Kyle Slavin

Saanich traffic officers seize cash, drugs

Saanich police located drugs and seized $24,000 in cash during two unrelated vehicle checks.

Saanich hit with rash of break and enters

Police are warning residents about the importance of locking windows and doors following a series of brazen daytime break and enters.

Police dog helps nab B&E suspect

Saanich police arrested a 24-year-old man early Tuesday morning who broke into a commercial building in the 800-block of Cloverdale Ave.

Invasive ladybugs seek hibernation space

With the arrival of cooler weather and the impending winter, don’t be surprised if you start seeing more spotted beetles than usual.

Rob Ford fiasco a warning to B.C. on four-year civic council terms

Few mechanisms in place to eject elected municipal officials who break the law or admit to bad behaviour

Chris Linford, author of Warrior Rising

COURAGE: Fighting PTSD

One man engages in battle against post traumatic stress disorder, depression by sharing his story

Chris Linford, author of Warrior Rising

Two year sentence for man behind abduction attempt in Saanich

Kian Chong will serve seven-and-a-half months in jail after credit for time served

Deputy Chief Const. Bob Downie with the Saanich police was named Friday the new chief of the department.

Saanich names new police chief

Deputy Chief Const. Bob Downie will take over the Saanich Police Department in February 2014

Deputy Chief Const. Bob Downie with the Saanich police was named Friday the new chief of the department.
Saanich fire Capt. Jerry Tomljenovic shows  examples of approved fireworks outside the fire hall on Vernon Avenue.

Boom! Halloween is fireworks time in Saanich

Training course, permit needed to shoot fireworks in Saanich on Oct. 31

Saanich fire Capt. Jerry Tomljenovic shows  examples of approved fireworks outside the fire hall on Vernon Avenue.

Leaf collection time draws near for Saanich

Saanich public works crews are expected to collect some 400 truckloads of dry foliage this fall from nearly 8,000 yards.

In May, supporters erected the Pkols sign on Mount Douglas, the ancient aboriginal name of the hill. Saanich removed it last week after its anchor bolts caused water leakage into a transmitter room on the mountain.

Poor communication dogs First Nations sign removal

First Nations Pkols sign on Mount Doug in storage for now

In May, supporters erected the Pkols sign on Mount Douglas, the ancient aboriginal name of the hill. Saanich removed it last week after its anchor bolts caused water leakage into a transmitter room on the mountain.
Nine-year-old Graysen Frederiksen and his dad Kevin check out one of the many displays at the Centre of the Universe on its last day of operation in August. MP Randall Garrison is trying to pressure Ottawa to restore funding to the astronomy education centre.

Glimmer of light for closed astronomy centre

Feds’ answer to funding Centre of the Universe could come by January

Nine-year-old Graysen Frederiksen and his dad Kevin check out one of the many displays at the Centre of the Universe on its last day of operation in August. MP Randall Garrison is trying to pressure Ottawa to restore funding to the astronomy education centre.
Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard stands in Panama Hill Park which overlooks Panama Flats. The municipality purchased the land in 2011. Community consultation on the future use of the property continues next week.

Panama Flats plan going public to Saanich residents

Saanich looks to secure area's historic agricultural, recreation and floodplain uses

Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard stands in Panama Hill Park which overlooks Panama Flats. The municipality purchased the land in 2011. Community consultation on the future use of the property continues next week.
John Miller, president of the Cedar Hill Clay Court Tennis Society, stands on land the society proposes to turn into a tennis facility. He accuses opponents of the plan of spreading misinformation about the proposal.

Tennis court planners fire volley at opponent in Saanich

Cedar Hill tennis court plan foes defend information campaign

John Miller, president of the Cedar Hill Clay Court Tennis Society, stands on land the society proposes to turn into a tennis facility. He accuses opponents of the plan of spreading misinformation about the proposal.

Cervical health challenge issued to Greater Victoria women

Getting screened regularly best way to avoid cervical cancers

Barrie Goodwin, secretary-treasurer with the Colquitz Salmonid Enumeration and Education Society, stands at the Colquitz River fish fence. A new top was installed on the fish trap portion of the device for this year’s season.

Saanich volunteers have fingers crossed for solid salmon season

Colquitz River fish fence helps stewards monitor returning coho numbers

Barrie Goodwin, secretary-treasurer with the Colquitz Salmonid Enumeration and Education Society, stands at the Colquitz River fish fence. A new top was installed on the fish trap portion of the device for this year’s season.
Saanich police Sgt. Alan Gurzinski hands out highly reflective medallions to pedestrians at the busy intersection of McKenzie Avenue and Borden Street Tuesday. The medallions are part of a campaign aiming to make pedestrians and cyclists more visible to drivers as the days grow shorter.

Staying bright to stay safe in Greater Victoria

Saanich police encourage all road users to be alert to conditions

Saanich police Sgt. Alan Gurzinski hands out highly reflective medallions to pedestrians at the busy intersection of McKenzie Avenue and Borden Street Tuesday. The medallions are part of a campaign aiming to make pedestrians and cyclists more visible to drivers as the days grow shorter.
The first page of 1921 national census shows details of Saanich residents.

Mysteries of Saanich generations past uncovered

Ancient census data helps Saanich historians recreate neighbourhoods

The first page of 1921 national census shows details of Saanich residents.

Giant gaming event at Commonwealth Place supports Our Place

A gaming event on Saturday will feature board games, role-playing games, fantasy games, tabletop miniature games and a slew of card games.

Black Press rider Arnold Lim, left, and Alan Neville-Rutherford of the Sidney-North Saanich RCMP, lead the way from  Ucluelet to Tofino in what has been a rainy, stormy Tour de Rock. The Tour de Rock team is scheduled to arrive in Victoria on Wednesday.

Driving rain, hills challenge Tour de Rock riders

As Arnold Lim pedalled through driving rain out of Port Alice nearly two weeks ago, he began questioning what he had gotten himself into.

Black Press rider Arnold Lim, left, and Alan Neville-Rutherford of the Sidney-North Saanich RCMP, lead the way from  Ucluelet to Tofino in what has been a rainy, stormy Tour de Rock. The Tour de Rock team is scheduled to arrive in Victoria on Wednesday.