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Saanich police are looking for information about individuals associated with a car at the Uptown Shopping Centre on May 29 who are believed to be involved in the investigation into serious threats. (Courtesy of Saanich police)

Saanich police look to identify suspects in ‘serious threats’ investigation

Individuals got in a car at Uptown Shopping Centre

Saanich police are looking for information about individuals associated with a car at the Uptown Shopping Centre on May 29 who are believed to be involved in the investigation into serious threats. (Courtesy of Saanich police)
Saanich police thank the public for their help locating a woman reported missing earlier this month. (Black Press Media file photo)

UPDATE: Missing 30-year-old woman located safe, say Saanich police

Christine Pash was located and is safe, according to officers

Saanich police thank the public for their help locating a woman reported missing earlier this month. (Black Press Media file photo)
Detectives say this found wallet found last year is linked to an investigation from the 1980s. (Courtesy of Saanich Police Department)

Detectives find Good Samaritans who turned in wallet linked to 1980s Saanich case

Police offer no further details of the historic file

Detectives say this found wallet found last year is linked to an investigation from the 1980s. (Courtesy of Saanich Police Department)
Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers and the Saanich Police Department are looking to ID a suspect after a wheel of Gouda was stolen. (Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers/Twitter)

Suspect sought after $600 wheel of Gouda cheese stolen in Greater Victoria

Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers takes to social media to help ID suspect

Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers and the Saanich Police Department are looking to ID a suspect after a wheel of Gouda was stolen. (Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers/Twitter)
The Galloping Goose trail on May 25 as Saanich police investigate after a body was found in the area. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

UPDATE: Trail reopens as police investigate body found in Saanich

Section where the Galloping Goose and Lochside trails meet was closed for the morning

The Galloping Goose trail on May 25 as Saanich police investigate after a body was found in the area. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
Detectives are looking to speak with two Good Samaritans who found a wallet linked to an investigation from the 1980s. (Courtesy of Saanich Police Department)

Good Samaritans found wallet linked to 1980s Saanich police investigation

Detectives looking to speak with residents who turned in the wallet

Detectives are looking to speak with two Good Samaritans who found a wallet linked to an investigation from the 1980s. (Courtesy of Saanich Police Department)
Capt. Noah Elam of the Saanich Fire Department is deployed to Fort St. John after request for support from the BC Wildfire Service. (Saanich Fire Department/Twitter)

Saanich sends firefighter to lead team battling B.C. wildfires

Capt. Noah Elam heads for Prince George Fire Centre as B.C. faces 72 fires

Capt. Noah Elam of the Saanich Fire Department is deployed to Fort St. John after request for support from the BC Wildfire Service. (Saanich Fire Department/Twitter)
The Univesity of Victoria received a $2.4-million boost for its cycling, walking and active transportation infrastructure from the federal government on May 17. (Courtesy of UVic)

Feds pump up UVic’s cycling, active transportation infrastructure

Almost $11 million in funding for active transportation projects coming to the Island

The Univesity of Victoria received a $2.4-million boost for its cycling, walking and active transportation infrastructure from the federal government on May 17. (Courtesy of UVic)
Saanich was ranked 40th in a list of the top 100 happiest cities in Canada. (Black Press Media file photo)

Saanich tops Island communities on list of happiest cities

B.C. communities struggle to crack top half of happiest Canadian cities list

Saanich was ranked 40th in a list of the top 100 happiest cities in Canada. (Black Press Media file photo)
One person praised Saanich fire for their work showing the staging area and estimating a half-kilometre of hose to tackle the April 25 blaze. (Gerald Mikkers/Facebook)

Saanich firefighters tackle significant structure fire near Elk Lake

Witnesses report explosions, record plumes of dark smoke

One person praised Saanich fire for their work showing the staging area and estimating a half-kilometre of hose to tackle the April 25 blaze. (Gerald Mikkers/Facebook)
Missing Saanich man Bernard ‘Ben’ Fournier was last seen on surveillance video April 16, walking south on Mill Bay Road. (Courtesy Shawnigan RCMP)

