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A distraught man emerged unhurt from his Sooke house Friday morning after about three hours of negotiation with police. Sooke RCMP arrived at the Golledge Avenue property about 3 a.m.

A 23-year-old Edmonton-based soldier has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a woman at a Halifax hotel in 2010.

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Talks between union, employers proceeding through weekend

Development sent to hearing, but not without some reservations

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