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OTTAWA - Traitor, autocrat, heartthrob, scrapper — just a few of the provocative nouns used to compel us to take a different look at Canadian historical figures in the new portrait exhibition "Double Take.

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Denis Lebel has asked his top bureaucrat to investigate whether a federal bridge agency improperly received gifts from a major Quebec construction firm.

TORONTO - A jury weighing the role psychosis played in the mind of a troubled drifter when he mowed down and killed a Toronto police officer with a snowplow will resume deliberations on Tuesday.

A 48-year-old man is dead after crashing his all-terrain vehicle outside of Nanaimo on Saturday. The accident occurred in the Nanaimo Lakes area, west of Nanaimo, about 8 p.m., according to B.C. Coroners Service spokeswoman Barb McLintock.

A Victoria cyclist struck by a minivan at Bay and Blanshard streets two weeks ago died in hospital overnight Friday. The name of the man, who was in his 30s and suffered serious head injuries in the collision, has not been released.

Sunday marked the 22nd anniversary of the disappearance of four-year-old Michael Dunahee, but police say they haven’t stopped looking.

Vancouver Islanders proved the most committed energy savers in the province during Saturday night’s Earth Hour, with all 10 of B.C.’s top community electricity-use reductions recorded on the Island.

Jackie Stobbart may consider her cats priceless, but for a low-income Victoria resident who depends on disability assistance, the cost of feeding them has become a problem.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The caveman comedy "The Croods" left an indelible mark on the wall, opening at No. 1 with $44.7 million, according to Sunday studio estimates.

TORONTO - An Ontario couple who held a developmentally disabled man captive and tortured him while draining his bank account to buy drugs and video game equipment is asking for lighter sentences.