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“This is not something that we can keep tolerating,” says Coun. Zac de Vries.

A crosswalk and intersection in Saanich where a teenager was fatally struck by a vehicle in December will undergo improvements starting Wednesday.

Cyclist Paul O'Callaghan was struck by a vehicle in almost the exact same spot 16-year-old Kaydence Bourque had been killed two months earlier, prompting more calls for improved road safety in Saanich, B.C.

'How many people do we want to injure permanently?'

Victoria Coun. Ben Isitt is calling for the City of Victoria to approve up to $50,000 in funding to keep the School Crossing Guard Program running until the end of the school year.

Kaydence Bourque is being remembered as a funny, polite and hard-working kid, who didn’t have a mean bone in his body. The 16-year-old died after he was hit by a vehicle in a Saanich, B.C., crosswalk on Monday night. His family shared a statement on Friday, fondly recalling his sweet and joyful nature.

More than 50 Saanich residents gathered at the district’s municipal hall Friday, demanding the municipality move quickly to improve sidewalks and cycling infrastructure to keep people safe.

Kaydence Bourque, 16, was about 30 metres from his Merriman Drive home in Saanich when he was hit by a vehicle at 9:45 p.m. in a marked and lighted crosswalk on Cedar Hill Cross Road.

Kaydence Bourque, 16, never regained consciousness after being struck by a vehicle at 9:45 p.m. Monday in a marked and lighted crosswalk

Teen had just stepped off the bus and was less than 100 feet from his home when he was hit.