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OTTAWA - New federal statistics show the government is backsliding when it comes to answering access-to-information requests in a timely way, says information commissioner Suzanne Legault.

Wendy Bouma of Nanaimo never imagined she would end up on the storied TV game show The Price is Right — least of all, perhaps, that she'd win. Bouma's appearance on The Price is Right aired on Jan.

Victoria police are looking for a man who stole a 90-year-old woman’s purse in downtown Victoria on Saturday. The woman was walking home around 9 p.m. when a young man yanked the purse from her arm and ran down Blanshard Street, according to police.

A Stanley Cup rioter with one of the highest profiles -- and the lightest sentence -- has pleaded not guilty to breaching conditions of that sentence.

Flights out of Victoria and Nanaimo were cancelled this morning due to freezing rain in Richmond and Vancouver Harbour. Harbour Air Seaplanes says on its website this morning: “We are experiencing some cancellations due to weather this morning.

[UPDATED] The death of a Sooke woman who lost control of her all-terrain vehicle on Friday is being investigated by the B.C. Coroners Service.

Josie Osborne is now officially the mayor of Tofino.

A local man rescued two women and their dogs after their vehicle left the road and overturned in a water-filled ditch last week.

Two Vanderhoof residents are the focus of an RCMP murder probe.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Ben Affleck got some vindication and Jodie Foster made a revelation at the Golden Globe Awards. Affleck's "Argo" earned him best motion picture drama and director honours at Sunday night's ceremony.