Seabed data retrieval project underway Oak Bay News • Dec-09-2009 A deep-water ocean observatory, led by the University of Victoria, went live this week.

Alison Patchett and her son Austin, a Grade 3 student at Mount Crescent Elementary, are upset that the school is slated for closure. others also read...

others also read... A deep-water ocean observatory, led by the University of Victoria, went live this week. “The science community is driving a new era of ocean exploration and discovery,” said NEPTUNE Canada project director Dr. Chris Barnes.

others also read... Nelson City Council is concerned about the six LPNs being laid off at the Kootenay Lake Hospital.

A Nickel Brothers truck backs a house onto a barge at McNeill Bay. Homeowners in Oak Bay save money on disposal fees if they recycle or move a house from its original location.

An inquest continues into a fatal 2007 accident that involved transporting farm labourers. others also read...

Burnaby's existing waste-to-energy plant. A second incinerator will be built if Metro's proposed solid waste management plan passes. The Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) may be willing to host a new regional garbage incinerator for Metro Vancouver, says Chief Kim Baird.

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.

Alexia Lippert (right) asks Cpl. Melissa Korycki (left) a question during a meeting for women whose husbands, boyfriends and brothers are in Afghanistan.

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.

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 BC Cancer Foundation has received a $500,000 donation from David Black, one of the vice-chairs of the Inspire the World capital campaign

100 Mile RCMP responded to 50 complaints and calls for service over the last week.

Thar’s gold in them thar snowmobile trails, and once they are built, the South Cariboo will have a unique marketing tool to draw winter recreational enthusiasts to its doorstep.

Local sporting events have been handed

Graylen Cameron loads bags of coats and other winter gear earlier today in preparation for delivering them to those in need. others also read...

others also read... An escort service was needed in Parksville to keep the large population of elderly men happy since the invention of Viagra. It would cost $120,000 to start the enterprise, and the “crime ring” agreed to supply the start-up cash.

others also read... The court system is failing to address the persistent problem of property crime, research out of the University of Fraser Valley suggests.

others also read... donation in exchange for payback time with a personal trainer. Kick the Trainer’s Butt takes place Saturday, Dec. 12 from noon to 2 p.m. at World Gym in Abbotsford.

Abbotsford Police earlier today investigated a property in the 2300 block of Queen Street where a stolen dump truck and backhoe were discovered over the weekend.

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.

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.

Housing starts and prices for commodities such as lumber are showing signs of recovery. VICTORIA – B.C. is emerging from its economic slump with a small improvement in growth projections for 2010, according the latest report from the B.C. Economic Forecast Council.

Merle McDiarmid was one of several special guests at Harrison Hot Springs Elementary on November 20, when the school celebrated 60 years of serving the community. McDiarmid was a secretary at the school for 30 years.

VICTORIA – The B.C. Nurses' Union is in for a battle in its effort to take over representation of more than 5,000 licensed practical nurses, says the president of the Hospital Employees' Union.

Davie Tree Service has taken down the last of five trees identified as high-risk danger trees within Memorial Park after the 2007 windstorm.

A streak of bad luck is following a local woman – first losing her home to an accidental fire in November, and now she has been forced out of her new rental home due to a second fire.

Burnaby's existing waste-to-energy plant. A second incinerator will be built if Metro's proposed solid waste management plan passes. The Tsawwassen First Nation (TFN) may be willing to host a new regional garbage incinerator for Metro Vancouver, says Chief Kim Baird.

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.

Manuel, a member of the Hope Eagles ladies Auxiliary, recently lost her trailer at the Crystal River Trailer Park to a fire.

Victoria's Rich Harden and the Texas Rangers have reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract that guarantees the pitcher $7.5 million US, a person familiar with the negotiations said Wednesday.

Lindsay Rempel's friends and family have only one Christmas wish this year - to raise enough money to buy the Victoria mother an expensive treatment for a rare disease.

The three farm workers killed in an Abbotsford, B.C., crash in 2007 would be alive today if the province had cracked down on safety following a similar crash three years earlier, a coroner's inquest was told Wednesday.

MPs in the House of Commons vote 253-37 in favour of a harmonized sales tax for Ontario and B.C.

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.

The right of homeless people to set up temporary shelters in public parks has been upheld by the B.C. Court of Appeal.

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

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.

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.

Demand for criminal background checks for employment has ballooned, growing 40 per cent in the last year, the BC Concessionaires, a security organization, said Wednesday.

VICTORIA — Adversity has been no stranger to the public life of Premier Gordon Campbell. Over the years he’s endured a war over his carbon tax, narrowly lost an election in 1996 many thought he should win and has seen his government become the focus of a corruption trial, to name just a few of his difficulties.

A few simple precautions can safeguard your Christmas goodies against Grinch-like thieves this holiday season.

VICTORIA — Officials at BC Housing are planning an information campaign to combat potential negative press about homelessness during the 2010 Olympic Games.

A wheelchair was found abandoned on the north side of the seawall adjacent to Kits Pool at Kitsilano Beach in Vancouver on Wednesday night, triggering a police search of the area.