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Yet another mild earthquake has gone bump in the night off Vancouver Island. The U.S. Geological Survey says this one had a magnitude of 4.4 and occurred at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Unionized B.C. Transit workers could stage a one-day walkout on Tuesday, Jan. 22, completely halting a service that sees about 70,000 bus trips each weekday.

‘Don’t fire me because I’m too hot,” I told my boss. “That won’t be the reason,” he replied. I tried to hide my relief. Never saw my movie star looks and smouldering sexuality as a workplace liability before, but this Iowa case has changed things.

TORONTO - Canada's largest veterans facility has lifted its ban on a woman who complained about bedbugs and a threat to a resident's safety.

A 51-year-old man has been taken to hospital in critical condition following a rescue on Hollyburn Mountain early Sunday. Rescue crews were called out after the man fell down an embankment while snowshoeing at around 4 p.m. Saturday.

OTTAWA - The navy's long-delayed, much-studied joint support ship program is expected to come under the political microscope within weeks in what is likely another defence equipment embarrassment for the Harper government.

The plan was code-named Project Bacon, and as it sizzles toward completion next year, it is changing the Canadian retail landscape forever. On storefronts across the country, the red bull’s eye will soon replace the red “Z.

Once again, the less fortunate in Greater Victoria have received Christmas help from the Times Colonist and its readers. To all of you who helped, a special thanks from all of us.

Anglican parishes on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands can now seek permission to formally bless married homosexual couples.

Two rock slides in as many weeks on a short section of the Malahat have prompted B.C.’s Ministry of Transportation to inspect mountain walls for other potential risks.