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When the phone rang around 2 a.m. telling David Card that he won the Nobel Prize for Economics, the Canadian-born economist thought it was a stunt. But when he saw the phone showing a Swedish number he thought maybe it wasn鈥檛 a joke after all.

A revised $230-million redevelopment plan for the University Heights shopping centre in Saanich will go to public hearing.

Victoria driving instructor Steve Wallace has promised to appear in provincial court next month on three counts of alleged sexual assault. One of the alleged sexual assaults dates from 2011, the other two from 2021.

This year inflation has reached nearly a 20-year high. The most recent inflation figure for August 2021, was 4.1 per cent. For reference, the last time inflation was at these levels was in 2003 when inflation hit 4.7 per cent.

Reliance Properties has bought the Upper Harbour Place buildings on Tyee Road in Vic West. 鈥淲e do have a firm contract to purchase,鈥� Jon Stovell, president of Reliance, wrote in an email Wednesday.

The Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce is inducting five community builders into its new Hall of Fame.

There are signs of price 颅acceleration and 颅overheating as inventory declines in the Greater Victoria housing 颅market, sa国际传媒 Mortgage and Housing Corp. said Tuesday.

Construction is expected to get underway next month on a 颅five-storey, 153-unit 颅building in the Burnside Gorge area that Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps says is needed in the city鈥檚 tight rental market.

Developer contributes to park improvements Abstract Developments is providing a $352,000 community amenity contribution that will support upgrades for Rutledge Park and Saanich鈥檚 Affordable Housing Trust Fund.