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SATURDAY In the Spirit: Soul Christmas Concert by Victoria Soul Gospel Choir, 7: 30 p.m. at Alix Goolden Performance Hall. Tel. 250-920-4005 tickets@VictoriaSoulGospel.

Authorities deduced from hours of interviews with an Alaska serial killer that he may have killed close to a dozen people, and that he killed for pleasure and was only conflicted about how his notoriety would affect the ones he loved.

Arrest warrants have been issued for the first two people charged under the Regional District of Nanaimo's illegal dumping bylaw.

OTTAWA — Those thousands of holiday greeting cards from MPs pouring out of the national capital this month are part of a rich tradition. Christmas, you say? No, politics.

LONDON - The news that Prince William and the former Kate Middleton were expecting their first child — joyous news for a couple looking forward to starting a family — immediately turned bittersweet with the simultaneous announcement that the duchess

CAIRO - Egypt postponed early voting on a contentious draft constitution, and aides to President Mohammed Morsi floated the possibility of cancelling the whole referendum in the first signs Friday that the Islamic leader is finally yielding to days o

TOKYO - A strong earthquake Friday struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami, generating small waves but no immediate reports of heavy damage.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will ask Congress for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October, congressional aides said Friday.

By Trudy RubinAre political leaders in Jerusalem contemplating the dire cost to Israel if the prospects for a two-state solution come to an end?It doesn’t seem so.