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Two men who share similar tattoos, ethnicity, hairstyle and weight, and who are both wanted on warrants in California were arrested by Victoria police last week.

Police and the B.C. government have made good progress on safety changes to Taser use, after the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski, says a special legislative committee.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8 Let’s Make An Opera and The Little Sweep by Benjamin Britten and librettist Eric Crozier, presented by the Belfry Theatre and Pacific Opera Victoria, Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 1:30 p.m. at the Belfry Theatre.

It’s technologically possible to raise salmon in closed containment pens but questions remain whether it’s financially viable for the aquaculture industry, says a parliamentary report released Thursday.

Dominic Oyango Wandolo pleaded guilty Thursday to the daylight robbery at Paul Mara Jewellers last April. Wandolo, who had been on trial in B.C.

Premier Christy Clark has all but endorsed Victoria businessman David Black’s plans for a $25-billion refinery project near Kitimat.

Saanich police are asking the public to keep their eyes peeled for a man suspected in the armed robbery of the TD Canada Trust at Quadra Street and McKenzie Avenue Thursday morning.

The Port Alberni RCMP arrested an Alberta fugitive wanted on many warrants on Feb. 19. Sean Roney had several outstanding warrants for his arrest from Alberta, which included two counts of sexual assault and five counts of breach of probation.

A Crown witness testified that he held the door of the Bedford Regency Hotel for Dominic Oyango Wandolo the morning Paul Mara Jewellers was robbed.

TORONTO - Stompin' Tom Connors was remembered Thursday as a true Canuck icon and a prodigious songwriter who cared so fiercely about representing his vast country in song that he never saw fit to chase riches outside Canada's borders — despite worldw