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ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. - A hearing into the collapse of a mall's rooftop parking lot almost nine months ago begins Monday as a public inquiry delves into the tragedy that killed two women and left a community bereft.

TORONTO - Matti McLean once hated his body so much that he stopped eating in his last year of high school. Now he's advertising the beauty of the human form by transforming it into a work of art.

The family of a man who seriously injured himself after being sent home from the emergency department of the Royal Jubilee Hospital in 2007 is suing the Vancouver Island Health Authority for malpractice. The civil trial begins Monday in B.C.

Premier Christy Clark has called a special meeting of her cabinet for later today as her government braces for further questions about a controversial strategy to woo ethnic voters.

Physics and astronomy discoveries aren’t just for science nerds.

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 The Beatles: Sergeant Pepper, presented by the Victoria Symphony Pop Series, final performance, 2 p.m. at the Royal Theatre. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-286-6121.

MONTREAL - An opposition MP says a media report on a Conservative senator's expense claims is part of a disturbing pattern that points to bigger problems at the institution.

A 41-year-old man was left with lacerations on his face after a fight in Saanich Friday night. Saanich police responded to reports of a stabbing in the 3900 block of Wolf Street, in Gordon Head, about 8:45 p.m.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority will expand a program that provides health services to help keep seniors in their homes as long as possible. It’s one of three programs that will share VIHA’s $7.

A small herd of Angus cattle graze on Saanich farmland as the owners and the municipality lock horns over the property’s future. Don Alberg moved the cattle onto the property at 1516 Mount Douglas Cross Rd.