Cindy E. Harnett

Loyd Sherry, who has died at the age of 88, was elected over a dozen terms, and had a reputation for turning down projects.

The Victoria Hospitals Foundation is raising money for more than 100 pieces of equipment requested by specialists and surgeons.

The trustees had fought their firing in court, requesting a judicial review that had been expected to start Monday.

“This has cost taxpayers millions and shattered the trust of parents, students, staff, educators across the province,” B.C. Conservative education critic Lynne Block said Tuesday in the legislature.

The report from the provincial health officer calls for alcohol-risk warning labels, pricing based on strength rather than volume, and more public education around risks.

Heather Gilchrist, who had been working in Victoria after graduating from the bridging course, asked for the fees back after her work-permit application was rejected.

Residents began moving into the 158-unit affordable-housing development on Gladstone Avenue behind the high school in March.

Patients are being advised to book an appointment at another Victoria-area urgent and primary care centre during the planned power outage at the Esquimalt UPCC.

The two clinics opened in 2023 as the province emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic to realize that some people had not kept up with recommended screenings.

Rhonda McEwen, who is currently president and vice-chancellor of Victoria University at the University of Toronto, will start her tenure at UVic in October.