The allegations that prompted the suspension and investigation of former Victoria police chief Paul Battershill came from "senior police officers against their Chief Constable," B.C. Police Complaints Commissioner Dirk Ryneveld revealed Thursday.

Victoria’s Andrew Crow scored 10 tries at the under-18 national rugby tournament in Ottawa. Three of his tallies came in the championship final Aug. 24, as B.C. defeated Ontario 45-0 for the gold.

Len Barrie’s Tampa Bay Lightning are one of eight NHL teams participating in the annual Traverse City prospect tournament. The tourney is held in its namesake town in Michigan from Sept. 12 - 17, and this is the sixth consecutive year the Lightning are in it.

Residents of the Clearbrook area might have been flabbergasted to see a man totally engulfed in flames burst out of a room at the Alpine Motor Inn and fall to the ground before a police officer douses him with an extinguisher.

An amendment to the Fire Protection Services Bylaw (Bylaw No. 353) which would have seen fines for burning offences in the district rise to $200 with fines doubling for repeat offences was defeated by council at the regular council meeting on August 25.

This week, the Buzz visits a flooded Maple Ridge, meets a crusader for rabbits, does a triathlon in Summerland and hopes Highway 16 is clear and dry for Prince George Free Press sports editor Alistair McInnis.

After flying five wanted suspects out of Victoria, the city's 'Con Air' program has gobbled up almost half of the $20,000 in donations it had in the bank.

Local coach Don Martin with team Marc Shaw, Dan Terlson and Ken Kelly (bottom) are in China for the Paralymipc Games. When Ken Kelly gets in his sail boat, he gets to leave his wheelchair behind.

Don’t take the ability to vote in a federal election as something precious? Talk to Charles Meadow about his time living in the District of Columbia.

The complaint that prompted the investigation of former Victoria police chief Paul Battershill came from "senior police officers against their Chief Constable," B.C. Police Complaints Commissioner Dirk Ryneveld revealed Thursday.

It doesn’t matter whether the writ has dropped, savvy politicians hit the hustings as soon as they smell an election coming. There are several definitions for hustings. It originally referred to the physical platform erected in England for candidates to address the electorate.

When I Google ‘homeless people’ in my brain, my memory bank serves up two indelible hits. One of them is an incident that happened to me in 1983 in downtown New York. Coming out of the Iroquois Hotel I asked the doorman for the nearest subway stop.

Want to get the scoop on the candidates and issues before casting your vote? Check out political pundit Barry Forward's blog at northshoreoutlook.com.

I want to take this time to update you on the state of the listeria outbreak. We’re all understandably concerned whenever we hear that something as precious as the food we eat may pose a danger.

The YMCA's Partners for Youth program staged a fundraiser event featuring a variety of activities for young and young at heart.

Locavore. The word may conjure images of a ravenous creature native to Mexico’s Sonora desert. But if you haven’t heard the recently coined term, don’t panic at the news that a new festival is trying to create more of them in Victoria.

Police, military and firefighters from Victoria, Saanich and Esquimalt are going bald to fight cancer Sept. 12. The Terry Fox Great Canadian Head Shave, which benefits the Terry Fox Foundation and cancer research.

The bright yellow flowers of St. John’s Wort in my garden began in early June and keep on blooming. This prolific European native is quite a magical herb in more ways than one. For instance, if you take a blossom and pinch one of those yellow petals it will instantly turn red.

When Nicole Fredrickson sees a sunflower, it reminds her to get an annual physical. That includes a check for ovarian cancer, the disease that claimed her mother’s life.

Victoria may not have Oktoberfest, but it has its own flavour of festival. And if the Great Canadian Beer Festival says one thing about Victoria, it’s that we live in an “advanced beer market.”