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Ottawa was awash in speculation Thursday that the price tag for the lifetime cost of the oft-maligned F-35 fighter was about to take a huge jump.

Classes were cancelled and about 500 children were sent home from a Port Moody elementary school Thursday after two students fainted and were taken to hospital, says a school district spokeswoman.

TODAY The Sound of Music presented by Victoria Operatic Society at the McPherson Playhouse. Friday to Dec. 16, Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. with matinée Sunday, Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets at 250-386-6121 or rmts.bc.ca.

The families of the women Robert Pick-ton took from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside will this month see the results from a public inquiry - more than a decade after the serial killer's arrest.

Two men involved in a head-on crash north of Kitimat, on Highway 37, are recovering in hospital thanks to the efforts of witnesses who helped them out of their flaming car. RCMP said a car and a pickup truck slammed into each other Wednesday night.

Government House Leader Peter Van Loan has apologized for using off-colour language during a verbal dustup on the floor of the House of Commons with NDP leader Tom Mulcair.

An Island police dog named Rook has proven his worth by protecting his handler from a black bear and her two cubs - and then going on to catch a suspected criminal. A donnybrook broke out about 4: 40 a.m. Wednesday, when Const.

Drunk when she killed motorcyclist, mother has had a difficult life: judge

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The man charged in the attempted abduction of a 17-year-old female in Saanich was scheduled to be in court Thursday, but his appearance was adjourned until Dec. 20.