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By Ann PowellTomatoes in December? There was a time when that would have sounded absurd. But these days, you don’t have to give up having tomatoes in your salads or on your sandwiches just because the season has changed.

The hunt is on for 45 Romanian adults and children smuggled into Canada. Government officials said Wednesday the missing are among 85 people who entered the country illegally at intervals stretching back to February.

CARSON, Genevieve (Jenny) July 13, 1915 - December 1, 2012 Passed away at her Oak Bay home, age 97. Loving mother of Arlene (Fred Apstein), proud Grandma of Emily, numerous nieces and nephews. Born in Placentia Bay, Nfld.

Victoria police are investigating a possible arson after a blaze at a Queens Avenue home early this morning, according to spokesman Const. Mike Russell. Emergency crews went to the fire at 860 Queens Ave. around 2:30 a.m.

A large contingent of brown pelicans has dropped into Victoria harbour for what's expected to be a short stay.

Two B.C. bus drivers are being accused of behaving badly, including one who kicked a mother and her three children off a bus in Victoria and another who allegedly “kidnapped” his passengers in Kamloops in a confrontation caught on video. B.C.

Six Cranbrook high school teachers who say they were poisoned by mercury while at work have received a new court-ordered compensation board hearing.

The former manager of the Red Lion Inn appeared briefly before a crowded Victoria courtroom Wednesday to face five charges of aggravated assault.

A verbal dust-up in the House of Commons almost wound up in a bench-clearing brawl.