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Victoria Church's Treasure Hunt

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.18.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VICTORIA - Invaluable, historic artifacts stolen from the Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria last week have been recovered.The theft of the items, so...

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Man Dragged By Truck After Fight

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.25.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VICTORIA - Police in Victoria are investigating a hit-and-run accident where a man was dragged down a city street for half a block.Police received sev...

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Canada's Largest Kidnapping Investigation Seeks Fresh Tips

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 05.24.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - Today marks the 22nd anniversary of the disappearance of four-year-old Michael Dunahee, but police say they haven't stopped looking.Dunahe...

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Lookalike Fugitives Fumble In B.C.

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.07.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Two similar-looking fugitives from California could be on their way back to the United States after police in Esquimalt caught them hiding under each ...

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Pocket Dial Scream Call Alerts 911

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.09.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VICTORIA - When a woman in Victoria got a call from her daughter's cellphone and heard terrified screams, she immediately dialled 911.It turned out th...

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Why Can't Victoria Police Be More Like Ottawa's Force?

Vincent Gogolek | Posted 03.27.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Vincent Gogolek

Apparently the illegal scanning of licence plates by Victoria police will continue until fixes are implemented. Unlike their counterparts in Saanich and Ottawa, Victoria police have no intention of switching off the cameras during privacy compliance upgrades.

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HEINOUS: Driver Hits Wheelchair User, Then Flees

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Victoria police are looking for a driver who hit a quadriplegic man at a marked crosswalk, then drove away without offering any help. The victim wa...

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It Takes Two To Kill Illegal Police Licence Surveillance

Vincent Gogolek | Posted 01.22.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Vincent Gogolek

B.C.'s Information and Privacy Commissioner took a stiff shot at the use of Automatic License Plate Recognition technology by the Victoria police. But it will likely take more than just her efforts to bring this ever-expanding surveillance system back in line with privacy law. The RCMP simply shouldn't be running a surveillance system on people who haven't broken any law, and they shouldn't be able to take advantage of the federal-provincial jurisdictional split to do so either.

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Privacy Commish Slams Licence Plate Scanning

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.15.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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VICTORIA - A controversial technology administered by RCMP and used by police forces and law enforcement agencies across Canada to automatically scan ...

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Drunk Scooter Driver Busted

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.12.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VICTORIA - A Victoria man has learned the hard way that drinking and driving will land you in jail — even if you're driving a scooter.Police in Vict...

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Free Baby?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 11.10.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VICTORIA - Police in Victoria are investigating an advertisement posted on an buy-and-sell Internet website where a baby was offered for "free to a go...

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'Severed Feet' Investigation Grows

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.06.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VICTORIA - A Victoria Police investigation into a human-remains hoax is growing after the discovery of two more child-sized shoes on the same beach wh...

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