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Partying students at UBC fined more than $5,000 for breaking COVID-19 rules

Published February 17, 2021 8:51 pm

Officers issued two $2,300 fines to organizers of the gatherings and two personal $230 fines.

Proposal could see Victoria’s Oak Bay care home turned to homeless shelter

Published July 12, 2020 4:34 pm

The Capital Regional District is exploring potential new uses for the 238-bed Oak Bay Lodge, as residents move to a new Victoria seniors home.

B.C. driver, who had pro-speeding decals on vehicle, crashes into tree

Published June 18, 2020 12:59 pm

One decal says "street racing is not a crime," while another mocks speed limits and traffic police.

B.C. man steals yacht, claims he has COVID-19 when arrested: police

Published April 13, 2020 1:45 pm

A man has been arrested in Oak Bay after he allegedly stole a yacht, then, when confronted, told police he had COVID-19.

B.C. election 2020: Oak Bay-Gordon Head results

Published September 26, 2020 12:00 am

Click here for candidates, past election results and whether the district is considered a swing riding.

B.C. man accused of murdering daughters had good co-parenting relationship, argues defence

Published July 9, 2019 7:19 pm

On Tuesday, Andre Berry's defence cross examined the murdered girls' mother, with a line of questions suggesting the two had an amicable parenting relationship.

Two COVID-19 fines handed out at 100-person University of Victoria gathering

Published January 11, 2021 11:01 pm

Police were called to an area called Pumphouse Station where they found a large group of students, many seen not wearing masks.

Trial hears B.C. murder suspect describe violent attack that led to daughters’ deaths

Published August 22, 2019 4:03 pm

Andrew Berry testified he was playing with his daughters hours before he woke up to find them murdered, which he says was linked to a gambling debt.

Minimum 22-year sentence for B.C. father convicted of murdering daughters on Christmas

Published December 19, 2019 9:58 am

Andrew Berry was found guilty in September of two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the deaths and now faces a mandatory life sentence.

Foul play suspected after two people found dead, one injured on Christmas night: police

Published December 26, 2017 11:21 am

Two bodies have been found and one person injured on Vancouver Island on Monday night.

B.C. player scores 96 points in high school basketball game

Published February 9, 2019 7:35 pm

Oak Bay guard Diego Maffia outscores opposing team by eight points.

B.C. election 2020: BC NDP’s Murray Rankin projected to capture Oak Bay-Gordon Head

Published October 25, 2020 12:00 am

Former BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver held the riding before announcing his departure from politics earlier this year.

B.C. high school team suspended for bullying

Published February 10, 2016 1:57 pm

Bullying has ended the season for a high school boys' basketball team on Vancouver Island.

Trial of B.C. man accused of murdering daughters hears heartbreaking testimony from girls’ mother

Published July 8, 2019 4:45 pm

For the first time, Chloe and Aubrey Berry's mother took the stand, describing the day of her daughters' murder in heartbreaking detail.

B.C. man accused of murdering daughters felt ‘helpless’ in custody dispute: Witness

Published July 18, 2019 9:04 pm

The trial of the Oak Bay father who has pleaded not guilty to murdering his two young daughters continued Thursday.

Trial of B.C. man accused of murdering daughters hears troubling past child abuse allegations

Published July 12, 2019 9:48 pm

Multiple allegations of child abuse, which were all deemed to be unfounded, prevented Andrew Berry from seeing his daughters without supervision, a social worker testified.