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Six with incomes over $500,000 live in subsidized B.C. facilities

Scanning requirement during Olympics is overkill

3,000-plus varieties of flora rooted just a block from their old home

A 60-year-old Ladysmith man is dead after an apparent ATV accident. The man was picking salal in a remote area off Spruston Road near MacKay Lake on Thursday. When he did not return home at the normal time, family and friends went in search of him.

Murdered and missing aboriginal women and girls will be remembered tomorrow in the annual Sisters in Spirit vigil at the legislature.

A provincial task force has been struck to look at modernizing B.C.'s election rules. The task force's mandate will include examining disclosure requirements and improving fairness, transparency and public participation.

Andrew Charles convicted of drunk driving

Opening hours for the Royal B.C. Museum and the adjacent B.C. Archives have been reduced as part of cost-cutting efforts amid budget constraints. Beginning Oct. 13, the museum will open an hour later, at 10 a.m., seven days a week.

Francis Rattenbury, the man behind the provincial legislature, The Empress and other well-known Victoria buildings, never had formal training as an architect.

This year's 'affordability index' is up 3.8 per cent from 2008