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OTTAWA - If there's one issue that unites Idle No More protesters, Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence and militant and moderate First Nations alike, it is the federal government's recent changes to environmental oversight.

OTTAWA - Opposition MPs say it's time for Parliament to take a critical look at the politicization of the public service following the latest example of a Conservative minister overstepping the bounds of bureaucratic neutrality.

TORONTO - The episodes of bullying that mar early grade school years for hundreds of children may be a partial result of the victim's DNA, a new study suggested Wednesday.

A 36-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle crash in Courtenay last night. The man was riding his motorcycle at the intersection of 29th Street and Cliff Avenue around 5:30 p.m. when he collided with a pickup truck making a left turn. Const.

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Premier Christy Clark pledged Wednesday to fix the “profoundly flawed” process of hiring B.C.’s auditor general and said she hopes current auditor John Doyle will stay in the job for another two years.

A Victoria police officer held a dying 15-year-old boy in his arms, trying to comfort him and stem the blood pouring from his chest, a B.C. Supreme Court trial heard Tuesday. Const.

[UPDATED] Traffic has returned to normal on the Pat Bay Highway after a blockade by Idle No More protesters this morning. For less than an hour this morning, starting at 11 a.m.

A miniature horse had to be euthanized after an apparent attack by a human left the mare with internal injuries on the weekend.

Victoria’s urban camper has received a 90-day intermittent sentence for breaching two court orders when he pitched a tent in Centennial Square last year.