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British Columbia’s top children’s advocate likes to imagine a government that would install a digital counter displaying the number of kids awaiting adoption. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.

Saanich Police seized a sawed-off shotgun, bear spray and brass knuckles from a Cook Street apartment Saturday night. Police would not release details on why they entered the suite in the 3200 block of Cook Street, near Tolmie Avenue.

Two people suffered minor injuries after a head-on crash on Saturday evening on Blanshard Street, just south of Saanich Road. Just before 10 p.m., the 63-year-old Victoria man turned from Saanich Road to the northbound lanes of Blanshard.

OTTAWA - The Harper government is dismissing a report that ranks it 55th in the world for upholding freedom of information, saying it has a sterling record for openness.

MONTREAL - Not even the most militant of Quebec's student federations expects this week's education summit to plunge the province into another Maple Spring.

BROADWAY MIKE — Finance Minister Mike de Jong used this week’s budget defence to shake the dust off his vocal cords.

People who think of rugby as a rough-and-tumble sport may be pleasantly surprised to find a softer side to the players.

About 2,200 former hospital workers whose contracts were gutted by the provincial government’s Bill 29 in 2002 have lost another appeal, possibly the last available.

The B.C. government wants school boards to promote the use of vacant classrooms and property by licensed child-care providers.

If you’re looking for a deal — and who isn’t? — the auction site of the provincial government never closes. The site, bcauction.