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• Victoria mortgage broker facing multiple lawsuits has licence suspended

  An embattled mortgage broker from Victoria has had his licence to practice in B.C. suspended by the BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA).

  

• Victoria mayor pitches new community safety plan

  Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto is pitching the creation of a new "Community Safety and Wellbeing Initiative" that takes a multi-pronged approach to safety in the downtown core.

  

• Letter to Saanich families warns of youth gang crime as summer break nears

  The principal of a high school on Vancouver Island says parents should be on alert over an increase in violent crime and gang activity involving young people in the community.

  

• B.C. pharmacists set to treat minor ailments, prescribe contraception

  Pharmacists in British Columbia will have more responsibilities starting June 1 in an effort to improve access for those without a family doctor and ease the stress on an overburdened health system.

  

• B.C. to set housing goals for 10 major communities under new housing act

  The B.C. government will set housing targets for 10 major communities on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland in an effort to combat the province's housing shortage.

• Woman arrested after string of fires intentionally set in Sooke

  A 28-year-old woman has been arrested after a series of fires were intentionally set along the Galloping Goose Trail in Sooke, B.C.

• B.C. man sentenced for harassment, 'brazen breaches' in stalking case

  A B.C. man who stalked a woman he became "obsessed with" was convicted of 11 crimes including criminal harassment, attempted break-and-enter and "serial breaches" of no-contact conditions, according to a recently published judgment.

• BC Transit unveils Pride bus in Victoria

  BC Transit's first ever Pride-themed bus has hit the road in Greater Victoria.

• Pat Bay Highway traffic pattern changes coming for overpass construction

  The B.C. government is warning drivers of changes – some permanent – to the Patricia Bay Highway (Highway 17) in Saanichton as work begins on the new Keating Cross Road overpass.

• Victoria Royals partner with NHL, VicPD for youth street hockey tournament

  The Victoria Royals junior hockey team is working with VicPD, the Victoria City Police Athletic Association (VCPAA) and the NHL to bring a low-cost youth street hockey tournament to Greater Victoria this summer.

• 'We believe patients deserve better': B.C. nurses rally in Vancouver to demand better working conditions

  Hundreds of nurses from across B.C. are gathering in Vancouver Wednesday to demand better working conditions, adding to multiple calls by medical professionals this week for urgent action to staff under-resourced hospitals.

• Massive superyacht with helicopter pad docks in Victoria

  A 62-metre superyacht has made B.C.'s capital its latest port of call.

• Dozens of firefighters battling out-of-control blaze near Sayward, B.C.

  Fifty-five firefighters have descended on the northern Vancouver Island village of Sayward, where an out-of-control wildfire exploded in size Monday night, becoming the largest fire of the season for British Columbia's coastal region.

• Tim Hortons cookie campaign raises $78K for Victoria health foundation

  The results of a cookie campaign fundraiser earlier this month are in and it’s put a big smile on a lot of faces.

• Nanaimo woman, 19, wins U.K. cheese wheel race while unconscious

  A young B.C. woman has quite the story to tell, or at least the parts she can remember, after winning a cheese wheel race in England, even after being knocked unconscious.

• B.C. teachers facing 'unsustainable' pressures due to staff shortages, union says

  A "critical" shortage of teachers in B.C. is leading to increased workloads, mounting stress and an inability to meet students' needs, according to a first-of-its-kind survey conducted by the union.