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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.

WINNIPEG - Family friends say that months before Phoenix Sinclair's mother brutally killed her, she was forcing the girl to belittle herself and locking her in a bedroom. "Sam was getting Phoenix to say things ... to mimic her.

MOSCOW - It was supposed to be a thrilling ride down a ski slope inside a giant inflatable ball that is to be one of the symbols of next year's Winter Olympics; it ended in tragedy for the two Russian men inside.

TORONTO - A plagiarism scandal has forced Canada's largest school board to consider taking action against its top educator as public outrage over the incident prompted some to call for his resignation.

OTTAWA - Amid all the anti-Harper, anti-government placards and slogans, it's hard to imagine the Conservatives see any positives from the Idle No More movement.

OTTAWA - One-quarter of Canada's First Nations bands are under some kind of financial supervision ordered by the federal government, suggesting issues with money management on reserves stretches far beyond the bounds of the remote community of Attawa