Police

LETTER | Re: “911, how bad is your emergency?”

"Having a police department with 208 officers, receiving 22 per cent of the operating budget (the highest cut by far) is not an emergency. The real emergency is that we…

EDITORIAL | 911, how bad is your emergency?

Earlier this month, Victoria police chief constable Del Manak said budget restraints and staff shortages will force the Victoria Police Department (Victoria PD) to prioritize how, when, or if they…

Do students at UVic have the right to party?

In the fall of 2015, first-year student and 18-year-old Elliot Smith headed across campus to meet up with a group of friends outside the Poole residence building and head to…

Editorial: It’s time for change

Oh, did you hear about this? Just a fun, local story about the Mayor of Saanich. No, not anything good. No, not crack. He lied about an extramarital affair, then…