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34-year-old restaurant worker is charged with four offences

By Roberto de Jesus Guerra PerezSANTIAGO, Cuba — While sections of the East Coast of the United States are still totaling up the damage from Superstorm Sandy, much of Cuba is overwhelmed by destruction and disease cause by what one U.N.

Police say a 17-year-old Saanich teen knows the masked man who attacked her and tried to toss her into a van near her Gordon Head home Monday night.

How quickly politicians become what they once decried. The New Democrats charged resource business executives $2,500 for a chance to meet privately with leader Adrian Dix and a selection of MLAs this week.

A Victoria native renowned in China for more than 40 years of medical missionary work will finally get her due in the city where she was born on Dec. 8 - now declared Dr. Victoria Chung Day.

TODAY Christmas Lights Across Canada, a family event, 4: 30 p.m. at the Sequoia tree on the lawn of the legislative buildings. Hark! The Haro's Angels Sing, 6-9 p.m. at Haro's Restaurant and Bar, Sidney Pier Hotel and Spa, 9805 Seaport Pl. Tel.

A cyclist was taken to hospital with minor injuries after being struck during early-morning traffic in a Colwood intersection this morning. West Shore RCMP Acting Sgt. Kathy Rochlitz said it happened around 7:15 a.m.

The Times Colonist Christmas Fund and its predecessors have been helping less fortunate families since 1956. Every year, the generosity of our readers allows us to provide food vouchers and gifts for children.

Lotto 6/49: 04, 26, 34, 38, 41, 46 Bonus: 44 BC/49: 09, 13, 21, 25, 26, 31 Bonus: 46 Extra: 32, 50, 56, 92 Draw date: Wednesday, Dec. 5 Numbers are unofficial.

Drivers and pedestrians both need to exercise extra vigilance in light of recent collisions between vehicles and pedestrians, say police in the region.