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A female pedestrian has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a car on Goldstream Avenue near Langford Lake on Thursday morning. Emergency crews were performing CPR on the woman en route to Victoria General Hospital.

UPDATE: Struck pedestrian dead after Langford collision

The woman had been rushed to hospital with emergency crews performing CPR en route after she was struck by a car on Goldstream Ave.

A female pedestrian has been rushed to hospital after being hit by a car on Goldstream Avenue near Langford Lake on Thursday morning. Emergency crews were performing CPR on the woman en route to Victoria General Hospital.
West Shore Parks and Recreation administrator Linda Barnes, WSPR Society chair Rob Martin and 100.3 The Q general manager Dan McAllister announce the renaming of Bear Mountain Arena to The Q Centre at an event on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

West Shore arena rebranded The Q Centre

A $1.8 million deal will see 100.3 The Q renaming the facility formerly known as Bear Mountain Arena.

West Shore Parks and Recreation administrator Linda Barnes, WSPR Society chair Rob Martin and 100.3 The Q general manager Dan McAllister announce the renaming of Bear Mountain Arena to The Q Centre at an event on Wednesday, Feb. 12.
George Bowden, president of the Victoria Computer Club helps Julia Wren, club publicity director, operate a tablet during a regular session in their space at 85A Burnside Rd. W. The club, also known as Big Blue and Cousins, celebrates 30 years in existence this year.

Victoria computer club online for 30 years

New members welcomed for learning and teaching, community group sought to share clubhouse

George Bowden, president of the Victoria Computer Club helps Julia Wren, club publicity director, operate a tablet during a regular session in their space at 85A Burnside Rd. W. The club, also known as Big Blue and Cousins, celebrates 30 years in existence this year.
Traffic backing up Helmcken Road from View Royal into Saanich is a normal daily occurrence, but congestion could get worse as the Eagle Creek gets underway. Part of the project includes changing Helmcken’s lane configuration near Watkiss Way to create traffic calming.

Helmcken traffic to get worse before it gets better

View Royal approves traffic calming on ‘raceway’ between Burnside, highway

Traffic backing up Helmcken Road from View Royal into Saanich is a normal daily occurrence, but congestion could get worse as the Eagle Creek gets underway. Part of the project includes changing Helmcken’s lane configuration near Watkiss Way to create traffic calming.

Saanich arrest linked to 20-year-old Ontario prison murder

Brian Riches is facing a first degree murder charge and is now in the custody of the Joint Forces Penitentiary Squad and the OPP.

Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin and Victoria Pride Society communications co-ordinator Laurissa Chapple speak as mayor and council get ready to hoist the rainbow flag outside city hall.

City of Victoria lets its freedom flag fly

Members of Victoria’s mayor and council took time on the opening day of the Olympics to raise the rainbow flag at city hall.

Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin and Victoria Pride Society communications co-ordinator Laurissa Chapple speak as mayor and council get ready to hoist the rainbow flag outside city hall.
Michael Joss, wearing a Team Canada hockey jersey, pours a beer at The Podium Sports Grill on Yates Street. Joss and fellow bar owners say this year’s Winter Olympics won’t be as lucrative as the 2010 Games due to the 12-hour time difference between Victoria and Sochi.

Pubs lament missed Olympic business due to Sochi time difference

2014 Winter Games expected to be less lucrative for B.C. businesses due to 12-hour difference from Russia

Michael Joss, wearing a Team Canada hockey jersey, pours a beer at The Podium Sports Grill on Yates Street. Joss and fellow bar owners say this year’s Winter Olympics won’t be as lucrative as the 2010 Games due to the 12-hour time difference between Victoria and Sochi.
Volunteers help tear down an old side building at the Goldstream Fish Hatchery. Grants, donations and volunteer labour are making it possible for the hatchery to construct a new side building, an addition which will help with work and education.

Goldstream hatchery gets a makeover

The Goldstream Fish Hatchery is improving its facility and, with it, the ability to provide education.