Shawnigan Lake police take over missing Saanich man search after car found

Bernard ‘Ben’ Fournier left his residence on April 16 bound for Nanaimo

Missing Saanich man Bernard ‘Ben’ Fournier was last seen on surveillance video April 16, walking south on Mill Bay Road. (Courtesy Shawnigan RCMP)
Saanich police are seeking help locating Bernard “Ben” Fournier last believed to be heading to Nanaimo in his 2004 brown or gold Ford Taurus with BC license plate CDV074. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department) (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)

Missing man may be headed for Nanaimo in gold Ford Taurus: Saanich police

Bernard ‘Ben’ Fournier was last seen or heard from April 16

Saanich police are seeking help locating Bernard “Ben” Fournier last believed to be heading to Nanaimo in his 2004 brown or gold Ford Taurus with BC license plate CDV074. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department) (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)
UVic’s Julia Baum, left, and Hansi Singh are professors in biology and earth and ocean sciences, respectively. A new program at the university looks to equip the new generation to help solve the climate crisis. (Courtesy of UVic)

New UVic program strives to make students climate change solution leaders

Students to take an interdisciplinary approach to climate mitigation and adaptation

UVic’s Julia Baum, left, and Hansi Singh are professors in biology and earth and ocean sciences, respectively. A new program at the university looks to equip the new generation to help solve the climate crisis. (Courtesy of UVic)
Rounds of nine-millimetre and .22-calibre ammunition seized by Saanich police on April 11. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)

Man charged after loaded revolver, almost 500 rounds of ammunition seized in Saanich

Revolver originally stolen in 2021 break-and-enter in Port McNeil

Rounds of nine-millimetre and .22-calibre ammunition seized by Saanich police on April 11. (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)
Saanich police say a driver crashed, shearing down a power pole, closing Quadra Street in the early hours of April 13. (Google Maps)

TRAFFIC: Early morning crash takes out power pole, closes Quadra Street in Saanich

Police close Quadra from Ambassador to Rogers after early morning crash

Saanich police say a driver crashed, shearing down a power pole, closing Quadra Street in the early hours of April 13. (Google Maps)
Robina Thomas, University of Victoria vice-president, Indigenous, outside the newly named Cheko’nien House, named after the territory that is now called Oak Bay. (Courtesy University of Victoria)

VIDEO: UVic adds Lekwungen names to two new buildings

One is called Cheko’nien House. Construction on the other, called Sngequ House, will be done in Sept.

Robina Thomas, University of Victoria vice-president, Indigenous, outside the newly named Cheko’nien House, named after the territory that is now called Oak Bay. (Courtesy University of Victoria)
Upgrades into trails and other work protecting ecologically sensitive areas in Gowlland Tod Provincial Park are expected to take until mid-June. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

Ecological protection, trail upgrades start in Gowlland Tod Provincial Park

Trail boardwalks, bridges, and signs coming while some sensitive areas being protected

Upgrades into trails and other work protecting ecologically sensitive areas in Gowlland Tod Provincial Park are expected to take until mid-June. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)
A team spent more than two hours redirecting a juvenile elephant away from the Trans-Canada Highway in Saanich. (Gorge Tillicum Community Association/Facebook)

Wrong turn leads elephant seal to highway in Saanich

Teamwork needed to return seal to Colquitz Creek

A team spent more than two hours redirecting a juvenile elephant away from the Trans-Canada Highway in Saanich. (Gorge Tillicum Community Association/Facebook)
Vikes track runner Jennifer Erickson stands atop the podium after her U SPORTS 3,000m win. (Courtesy of Electric Umbrella/Huskie Athletics)

Walk-on runner becomes track national champion in second lap at UVic

Jennifer Erickson the first Vikes runner to win U SPORTS gold medal since 2016

Vikes track runner Jennifer Erickson stands atop the podium after her U SPORTS 3,000m win. (Courtesy of Electric Umbrella/Huskie Athletics)
Police seized more than $100,000 in vaping products being sold to youth at local schools after executing a search warrant at a Saanich business Friday (March 6). (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)

Police seize $100K in vaping products being sold to Greater Victoria kids using Snapchat

Federal Tobacco and Vaping Products Act prohibits sale of vaping products to anyone under age 18

Police seized more than $100,000 in vaping products being sold to youth at local schools after executing a search warrant at a Saanich business Friday (March 6). (Courtesy Saanich Police Department)