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One of the large displays at the Sidney Museum depicts the Golden Age of Comics, form the 1950s to ’70s. (Steven Heywood/News Staff)

Comics through the years at Sidney Museum

Exhibit showcases the golden age of comics to the present

One of the large displays at the Sidney Museum depicts the Golden Age of Comics, form the 1950s to ’70s. (Steven Heywood/News Staff)
Central Saanich Little League players work together to tag out a Beacon Hill player on second base. (News Staff/File Photo)

Central Saanich Little League ready to build new training facility

League to spend $168,000 on indoor battling, pitching space

Central Saanich Little League players work together to tag out a Beacon Hill player on second base. (News Staff/File Photo)
North Saanich mayoral candidate Dorothy Hartshorne (centre) has announced she’s making another run for the mayor’s chair. She is pictured here between Alice Finall and Peter Miller during the 2014 campaign. (Steven Heywood/News Staff File)

Third candidate announces run for North Saanich mayor’s chair

Dorothy Harshorne came close in the 2014 campaign

North Saanich mayoral candidate Dorothy Hartshorne (centre) has announced she’s making another run for the mayor’s chair. She is pictured here between Alice Finall and Peter Miller during the 2014 campaign. (Steven Heywood/News Staff File)
Cannabis dispensaries in Victoria have been subject to a separate city bylaw since September 2016. Retail sales of recreational pot are being met in different ways and at different stages in municipalitis like Sidney. (Don Descoteau/Victoria News/File)

Sidney bans retail recreational cannabis – temporarily

Town wants to get regulations in place before expected legalization

Cannabis dispensaries in Victoria have been subject to a separate city bylaw since September 2016. Retail sales of recreational pot are being met in different ways and at different stages in municipalitis like Sidney. (Don Descoteau/Victoria News/File)
Sidney’s current fire hall on Third Street. The Town has reached a deal to sell it and the parking lot next door for $9 million. (File)

Sidney sells fire hall for $9 million

Money to offset ballooning cost of new Community Safety Building

Sidney’s current fire hall on Third Street. The Town has reached a deal to sell it and the parking lot next door for $9 million. (File)
Dogs have no sweat glands and can withstand high temperatures for only a short time, says the SPCA. (Black Press File)

Don’t play the odds with your pets

BC SPCA asks people to leave pets at home, not in their cars

Dogs have no sweat glands and can withstand high temperatures for only a short time, says the SPCA. (Black Press File)
The Queen of Cumberland. (BC Ferries/File)

Fundraiser for worker injured in BC Ferries training

GoFundMe camapign almost at its goal; ferry back in service this weekend

The Queen of Cumberland. (BC Ferries/File)
Angel Sampson’s Grade 1 photo at the Tsartlip Indian Day School. She’s in the second row, fourth from the left, in the plaid jacket. (Angel Sampson)

Going home at night didn’t stop the abuse

Student of the former Tsartlip Indian Day School still struggles to have voice heard

Angel Sampson’s Grade 1 photo at the Tsartlip Indian Day School. She’s in the second row, fourth from the left, in the plaid jacket. (Angel Sampson)
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Thieves target unlocked vehicles again in Sidney

Robberies overnight of May 9 similar to thefts from 2017

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BC Transit is adding one additional bus loop in the lower Brentwood Bay area of Central Saanich this summer. (Arnold Lim/Black Press File)

Brentwood Bay transit users get one more loop

BC Transit adds fourth Route 75 peak trip service; more to come

BC Transit is adding one additional bus loop in the lower Brentwood Bay area of Central Saanich this summer. (Arnold Lim/Black Press File)
Saanich-Gulf Islands MP and federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May shakes hands with a constituent. (Spencer Pickles/Black Press File)

Green Party closes harassment investigation against Elizabeth May

Investigation found claims made in January don't constitute workplace harassment under law

Saanich-Gulf Islands MP and federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May shakes hands with a constituent. (Spencer Pickles/Black Press File)
Dr. Anita Molzahn has been awarded the Order of Canada. (Submitted)

Sidney’s Anita Molzahn receives Order of Canada

Dr. Molzahn waited almost a year to officially receive the honour

Dr. Anita Molzahn has been awarded the Order of Canada. (Submitted)
Paramedics carry a spine board down the gangway to the Port Sidney Marina, responding to reports of a perosn’s death on Wednesday afternoon (May 9). (Steven Heywood/News Staff)

One person dead in incident at Port Sidney Marina

Police said the individual did not drown; cause of death to be determined

Paramedics carry a spine board down the gangway to the Port Sidney Marina, responding to reports of a perosn’s death on Wednesday afternoon (May 9). (Steven Heywood/News Staff)
Paramedics carry a spine board down the gangway to the Port Sidney Marina, responding to reports of a perosn’s death on Wednesday afternoon (May 9). (Steven Heywood/News Staff)

UPDATE: Man fell to his death at Port Sidney Marina

Police said the individual did not drown; cause of death to be determined

Paramedics carry a spine board down the gangway to the Port Sidney Marina, responding to reports of a perosn’s death on Wednesday afternoon (May 9). (Steven Heywood/News Staff)
The working floor at Viking Air in North Saanich. (File)

Viking Air’s water bomber program could lead to 900 more jobs

Production of new aircraft could start as early as this fall

The working floor at Viking Air in North Saanich. (File)
North Saanich Mayor Alice Finall. (File)

Alice Finall to retire as mayor of North Saanich

Mayor to serve out rest of term

North Saanich Mayor Alice Finall. (File)
One of the water bombers obtained by North Saanich’s Viking Air from Bombardier. Viking announced this week it will hire up to 150 people - including 50 in Victoria - to start a conversion program. (Steven Heywood/News staff file)

Viking Air plans to hire 200 to launch water bomber program

50 new hires at Viking Air's North Saanich base, the rest in Calgary

One of the water bombers obtained by North Saanich’s Viking Air from Bombardier. Viking announced this week it will hire up to 150 people - including 50 in Victoria - to start a conversion program. (Steven Heywood/News staff file)
Geoff Orr, centre, speaks with members of the community. Orr says he’s running for mayor to put a focus on how North Saanich council interacts with the people it represents. (Steven Heywood/News Staff File)

Another hat in North Saanich mayoral ring

Geoff Orr running for the top chair after one term on council

Geoff Orr, centre, speaks with members of the community. Orr says he’s running for mayor to put a focus on how North Saanich council interacts with the people it represents. (Steven Heywood/News Staff File)
Spring is tax time. (Pixabay)

Tax time on the Saanich Peninsula

Check out some hints about your tax bill in 2018

Spring is tax time. (Pixabay)
Sidney Fire fighters used the Jaws of Life and blocks to prevent a vehicle from rolling further after a crash on Fifth Street at Oakville Avenue in Sidney May 3. They were able to also tip it back over onto its wheels. The lone occupant was able to be pulled safely out the back of the vehicle. (Steven Heywood/News Staff)

Driver pulled out safely after vehicle tips in Sidney crash

Fifth Street between Bevan and Orchard avenues was blocked off temporarily Wednesday evening

Sidney Fire fighters used the Jaws of Life and blocks to prevent a vehicle from rolling further after a crash on Fifth Street at Oakville Avenue in Sidney May 3. They were able to also tip it back over onto its wheels. The lone occupant was able to be pulled safely out the back of the vehicle. (Steven Heywood/News Staff)