Volunteers help tear down an old side building at the Goldstream Fish Hatchery. Grants, donations and volunteer labour are making it possible for the hatchery to construct a new side building, an addition which will help with work and education.

Colwood offers to pay Langford’s share of field at Royal Bay

Colwood city council has agreed to contribute half of the funds needed to build an athletic field in Royal Bay

Colwood seeks standalone sewage treatment plant

Colwood city council has voted to ask the Capital Regional District for permission to change the regional sewage treatment plan

Travis Takasaki swabs his mouth at the swab drive for Hannah Day event at Mayfair Shopping Centre, with daughter Haylee, four, looking on. Huge numbers of people have turned up for the event, with lines around the mall.

Hannah Day swab drive attracts huge crowd

The event is being held to find a stem cell donor for Day, a four-year-old Langford resident with leukemia.

Travis Takasaki swabs his mouth at the swab drive for Hannah Day event at Mayfair Shopping Centre, with daughter Haylee, four, looking on. Huge numbers of people have turned up for the event, with lines around the mall.
Travis Takasaki swabs his mouth at the swab drive for Hannah Day event at Mayfair Shopping Centre, with daughter Haylee, four, looking on. Huge numbers of people have turned up for the event, with lines around the mall.

Hannah Day swab drive attracts huge crowd

The event is being held to find a stem cell donor for Day, a four-year-old Langford resident with leukemia.

Travis Takasaki swabs his mouth at the swab drive for Hannah Day event at Mayfair Shopping Centre, with daughter Haylee, four, looking on. Huge numbers of people have turned up for the event, with lines around the mall.

Dial a doper disconnected in Langford

A “dial a dope” operation in Langford has been shut down by West Shore RCMP

University of Victoria Vikes swimmer Stephanie Horner churns through the water at a recent meet. Horner, a fourth-year Vikes swimmer, was among the UVic contingent who qualified for the CIS nationals with their performances at last weekend’s Canada West championships in Calgary.

University of Victoria swimmers take to podium

Vikes trio capture medals at Canada West event in Calgary

University of Victoria Vikes swimmer Stephanie Horner churns through the water at a recent meet. Horner, a fourth-year Vikes swimmer, was among the UVic contingent who qualified for the CIS nationals with their performances at last weekend’s Canada West championships in Calgary.
Bottle collector and amateur history detective Bill Wilson has unravelled the mystery of a Colwood soda company and answered a challenge issued by the Goldstream News Gazette 38 years ago.

Mystery of the Colwood soda bottle solved

Amateur historian sleuths out story of a Colwood company that vanished a century ago

Bottle collector and amateur history detective Bill Wilson has unravelled the mystery of a Colwood soda company and answered a challenge issued by the Goldstream News Gazette 38 years ago.
Chief Ron Sam is celebrating this week’s opening of the Songhees Wellness Centre as a step forward for the community and an example of a First Nations community coming together to bring a major project to fruition.

Songhees Nation leading by example with new centre

Wellness centre opens up to community and greater region

Chief Ron Sam is celebrating this week’s opening of the Songhees Wellness Centre as a step forward for the community and an example of a First Nations community coming together to bring a major project to fruition.
Self-advocate Sheenagh Morrison has been recognized by Community Living B.C. with a Widening Our World award for her work in promoting principles of ‘diversability.’ She regularly volunteers at the Saanich-based Garth Homer Centre.

Advocate awarded for work on ‘diversability’

Garth Homer Society volunteer changes conversation on meaning of disabled

Self-advocate Sheenagh Morrison has been recognized by Community Living B.C. with a Widening Our World award for her work in promoting principles of ‘diversability.’ She regularly volunteers at the Saanich-based Garth Homer Centre.

IPhone locator helps track down thief

Saanich police arrested a 40-year-old Saanich man after he stole more than $1,000 in cash and four iPhones from two businesses

Police seek indecent runner at Cuthbert Holmes park

Man jogged by teen girls nude from the waist down.

Witness helps solve computer tablet theft

Saanich police located and arrested a man who had six tablets on him