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VANCOUVER — Defence lawyers in the Basi-Virk political corruption trial are seeking hundreds of documents related to a secret informant that was the focus of a Supreme Court of Canada ruling last week, a judge was told Tuesday.
 
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Telus Corp. said Tuesday it had obtained a court injunction preventing rival Rogers Communications from claiming its wireless network is the most reliable in Canada.
 
 
 
 
 

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Second World War veteran Doug Grant, also formerly of the Victoria Police Department, at his home in Oak Bay. Among other experiences, Grant was a Prisoner of War in a Japanese POW camp for several years, and was on the outskirts of Nagasaki when the second atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945.

Prisoner of war and a lucky man

On Aug. 9, 1945, Doug Grant scribbled in a journal he kept hidden from his captors that 'a terrific ...


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Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins says a study has shown that McLoughlin Point is not the best option for a sewage treatment site and that a better site can be found.

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Second World War veteran Doug Grant, also formerly of the Victoria Police Department, at his home in Oak Bay. Among other experiences, Grant was a Prisoner of War in a Japanese POW camp for several years, and was on the outskirts of Nagasaki when the second atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945.

Prisoner of war and ...

On Aug. 9, 1945, Doug Grant scribbled in a journal he kept hidden...


 
One of Uptown's anchor buildings rises like a geometric sculpture on the former site of Town and Country Shopping Centre in Saanich. The $300-million Uptown project, with retail stores and offices, is being promoted as Saanich's new downtown. This building is slated for office and retail uses -- the tenant list includes B.C. Assessment and Future Shop. Some businesses will move into Uptown in February. The project's largest tenant, a Wal-Mart superstore, is scheduled to open in July.

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Oak Bay High valedictoriansTaylor Johnson and Tookie Graham.

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Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins says a study has shown that McLoughlin Point is not the best option for a sewage treatment site and that a better site can be found.

Sewage Treatment: Will...

A decision on where to put new sewage plants in Greater Victoria...


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The latest project from the Creative Peace Mural Society has been feted at Government House by Lt.-Gov. Steven Point.

 
 
 
 
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