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A Victoria police officer who was involved in a collision while on duty in July has been given a ticket for failing to stop at a red light. The collision, which occurred about 8 a.m. July 8 at Douglas and Johnson streets, was captured on a dashcam.

The director and co-producer of the controversial documentary Planet of the Humans are hosting a virtual live event on Oct. 27, one that Victoria residents will have access to via an exclusive link.

Victoria police are cautioning the public after an 83-year-old woman lost $3,000 in a gift-card scam. The woman contacted police Sunday to report the fraud.

Victoria police issued a warning after receiving reports that packages of seeds have been delivered unsolicited to homes in Victoria and Esquimalt.

A survey on visits to long-term-care homes amid the COVID-19 pandemic has attracted more than 7,000 written responses, and about 100 more respondents have requested telephone interviews, says B.C. seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie.

With his work gloves, overalls and a hat that looks like it lost a fight with a rototiller, Richard Piskor doesn’t look like a physics prof or a university administrator, which is what he was before pulling the plug at UVic a few years ago.

A windstorm, which delivered peak gusts of up to 70 kilometres at the Trial Islands Lighthouse Monday evening, led to downed power lines around Greater Victoria and a fire in the West Shore.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Greater Victoria, calling for strong, northeasterly winds of at least 70 kilometres per hour by Monday afternoon. The breakage of tree branches is possible.

Victoria police are looking for information about a pair of suspects after a stabbing in Centennial Square Saturday night. Police were in the area just after 6 p.m. when they were approached by a man in medical distress.

Glenn Wakefield’s book about his sailing life is almost written — he just needs a few more nautical miles behind him to create the final chapters. Now 70, the Victoria man has made three attempts to sail around the world.