Online sexual exploitation leads to jail time for B.C. man

Seamus Weeks will be on sex offender registry for life

Seamus Weeks (file photo)
Dustin Hamilton has an 8,000 watt amplifier powered by five car batteries in the back of his PT Cruiser, but he can no longer play it while in Central Saanich. (Hugo Wong/News staff)

Loud stereo brings clear message from court

Central Saanich man granted conditional discharge for blaring car stereo on West Saanich Road

Dustin Hamilton has an 8,000 watt amplifier powered by five car batteries in the back of his PT Cruiser, but he can no longer play it while in Central Saanich. (Hugo Wong/News staff)
Dustin Hamilton has an 8,000-watt amplifier powered by five car batteries in the back of his PT Cruiser, but he can no longer play it while in Central Saanich. (Hugo Wong/News staff)

Loud car stereo lands man in court

Mischief charge for Central Saanich man who is not permitted to play his car stereo

Dustin Hamilton has an 8,000-watt amplifier powered by five car batteries in the back of his PT Cruiser, but he can no longer play it while in Central Saanich. (Hugo Wong/News staff)
The Victoria housing market is still considered vulnerable, according to the latest CMHC assessment. (Black Press files)

Victoria’s housing market remains vulnerable

Houses on sale for longer, sell for lower

The Victoria housing market is still considered vulnerable, according to the latest CMHC assessment. (Black Press files)
The proposed Sidney Crossing commercial development on Victoria Airport Authority land near Sidney. (Omicron)

Reaction divided on Sidney Crossing development cancellation

Incoming mayor skeptical another developer could easily pick up the project

The proposed Sidney Crossing commercial development on Victoria Airport Authority land near Sidney. (Omicron)
Sidney/North Saanich RCMP blocked a section of Lands End Road for several hours on Monday, July 9. (Hugo Wong/Peninsula News Review)

North Saanich residents commended for bravery in crash response

Seven residents did not hesitate after serious single-vehicle crash

Sidney/North Saanich RCMP blocked a section of Lands End Road for several hours on Monday, July 9. (Hugo Wong/Peninsula News Review)
Master Corp. Eric Demers, a medic with the Canadian Provincial Reconstruction Team, jokingly grimaces as he asks a young boy to squeeze his fingers as part of an examination in Kandahar in September 2005. Now retired from the military, Demers says physician assistants could be a way to increase care for B.C. patients. (Photo by Sgt. Jerry Kean, Canadian Armed Forces)

Physician assistants say they can help B.C. health care woes

Reducing wait times, improving doctor efficiency is the goal

Master Corp. Eric Demers, a medic with the Canadian Provincial Reconstruction Team, jokingly grimaces as he asks a young boy to squeeze his fingers as part of an examination in Kandahar in September 2005. Now retired from the military, Demers says physician assistants could be a way to increase care for B.C. patients. (Photo by Sgt. Jerry Kean, Canadian Armed Forces)
Saanich Peninsula artists open their doors for studio tour
Saanich Peninsula artists open their doors for studio tour
Central Saanich Police officers will get to use cannabis, but not within 24 hours of their next shift. (File photo)

Central Saanich will allow police officers to use pot

Marijuana use by officers not allowed 24 hours before duty

Central Saanich Police officers will get to use cannabis, but not within 24 hours of their next shift. (File photo)
Coastal rowing a big success in Sidney

Coastal rowing a big success in Sidney

World Coastal Rowing Championship organizers celebrate end of North American debut

Coastal rowing a big success in Sidney
(File)

Sidney-Anacortes ferry stops Oct. 22 to Nov. 4

Vessel re-assigned as seven sister ships need repairs

(File)
Sidney transforms for Hallmark Christmas film

Sidney transforms for Hallmark Christmas film

Real snow on Sidney Pier provided by Satellite Fish Co.

Sidney transforms for Hallmark Christmas film
What you need to know about pot on planes

What you need to know about pot on planes

Victoria airport educates travellers about flying with marijuana

What you need to know about pot on planes
The Powell River Queen is one of the vessels that will be replaced by BC Ferries by 2021. (BC Ferries)

Gulf Islands to get smaller ferries, more sailings

New BC Ferries strategy promises fewer delays

The Powell River Queen is one of the vessels that will be replaced by BC Ferries by 2021. (BC Ferries)
New BC Ferries website coming soon

New BC Ferries website coming soon

More pricing options, better mobile experience coming in the spring

New BC Ferries website coming soon
95 and 93 years young: Sidney women still work out three times a week

95 and 93 years young: Sidney women still work out three times a week

Sidney Curves clients celebrate big birthdays with cake

95 and 93 years young: Sidney women still work out three times a week
B.C. Aviation Museum starts challenging restoration of Lancaster Bomber

B.C. Aviation Museum starts challenging restoration of Lancaster Bomber

Five trucks delivered the bomber in pieces to North Saanich museum

B.C. Aviation Museum starts challenging restoration of Lancaster Bomber
Refugee family reunites at Victoria airport

Refugee family reunites at Victoria airport

Syrian refugee sees her son for the first time in years

Refugee family reunites at Victoria airport
Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation Executive Director Karen Morgan shows off the new post-anaesthesia care unit at the hospital, one of the Foundation’s successful fundraising campaigns. (Steven Heywood/News staff)

Peninsula hospital foundation to raise $2 million to woo new doctors

Plan includes more centres like Sidney-based Peninsula Medical

Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation Executive Director Karen Morgan shows off the new post-anaesthesia care unit at the hospital, one of the Foundation’s successful fundraising campaigns. (Steven Heywood/News staff)