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Freight service will continue from Nanaimo to Duncan after part of the E&N Rail Line over the Chemainus River passed inspection Tuesday. Frank Butzelaar, president of Southern Railway, confirmed Tuesday that the freight service will remain in tact.

A 44-year-old woman is waiting to hear her fate after pleading guilty to two charges in a $441,178.58 fraud that affected two couples.

A vehicle being driven without its headlights on early Tuesday morning turned out to be stolen — and had a machete stashed in it. Saanich police officers spotted the vehicle about 2:45 a.m. near Quadra Street and Tattersall Drive.

A Nanaimo man is in custody, charged with setting a fire on Christmas Day to the residential group home in which he lived with four other people. Scot Adam Silver, 27, a resident of a group home at 3793 Norwell Rd.

Inappropriate conduct is not criminal conduct, the defence argued Tuesday during final submissions at Father Phil Jacobs’s trial for sexual offences against three youths. Jacobs, 63, who was parish priest at St.

Work on replacing the Craigflower Bridge will begin this spring, meaning a six- to seven-month detour for many motorists. Construction tenders on the $11.

A showdown between regional politicians and the B.C. government over authority to plan the new sewage treatment project will come to a head at a meeting today.

RCMP say they are not ruling out foul play in the death of a 40-year-old who was on board a sailboat that went aground. The sailboat went into rocks on the shore south of Courtenay on Monday just after 3 p.m.

MONTREAL - Haiti's prime minister wants Ottawa to give his government more say in how Canadian aid is spent in his country as it struggles to rebuild after a devastating earthquake three years ago.

Health officials have declared flu outbreaks in two extended care units at Saanich Peninsula Hospital where 18 residents fell ill in recent days.