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Film commissioner Kathleen Gilbert retires in spring 2024 after 13 years in the role supporting filmmaking on the south Island. (Courtesy Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission)

$6M to $60M: Retiring commissioner credited with south Island film spending

Kathleen Gilbert set to retire in spring 2024 after 13 years at the helm

Film commissioner Kathleen Gilbert retires in spring 2024 after 13 years in the role supporting filmmaking on the south Island. (Courtesy Vancouver Island South Film & Media Commission)
Parliamentary secretary for gender equity Kelli Paddon (left) and Victoria-Beacon Hill MLA Grace Lore (right) speak at a candlelight memorial Wednesday (Dec. 6) at the B.C. legislature. The event was held to commemorate the 14 women killed during the Montreal massacre. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Victoria honours women murdered in Montreal massacre

The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women is Dec. 6

Parliamentary secretary for gender equity Kelli Paddon (left) and Victoria-Beacon Hill MLA Grace Lore (right) speak at a candlelight memorial Wednesday (Dec. 6) at the B.C. legislature. The event was held to commemorate the 14 women killed during the Montreal massacre. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
VicPD seeks footage after a woman was hit in a marked crosswalk at Fairfield and Foul Bay on Nov. 29. (Black Press Media file photo)

Police seek footage after driver hits woman walking in Victoria crosswalk

Driver blew past stop sign, hit pedestrian and didn’t stop: reports

VicPD seeks footage after a woman was hit in a marked crosswalk at Fairfield and Foul Bay on Nov. 29. (Black Press Media file photo)
Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour” in Nashville, Tenn. on May 5, 2023. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

A ‘Swift’ rise to the top of Victoria’s 2023 Spotify Wrapped

Taylor Swift was the most-listened to artist on Spotify in B.C.’s capital city

Taylor Swift performs during “The Eras Tour” in Nashville, Tenn. on May 5, 2023. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
Naloxone is used to treat opioid overdoses. (Black Press Media file photo)

Island Health issues overdose warning advisory for Greater Victoria

Call 1-888-885-8824 to connect with mental health and substance use resources

Naloxone is used to treat opioid overdoses. (Black Press Media file photo)
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UPDATE: West Shore RCMP report missing 21-year-old man located

Police say man reported missing in November was located

(Black Press Media file photo)
A replica firearm seized by VicPD after arresting a man in a Santa suit on Wednesday (Nov. 29) morning. (Courtesy VicPD)

Police arrest fake Santa for waving replica firearm in downtown Victoria

Man matching the unusual description arrested without incident

A replica firearm seized by VicPD after arresting a man in a Santa suit on Wednesday (Nov. 29) morning. (Courtesy VicPD)
The Independent Investigations Office has determined there is no connection between actions of Victoria police and an infant’s death in March 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)

No link between Victoria police actions and infant’s death: B.C. watchdog

Civilian agency investigated case involving well-being check on mother and child

The Independent Investigations Office has determined there is no connection between actions of Victoria police and an infant’s death in March 2022. (Black Press Media file photo)
Sean Burns (RLP Coast Capital Broker Owner), Candace Stretch (manager, Cridge Supportive Transitional Housing), Natalie Burns (RLP Coast Capital broker owner), April Grout (manager, RLP Coast Capital Realty), Marlene Goley (manager, Cridge Transition House for Women), Michelle Kientopp (manager, RLP Coast Capital Reality) and Adam Richards (CEO, Cridge Centre for the Family) celebrate a donation to change the lives of women facing violence. (Courtesy Cridge Centre for the Family)

Fall walk raises $27K for Victoria women’s transition house

Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, community support ‘sends women a powerful message’

Sean Burns (RLP Coast Capital Broker Owner), Candace Stretch (manager, Cridge Supportive Transitional Housing), Natalie Burns (RLP Coast Capital broker owner), April Grout (manager, RLP Coast Capital Realty), Marlene Goley (manager, Cridge Transition House for Women), Michelle Kientopp (manager, RLP Coast Capital Reality) and Adam Richards (CEO, Cridge Centre for the Family) celebrate a donation to change the lives of women facing violence. (Courtesy Cridge Centre for the Family)
A cougar has been dispatched after it was spotted twice in the Selkirk Waterfront area Tuesday. (Nov. 21). (Photo supplied by VicPD)

