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SEOUL, South Korea - A major South Korean broadcaster says it has banned PSY's new music video because the rapper is shown abusing public property. The "Gentleman" video opens with PSY kicking a cone that says "no parking.

A homecoming in the Cowichan Valley is thrilling bird enthusiasts. Three of the Western bluebirds introduced to Vancouver Island last year have returned to the Cowichan Garry Oak Preserve — the first sign a complex reintroduction program is working.

You pull your boat onto Chatham Island beach, ignore the No Trespassing signs and light a fire — temporarily forgetting the ban on burning — open a beer and get the music going.

After cracking down on a persistent dial-a-dope operation and shuttering a Hillside-area drug house, Victoria police hope they have made a significant dent in criminal activity. Victoria police Const.

The Times Colonist 10K will take place April 28 with extra security in light of the terrorist attack at Monday’s Boston Marathon. Race director Jacqui Sanderson met Tuesday with Victoria municipal and police officials to discuss the issue.

Opponents of a plan to put a sewage treatment plant and biosolids facility in Esquimalt got the backing of the co-author of a report advocating small treatment plants scattered around the region rather than one large one.

Liberal cabinet minister Ida Chong slammed the Vancouver Island Health Authority on Wednesday for failing to resolve a contract dispute that has resulted in four doctors resigning from a medical clinic that serves seniors.

On the surface, everything seemed ordinary about the annual birthday call Verna McAdams made from her Langford home to identical twin sister, Vera Burke, in Saskatchewan on Wednesday.

East Sooke firefighters were lucky they weren’t inside a burning building when their water supply faltered Saturday, Fire Chief Roger Beck says.

This time, the bets are on Fifty Shades of Grey. Every spring, the previous year’s bestsellers flood into the Times Colonist book sale. In 2012, it was the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series.