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Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid offered her condolences Thursday on the death of a former employee who was fired last year as part of an ongoing investigation into privacy breach allegations.

NANAIMO — Reports of several cases of scarlet fever in Nanaimo should not alarm parents, says the Vancouver Island Heath Authority.

YVONNE ZACHARIAS Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER — Abbotsford police have turned up gruesome evidence in a case against a man who is scheduled to appear in provincial court next week for counselling a mentally disturbed woman to commit suicide.

NANAIMO — In a case that may have national ramifications, the head baker of the Cannabis Buyers’ Club of Canada has been acquitted of outstanding drug offences.

CAMPBELL RIVER — A Campbell River boater found guilty of harassing killer whales was handed an unusual sentence on Wednesday.

OTTAWA - The plans for Stephen Harper's high-stakes meeting with First Nations leaders on Friday are awash in confusion.

NANAIMO — Health officials are calling Gabriola Island’s outbreak of whooping cough the worst in years, with 10 new cases reported in just over a week. There were three cases of whooping cough on Gabriola Island at the end of December, but by Jan.

Saanich police believe a quartet of early-morning break-ins, including three on Thursday, could be linked.

A late-night break and enter at the Bay in Mayfair Shopping Centre netted thieves thousands of dollars worth of jewelry on Wednesday. Victoria police were called about 11:30 p.m. with a reports of an alarm at the store.

OTTAWA - When Stephen Harper needed someone to prepare the groundwork for a successful meeting Friday with First Nations chiefs, he turned to Mr. Wright.