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• Vancouver Island goalie makes impressive NHL debut

  A Vancouver Island goalie has been the talk of professional hockey after posting one of the best debuts in NHL history.

  

• B.C. mother who sexually assaulted 15-year-old boy wins reduced sentence on appeal

  A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reduced the prison sentence of a Greater Victoria mother who was found guilty of luring and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.

  

• Police search for suspect after hit and run causes 'extensive damage' in Oak Bay

  Oak Bay police are investigating after a hit and run crash caused "extensive damage" to two vehicles last week.

  

• Nanaimo high school teacher placed on leave following creep-catcher sting

  A Nanaimo high school teacher has been placed on leave as the school district investigates allegations that he tried to meet up with someone he thought was a 14-year-old boy on the dating site Grindr.

  

• Man who allegedly held knife to person's throat arrested after string of robberies in Victoria

  Victoria police say they arrested a man suspected of robbing and injuring several people with a knife in the downtown area last week.

• Lifetime teaching ban for B.C. man convicted for 'inappropriate' contact with student

  A middle school teacher from British Columbia has been banned from his profession for life after pleading guilty to assault for an incident involving a student.

• 'Courage, valour and ultimately sacrifice': Langford Fire Rescue honours 30-year member Lance Caven

  Langford Fire Rescue is in mourning. Flags outside the hall are at half-mast as the department honours Assistant Chief Lance Caven, who died Sunday after an 18-month battle with cancer.

• Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge

  A British Columbia salmon farming company is going to court to challenge the federal government's decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island.

• Victoria high school robotics team grateful for support as fundraising continues

  A Victoria high school robotics team has raised about a quarter of the money they'll need to be able to compete in an international competition in Texas next month.

• Homicide team deployed to West Vancouver after man stabbed in apartment parkade

  An altercation in a West Vancouver parking garage escalated to a deadly stabbing late Tuesday afternoon.

• 2 BC Ferries sailings cancelled between Victoria, Vancouver

  Two BC Ferries sailings between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen were cancelled on Tuesday evening due to a staff shortage.

• Man arrested after standoff involving reported gun in Campbell River

  The Campbell River RCMP say a 53-year-old man was arrested after police received a report of someone brandishing a gun inside a home last week.

• Langford votes to end turf program along city streets

  The City of Langford has decided to stop installing artificial turf along city boulevards following a council meeting Monday.

• World Down Syndrome Day celebrated on Vancouver Island

  Ribbons and pictures line a portion of the Gorge waterway in Saanich, B.C., put there by the Greater Victoria Down syndrome Society to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day.