Cheesecake Burlesque Revue wiggles into the Belfry Theatre Dec. 18 and Lucky Bar Dec. 19. Tickets at Lyle’s Place or at www.cheesecakeburlesque.com. The rollicking Cheesecake Burlesque Revue has a pair of shows coming up in Victoria before Christmas.

METRO VANCOUVER -- The British Columbia Institute of Technology announced today it will be eliminating 82 positions of a total 1,700 positions at the post-secondary institution.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press newspapers. He's based in Victoria.

Polygon Homes chairman continues his philanthropic service to Vancouver

B.C. Supreme Court justice rejects defence lawyers' motion to dismiss second-degree murder charges.

Victoria may get snow, or rain on weekend, while snow plows are in full force elsewhere

The 2010 Olympics will pump $800 million in travel-related spending to the Metro Vancouver economy next year, helping the regional economy grow by 3.9 per cent after shrinking by 2.1 per cent this year, according to a Central 1 Credit Union forecast. The forecast said the impact would have been closer to $1 billion if the global recession hadn't taken place, reducing the number of Games visitors ...

A group of scientists says climate change played a major role in decimating millions of Fraser River sockeye salmon in what was supposed to be a bumper year.

While a cold snap continues in Victoria with bundled-up pedestrians scurrying between offices, cars or stores, the full-on version of a Canadian winter was much crueler east of the Rockies on Wednesday.

Kenneth Brotherston Sr.'s two sons are still charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Keith Taylor on May 30, 2008.

VANCOUVER - Homeless people have the right to set up temporary camps in public parks if the community cannot provide enough shelter beds, a B.C. appeals court ruled Wednesday.

By a vote of 253 to 37, MPs support the Conservative government's plan to allow more provinces to introduce a harmonized sales tax.

others also read... Twelve people are homeless tonight after fire significantly damaged a house located at 2525 Highway 3 just south of Keremeos. The fire broke out at approximately 2 p.m. in the bedroom of one of the residents.

others also read... A multi-car accident has tracked backed up in both directions on Highway 97 near Duck Lake, north of Kelowna.

others also read... Businesses in Port Place Shopping Centre are pondering their future as the mall gets ready to start major renovations. Mike Lowe, First Capital Realty’s managing director, said plans are to demolish almost the entire mall, except for London Drugs and Thrifty Foods.

The proposed Summerland Hills Golf Resort plan will be scaled down in order to eliminate the need for crown lands. others also read...

Deputy Managing Editor Harold Munro talks about the stories that we're preparing for the newspaper and on vancouversun.com overnight.

Golfing giant Tiger Woods has never faced a series of hazards like the ones he's having to negotiate this week. Having failed to negotiate the trees and a water hazard — a fire hydrant — on his front lawn, the Woods story ended up way out of bounds as his life unraveled like a pair of sweatshop-made pantaloons.

Golfing giant Tiger Woods has never faced a series of hazards like the ones he's having to negotiate this week.

Alcohol consumption has increased almost twice as much in British Columbia as it has in the rest of the country, according to a new study.

Canada's Winter Olympic athletes are calling on the prime minister to support an agreement on cutting greenhouse gases at the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen.

Legislation to create a single 13 per cent sales tax in Ontario passed third and final reading Wednesday despite strong objections and delaying tactics by the Opposition.

VICTORIA - Alcohol consumption has increased almost twice as much in British Columbia as it has in the rest of the country, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Victoria Centre for Addictions Research say British Columbians' alcohol consumption has risen 16 per cent since 1998.

Flu shots now available to everyone

Police say they don't need the force option given to them by new provincial legislation for taking street people to shelters in extreme weather.

Police say they don't need the force option given to them by new provincial legislation for taking street people to shelters in extreme weather.

The Traveller's Inn Express at 626 Gorge Rd. E. has been sold and might be converted into social housing. others also read...

The Gaden Jangtse Monks performed a ritual ceremony to dismantle the sand mandala Saturday at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. The visiting Tibetan monks created the mandala over a 23-day period in October as part of the Art Gallery’s Sacred Arts of Tibet exhibition.

others also read... Victoria police officers patrolling the streets in the cold this winter don’t expect to use B.C.’s Assistance to Shelter legislation.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has awarded a Vancouver woman more than $7,000 after she became the victim of sexual harassment on her first day of work.

A 55-year-old man from Campbell River who molested his stepdaughter seven years ago has been sent to jail for 15 months. The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the victim, now 20 years old, was sentenced before Judge Allan Gould in provincial court in Nanaimo on Tuesday.

Botherston takes stand in second degree murder trial

The recent cold spell is hitting Victoria's homeless hard

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Premier Gordon Campbell says 'global unanimity' isn't necessary to take action on climate change. VICTORIA – Premier Gordon Campbell heads to the United Nations climate conference in Denmark next week to talk up B.C.'s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

A cyclist avoided serious injury in a collision with a car Dec. 3. The car and bike collided near the intersection of Lands End and Cloake Hill roads around 3:30 p.m.

The Sidney Lions Food Bank is always in need of food. At this time of year, it’s particularly concerned about Christmas and the post-Christmas barren shelves.

All three councils on the Peninsula will consider creating a task force to deal with derelict boats.

Dispute over former residential school site