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Three men are in hospital with serious injuries after a crash Friday morning on the Nanaimo Parkway. The crash took place about 7:30 a.m. after a northbound driver lost control of his older model Ford Ranger.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Police searched Friday for a Range Rover with dark tinted windows and custom rims that set off a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip when someone in the luxury SUV opened fire on a Maserati driven by an aspiring rapper.

A Port Alberni man whose second-degree murder conviction was overturned by the B.C. Court of Appeal appeared in B.C. Supreme Court in Victoria this week.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - An autopsy on a Canadian tourist's body failed to determine whether she was killed or died accidentally in a giant water cistern on top of a downtown Los Angeles hotel roof.

Vancouver Island’s top Anglican priest, Bishop James Cowan, has announced his retirement. Cowan, 61, who has served as bishop of British Columbia for nine years, said he will retire Aug. 31.

Concerns about possible contamination of drinking water supplies in the Comox Valley will be addressed in the application for an environmental assessment of the proposed Raven underground coal mine, says Compliance Coal Corp. president John Tapics.

When a pregnant Charlene Chambers realized her baby boy would arrive 12 weeks early, she responded with alarm. “It was disbelief, it was shock,” said the Victoria mother of two.

The B.C. government is failing to protect biodiversity and often does not even know whether its actions are helping to safeguard species and ecosystems, says a report released Thursday by auditor general John Doyle.

B.C.’s child watchdog will get broad new powers to advocate for young adults with developmental disabilities under legislation introduced this week.

Justice Minister Shirley Bond moved to solve half a problem on Thursday. It’s the part she didn’t touch that has critics continuing to worry about pedophiles and other nasty types evading detection when her ministry does criminal records checks.