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TORONTO - The world has gone bananas for a baby monkey named Darwin caught frolicking around the parking lot of a Toronto Ikea store.

OTTAWA - The credibility of a key witness in a legal bid to overturn Conservative victories in six closely contested ridings came under fire Monday as hearings began into allegations of voter-suppression tactics during the last federal election.

OTTAWA - Amid the avalanche of figures, statistics, estimates and soothing political assurances coming this week on the Conservative government's troubled stealth fighter program, one report will warn about the lagging benefit for Canada's aerospace

OTTAWA - A New Brunswick man is taking Via Rail to court for cutting in half the service on its main Maritime route, saying the company is violating federal policy to advance economic growth in rural and urban areas.

Smaller Christmas hampers will go out this year, unless more people donate to the Christmas Hamper Program. About 10,000 kilograms of food has been donated, about six tonnes less than by this time last year.

2A leaving Johnson and Douglas 7:16am to Thompson and Musgrave 7:36am 2A leaving Thompson and Musgrave 7:53am to Douglas and View 8:15am 4 leaving Fairfield and Blanshard 8:05am to UVIC Exchange 8:35am 4 leaving UVIC Exchange 8:57am to Fairfield and

The Malahat is closed in both directions after a two-vehicle crash about 5:30 p.m. Monday. Traffic near the crash site of Spectacle Lake Road and Highway 1 is being turned around. Motorists are urged to take Shawnigan Lake Road.

Hockey is bad but it could be verse Re: “Hockey? Who really cares?” Dec. 7. There are blessings in disguise: This Christmas for me is exceedingly merry — I don’t have to listen to bosh from Don Cherry.

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is being asked to settle a seven-year battle to lift the shroud of secrecy over a decades-old intelligence dossier on socialist trailblazer Tommy Douglas.

The Times Colonist Christmas Fund provides individuals and families with grocery vouchers, and children with gift vouchers. ? Go to timescolonist.com ? Call 250-995-4438 between 8: 30 a.m. and 5: 00 p.m.