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Popular fashion retailer a first for the Island

Apple Inc. booked orders for more than two million iPhone 5 models in the first 24 hours, reflecting a higher-than-expected demand for the consumer device giant's new smartphone and setting it up for a strong holiday quarter.

The Toronto stock market ended its fourday climb on Monday as traders reined in their enthusiasm and commodity prices shifted lower. The S&P/TSX composite index ended the day 52.61 points lower to 12,446.

Dear Mike: I've recently been through a divorce and it has certainly impacted my retirement prospects.

After decades of operating out of cramped quarters and with equipment and resources scattered in buildings around the base, CFB Esquimalt firefighters are counting down the days to a move into one of the country's most modern and technologically adva

Despite warnings from think-tank, no signs here of drop-off in travel

Members of the Royal Family, a smattering of movie stars and even a Prime Minister or three could be leaving Victoria for the less hospitable climes of Regina if Ken Lane's math makes sense.

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First Nations deal for facility near Kitimat

The Competition Bureau is suing Canada's three biggest wireless carriers and an industry association for allegedly enabling providers of premium texting services to trick consumers into paying fees they weren't expecting.