Victoria police kill cougar on Selkirk Waterfront

The cougar was near a school and preschool

A cougar has been dispatched after it was spotted twice in the Selkirk Waterfront area Tuesday. (Nov. 21). (Photo supplied by VicPD)
West Shore RCMP say investigators located and seized a significant number of restricted and prohibited firearms. (Courtesy of West Shore RCMP)

Vancouver Island cops seize 3D-printed ‘ghost’ guns, body armour

Langford investigators confiscate significant number of restricted and prohibited firearms

West Shore RCMP say investigators located and seized a significant number of restricted and prohibited firearms. (Courtesy of West Shore RCMP)
Patrons park free at City of Victoria, Robbins and The Bay Centre parking lots Nov. 18 and 25. (Black Press Media file photo)

Free parking: Victoria businesses cover fees at local lots for 2 Saturdays

DVBA, Robbins Parking, Bay Centre cover the costs to draw in patrons

Patrons park free at City of Victoria, Robbins and The Bay Centre parking lots Nov. 18 and 25. (Black Press Media file photo)
Michael Cabeldu, 67, was last seen on Nov. 9 and is believed to be in the Victoria area. (Courtesy Outer Gulf Islands RCMP)

Missing Gulf Islands 67-year-old may be in Greater Victoria, says RCMP

Michael Cabeldu walks with a limp and has a broken arm that is not in a cast

Michael Cabeldu, 67, was last seen on Nov. 9 and is believed to be in the Victoria area. (Courtesy Outer Gulf Islands RCMP)
Shannon Whissell, director of development with Threshold Housing Society, offers information during a community event. (Courtesy Threshold Housing Society)

Tea, candles shine a light on youth homelessness in Greater Victoria

Threshold Housing Society expands winter campaign to include Cowichan company

Shannon Whissell, director of development with Threshold Housing Society, offers information during a community event. (Courtesy Threshold Housing Society)
Victoria police are looking for this individual as officers say the suspect was involved in a purse theft that injured a woman on Nov. 8. (Courtesy of VicPD)

59-year-old woman injured in alleged purse theft: Victoria police

Suspect sought after they left scene and boarded transit bus

Victoria police are looking for this individual as officers say the suspect was involved in a purse theft that injured a woman on Nov. 8. (Courtesy of VicPD)
Victoria Hospice Society continues to seek a new site after bowing out of a Saanich land purchase from School District 61. (Courtesy Victoria Hospice)

Victoria Hospice bows out of Saanich land purchase citing waterway worries

Search continues for suitable site for ‘modern campus of care’

Victoria Hospice Society continues to seek a new site after bowing out of a Saanich land purchase from School District 61. (Courtesy Victoria Hospice)
Having a naloxone kit on hand is one way to reduce risk from drug poisoning and overdoses. (Black Press Media file photo)

Drug poisoning, overdose advisory issued for Greater Victoria

Similar alerts issued Wednesday for Nanaimo and Campbell River

Having a naloxone kit on hand is one way to reduce risk from drug poisoning and overdoses. (Black Press Media file photo)
Southern resident killer whale K34 has not been seen during the Center for Whale Research’s last three encounters with K Pod. (Center for Whale Research/Facebook)

Waters off Vancouver Island being watched for missing orca

Missing orca most likely dead but whale groups still holding out hope

Southern resident killer whale K34 has not been seen during the Center for Whale Research’s last three encounters with K Pod. (Center for Whale Research/Facebook)
The Victoria Royals have made a coaching change 16 games into the season. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria Royals replace bench boss after seven seasons

Team parted ways with Dan Price, named former NHL coach and player as new coach

The Victoria Royals have made a coaching change 16 games into the season. (Black Press Media file photo)
Victoria police are investigating a reported stabbing on Oct. 30 in James Bay. (Black Press Media file photo)

Victoria police investigating alleged stabbing in James Bay

67-year-old suffered non-life-threatening injuries after man asked for money

Victoria police are investigating a reported stabbing on Oct. 30 in James Bay. (Black Press Media file photo)