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Homeowners throughout the region face increased property taxes as municipalities struggle to hold the line on spending and cope with a decline in revenues.

Victoria real estate agent John McVie knows exactly what's in a name.

Freemasons, known for their secret handshakes, passwords and rituals, celebrate 150 years in Victoria this weekend, a history pre-dating the province. Victoria-Columbia Lodge No. 1, the first Masonic Lodge formed in sa国际传媒

Lizz Donald credits the Youth Hospitality Training Centre with putting her on the path to employment. The 15-year-old has taken the skills she learned in the centre's eight-week course to her first real job, at Milestones restaurant.

Butchart Gardens has donated $25,000 to the Homecoming, a statue planned for downtown Victoria. The statue, a $150,000 naval memorial, will depict a sailor who has returned from sea and is welcoming his daughter with outstretched arms.

$2.5M salvage operation underway after barged tipped in August 2007

Frank Hertel -- arrested a week ago at Heathrow Airport -- was a larger-than-life character in Victoria's business world, dazzling residents with high-tech dreams for Vancouver Island, connecting with power brokers, and carrying out a massive renovat

Douglas Murray feared for his life and didn't want to approach police with information about John Ruffolo's murder, a sa国际传媒 Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.

More than 100 police officers were involved in a sweeping drug bust that saw officers break down doors to search six locations across the capital region early yesterday morning.

Victoria - Drunkenness, public urination and rowdy behavior will not be tolerated in Victoria's downtown, Mayor Dean Fortin told members of the Victoria Chamber of Commerce yesterday.