Don Denton/News staff Victoria High School teacher Anne Tenning is nominated for the Governor General's history teaching award.

Dennis and Janette Cornish came to 100 Mile to look for their son, Dennis, who has been missing since February. Dennis James Cornish, 38 years old, is missing.

Six months after a school field trip turned deadly, the B.C. Ministry of Education is ready make recommendations to schools about how, and if, they should continue to use 15-passenger vans.

Plans to redevelop the problem-plagued Capri Motel on Gorge Road into a four-storey, 43-unit condo/townhouse building were nixed by Victoria city council.

Two new portable urinals will be out on city streets, doubling the number of locations weekend bar patrons can find emergency relief. Victoria city council approved the purchase Thursday, while plans for permanently-installed “pop-up” urinals remain on hold.

Randee Hermus, a graduate of Langley Secondary School, has played soccer with the Canadian women's national program since 2000. She is a contender for the Canadian women's soccer team which will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Hal Halderson's and Frank Frederickson's names may not be heard around sports bars anymore, but their ice hockey Olympic gold medals are now being honoured.

Three towers pierce the sky on Triangle Mountain in Colwood. Residents say the radio transmission effect their health and household electronics. Triangle Mountain residents are rallying to lift the so-called electrosmog hovering above their homes.

Gas prices got a little more unbearable Tuesday as the province added a 2.4 cent carbon tax on every litre of fuel sold in the province.

The results are in from Victoria's third citizen survey, intended to help city staff and councillors set budget and planning priorities. But the results may not have a firm grip on the city's pulse.

As employers from around B.C. are clambering for employees, the Victoria and Esquimalt fire departments got a more than healthly response to their request for applicants.

The fight over the Juan de Fuca velodrome keeps spinning ‘round. The Greater Victoria Velodrome Association has launched a lawsuit against West Shore Parks and Recreation to keep the oval from being buried under an all-weather field and stadium.

Make-believe brides, from left to right, Courtney Thompson, Colleen Hagen, Sandra Kazieczko and Dana Fraas demolished a wedding cake in search of a pair of diamond earrings.

A glitch has sent everyone involved in the flowline project back to the drawing board — sort of.

Victoria Police Sgt. Grant Hamilton poses outside the Johnson Street parkade. Recent upgrades to the CREST radio system have made places like the parkade safer for emergency service responders.

Colwood resident’s eager to get onto the sewer system better be ready to pay. A new bylaw could unplug the pipes of the legal woes that have stalled expansion within the City but it’s going to cost those still operating septic fields.

Victoria police arrested a West Shore woman today for a brazen afternoon mugging at a downtown parkade.

A new emergency radio transmission tower has eliminated the radio dead-zones that have long frustrated Victoria police.

The Hornets and Bumble Bees series hit their second race of the year last night at Western Speedway’s Thursday Night Thunder.

The Victoria Shamrocks announced the signing of 25-year-old Luke Wiles this week. Widely considered one of the top young stars in the sport today, the right-handed forward is the latest addition to the club.