The Cloake Hill reservoir, near the northernmost tip of the Saanich Peninsula, struggled to keep up with demand. Last Sunday, the region consumed a record 273 million litres of water.

Snowpack levels on Vancouver Island are currently at 39 per cent of normal for June, feeding concerns about how local water ...

Departing Saanich councillors Rebecca Mersereau and Ned Taylor may feel they have to go, but they didn’t want to leave council without a little boost for those who really have to go.