“It really amped me up and it was absolutely fantastic,” said Hempler. Hempler completed 30 marathons 26.2 miles or 42 kilometres each day only taking walk breaks at about the halfway mark for water and nutrition supplements. Most of her routes included laps of the Galloping Goose and Lochside Trail. One loop from Tillicum Road to Saanich Road, for instance, is four kilometres and a marathon is just over 10 laps. On Sunday, Hempler, who works in supply chain for Viking Air, said she was teeming with energy but recalled how on Day 4, with 26 marathons or about 1,092 kilometres to go, she was stiff and sore and moving on all fours to ascend and descend stairs at her home.
Saanich police responded to a three-vehicle crash on Tillicum Road between Arena Road and Burnside Road West on Tuesday. The crash took place around 3:30 p.m. Traffic along Tillicum Road was . . .
Tillicum Road was closed in both directions Tuesday afternoon between Maddock Avenue West and Burnside Road West after a collision that left one vehicle on its side.Saanich police said there were no . . .
It’s the site of a strip mall anchored by Il Greco Restaurant, which owns the property at the northwest corner of the busy intersection. “This is a wonderful first step to renewal … replacing tired, older infrastructure … and growing our community,” said Coun. Colin Plant. Councillors granted the landowner rezoning from commercial to general commercial neighbourhood centre and allowed variance permits on building setbacks, height and reduced parking. They noted architect Alan Lowe, the applicant acting on behalf of the property owner, worked closely with municipal staff to fine tune the project. The landowner also agreed to make a $108,000 contribution for improvements to nearby Gorge Park and will finance the removal of trees on the property that will be replanted at other locations in the municipality.
Saanich police are investigating a series of arsons over the past two weeks and say they might be connected.The first case was late Christmas Day when the owner of a vehicle parked in his driveway in. . .