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 Victoria council considers service cuts, layoffs
Service cuts, including the possibility of layoffs, were part of the discussions Tuesday as Victoria city councillors met behind closed doors with senior city staff to map out a strategy to lower future tax increases.
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 CRD pitches takeover of area transit
The Capital Regional District officially makes its case today for taking over Greater Victoria transit services, stressing the need to increase representation for all 13 municipalities in the region.
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 Live chat today at 9 am: Predicting teen behaviour
Imagine if you could peer inside the minds of teenagers to understand the love they have of Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Researchers are studying ways to harness the power of online metrics and models to try to understand the behaviour of teenagers. Join our live chat and find out what they have discovered about what your teen's surfing behaviour says about him or her. Be a part of the discussion, today at noon ET.
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 B.C. Education Ministry cuts funding for free adult ed classes
A government program that offers free courses for high school graduates who want to upgrade their skills has been radically scaled back after the Education Ministry decided it had expanded far beyond its original intent. Under the program, tuition fees were abolished in 2008 but the mandate was left open-ended. That allowed B.C. school districts to offer free online courses for adults in a range of subjects such as photography, hair design, drawing, guitar, film and television, outdoor pursuits, computers, cosmetology, horsemanship and more than half a dozen languages.
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 Scuba victim ID'd as navy coxswain
The man who died in a scuba-diving accident in Saanich Inlet on the weekend was a HMCS Victoria coxswain on a recreational dive with friends when something went terribly wrong.
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