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Colin Davenport captured this image of the burning tugboat in the Sooke harbour Friday night from aboard a Coast Guard vessel.
 
"It was quite a spectacular fire,” said Sooke fire chief Steve Sorensen, adding arson could be to blame.
 
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Cash-strapped Catalyst Paper has followed through on its threat to pay only one-quarter of its property taxes in four coastal municipalities in a showdown that pits the province’s largest papermaker against a municipal tax system it says is unfair. On July 2, the deadline for paying property taxes, Catalyst staff hand-delivered cheques to the four municipalities for $1.5 million each, for a total of $6 million. It owes $23 million.
 
 
 
 
 

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Oak Bay High valedictoriansTaylor Johnson and Tookie Graham.

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Final inspection: Paul Matthews inspects an elaborately decorated, 2,300-year-old Egyptian coffin lid as it was uncrated at the museum. The 30-kilogram piece was hoisted onto a display platform, then it was meticulously checked, comparing it with photos taken before the journey.

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Grad 2009

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Suspicion gives way to neighbourly smiles

A "good neighbour" plaque presented to clients and staff at the Next Steps Transitional Shelter symbolizes more than a year of trouble-free times in Victoria's North Park district.

 
 
 
 
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