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FRIDAY, APRIL 5 Symphony in the City Goes Uptown, a chance to spend a glamorous evening on the town while supporting the Victoria Symphony’s education and outreach programs.

The eight-month closure of the Craigflower Bridge between View Royal and Saanich has been set to begin at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, a necessary move but one that will cause headaches for motorists in the ensuing months.

Nanaimo RCMP have arrested a 34-year-old man in connection with a robbery at a gas bar almost a month ago. A man with his face covered and holding what might have been an imitation gun approached a clerk at the gas bar March 7 and demanded money.

TORONTO - Canada's provinces and territories talk a good game when it comes to funding in-home health care, but a new report is urging all orders of government to put their money where their mouths are.

OTTAWA - The Immigration department isn't sure whether dozens of people who got special temporary permits from the minister's office left the country when they were supposed to, even when the visitors were personally backed by MPs and members of cabi

THURSDAY, APRIL 4 Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, presented by Pacific Opera Victoria, 8 p.m. at the Royal Theatre, Thursday, Saturday, April 10 and 12 and matinée April 14, 2:30 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121.

Land adjacent to Goldstream Provincial Park that was accidentally removed from First Nations ownership more than 50 years ago will be returned to the Saanich Tribes on Friday.

Kelly Bedford was travelling the world a few years ago, when, like many Canadians, he fell in love with Australia and decided to stop for a while.

Three young dogs that nobody in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, wants are on Vancouver Island today, waiting for someone to love them.

A Victoria seafood company is facing six charges under the Fisheries Act. F.A.S. Seafood Producers Ltd.