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As many as 1,200 B.C. drivers who were penalized for drunk driving in the weeks before the province’s impaired law was deemed unconstitutional might have some of their penalties overturned.

The personal health data of more than five million British Columbians was improperly stored or accessed, said B.C. Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid, Monday.

Barbara Giroux was given a conditional sentence Monday in Victoria provincial for two counts of fraud that netted her $318,775.66.

Nanaimo RCMP broke up what they believe to be a shoplifting ring after carrying out a search warrant about 11:15 a.m. Monday.

Community Living B.C. unveiled a new whistleblower policy Monday to better protect those who report theft, corruption and the mistreatment of adults with developmental disabilities.

[UPDATED] Catalyst Paper officials celebrated the firm’s return to the Toronto Stock Exchange by ringing the bell to open trading this morning. And took along a special guest — Opposition leader Adrian Dix.

Two Vancouver Island-Africa stories, two discouraging sequels. The first is the seemingly never-ending immigration drama encountered by Saltspring Island’s Jennifer Lannan. Lannan’s tale has played out in this space for the past couple of years.

NANAIMO — Nanaimo RCMP have laid second-degree murder charges in relation to a homicide Sunday at a Fifth Street townhouse complex. Residents identified the deceased man as former tenant Floyd Travis, 35.

A man accused of fatally stabbing a 15-year-old boy at a bus stop on June 3, 2010, told police he thought the boy was part of a gang that was going to kill or kidnap him, B.C. Supreme Court heard Monday.

Correct procedures and permissions were not followed when researchers accessed the personal health information of thousands of British Columbians, but the likelihood of inappropriate use of the information is low, B.C.