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Youngsters across Greater Victoria will be putting away the beach toys and picking up their pens and pencils as classes return for a new school year next week.

We’ve all heard them, and most likely cursed them under our breath. The relentless whirr of a gas-powered leaf blower tidying up a neighbour’s driveway.

BC Ferries passengers are sounding off on what they would like to see improved on the vessels.

In just over two months Canadians will head to the polls to elect a new federal government. Politicians are already gearing up as the campaign is set to begin for the Oct. 21 federal election.

A blast of technology has taken the mystery out of waiting for the bus.

With modern life becoming more hectic with each passing day and so much to do around Greater Victoria in the summertime, there’s no shortage of reasons to skip spending time over a hot stove.

While a court ruling determined the City of Victoria’s plastic bag ban is invalid, it’s been in place for more than a year.

Drivers who hand over the keys to their old gas-guzzler to get behind the wheel of a new electric vehicle can receive financial incentives of up to $8,000 from the provincial and federal governments.

You see them everywhere: cyclists riding across Greater Victoria’s streets and trails, hair flowing in the breeze. A picture of freedom and fitness, no doubt, but also a contravention of B.C. laws.

With grasslands and forests around Vancouver Island and across B.C. reaching tinder dry conditions, residents and visitors to the province are being asked to do all they can to prevent another summer filled with the haze of wildfires.