Victoria News

Something New - Newlyweds - British mixologist Angus Winchester developed four gin-based cocktails so Canadians can raise a glass to Wills and Kate on their wedding day.

John Herrera is on life support after becoming the victim of a savage and apparent random attack in the Beltline.

Zachary Lucky is a folk artist with a fresh perspective on the traditional genre.

After clipping 5 30lb weights onto the Vertical Profiler System instrument float, ROPOS pilots guided it down into its stowage basket.

"This is right up there with the birth of my children. This is much bigger than a Grammy," Foster said at a special ceremony Friday afternoon on the Upper Causeway near the Fairmont Empress Hotel.

Ann and Gord Baird built the first load-bearing cob home in North America. They went beyond sustainable building materials by designing it to accommodate three generations.

PHONY refugees on the high seas: Their stories move to the back pages of the papers, and their outrageous costs move on to the back of the taxpayer.

Mary Faheim is too young to vote, doesn't follow politics and isn't from a family of avid NDP supporters.

Burlington's intrepid cyclists, Sam Edwardes and Cory Babiak, who are riding across Canada to raise money for the B.C. Cancer Foundation, have made it to Ontario.

The imposing stone mansion of Craigdarroch was built by a coal baron in the late 1880s as a lavish family home and is now a stately museum.

The City of Mississauga is considering banning minors from using tanning beds in an attempt to reduce rising rates of skin cancer among youth.

On Tuesday, the Greater Victoria Housing Society celebrated the completion and full occupation of its second housing project this season, with two more potentially in the works.

Michael Booth's column speaks of the B.C. government's apology on behalf of the people of British Columbia, one assumes both the living and dead.

Fraser MacPherson toured the Soviet Union five times. He has won a Juno Award, which is the Canadian equivalent to a Grammy, in 1983 for Best Jazz Recording for his duet with guitarist Oliver Gannon .

Polls suggesting that the New Democratic Party is a contender to form government in 2015 allow the party to recruit star candidates - including well-known figures from the business community, according to Thomas Mulcair.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are greeted as they arrive Sunday, May 20, 2012 in Fredericton, N.B. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are greeted in Fredericton, N.B., on Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Rather, the transformation will be made possible thanks to a scrap metal fundraising drive launched for the first time by the Macaulay Parent Advisory Council earlier this month.

There is air, there is fresh air, and then there is the brisk, briny, oxygen-thick air that rides in on wild ocean waves.

Several marine communication centres across Canada, including three in British Columbia and two in Quebec, are being closed by the federal government.

BBC World News is giving Canada a close-up and, some might grumble, giving Toronto, its largest city, the kiss-off. The venerable news service, which has a global audience in the range of 225 million, has launched a program called Canada Direct , with news programs and segments profiling different cities and regions of the country.