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A University of Victoria PhD student who was one of seven people fired last year as part of a Health Ministry investigation into an alleged privacy breach has been found dead.

A 47-year-old motorist injured by a train at a Nanaimo crossing Tuesday has received a $109 ticket for failing to stop. The woman suffered extensive bruising and was treated in hospital and released, Nanaimo RCMP said.

A 62-year-old pedestrian died Wednesday morning after she was hit by a garbage truck in Cedar, south of Nanaimo. The accident happened about 10 a.m.

Saanich school trustees have lashed out at Education Minister Don McRae for telling boards of education to find savings that will cover union wage increases.

Here’s the story of how Pender Island swung an axe and saved the world. The tale began two years ago, when Jane McIntosh volunteered to work on a hospital ship in Africa.

Father Phil Jacobs’s evidence was rehearsed and calculated and in some cases, simply not believable, the Crown argued Wednesday during final submissions in B.C. Supreme Court. Jacobs, 63, who was parish priest at St.

An elderly woman’s application to remain in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds has once again been denied. Surjit Bhandal, 83, lives in Langford with her family and came to Canada as a visitor in 2008.

THURSDAY, JAN. 10 Lego Exhibit with hundreds of sets, thousands of blocks and fun activities for the family at the Sidney Museum, 2423 Beacon Ave., Sidney. Exhibit runs to March 31.

OTTAWA - The abrupt postponement Wednesday of an Assembly of First Nations news conference spoke volumes about the turmoil and mistrust that underlies planning for Friday's meeting between aboriginal leaders and Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

MONTREAL - A shackled Luka Rocco Magnotta remained impassive as he made his first court appearance since last June on a first-degree murder charge in the gruesome slaying of a Montreal university student.