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Invasive species are hitchhiking to the west coast of North America on debris from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami and it could be years before it is known which species will take hold and how much damage they will do, Oregon State University scienti

An impaired driver who killed a motorcyclist on the Trans-Canada Highway last year is back in treatment at the Vision-Quest Recovery Society in Surrey.

Ten people will be in the running to fill two vacancies on Central Saanich council. When nominations closed Friday, 10 people had filed nomination papers.

LA MOTTE, Que. - There are no hotel rooms in this town and the closest thing to a restaurant is the general store that sells chips and chocolate along a regional snowmobile trail.

TORONTO - Asteroids headed for Earth might strike fear into many hearts, but there are others who see business opportunities in the giant space rocks.

Comox Valley RCMP seized three dogs in Black Creek after they killed one cat and went after another Tuesday. Police responded to the report of three dogs killing a cat on the 8900 block of Tammy Road in Black Creek.

The harrowing moments that unfolded when a doorman was hit in a hail of gunfire outside a Victoria nightclub in a drive-by shooting last week were recounted for reporters Friday.

An oil spill on the Pat Bay Highway at Elk Lake expected to tie up traffic for hours this morning has turned out to be 60 litres of cooking oil. Crews are cleaning up the spill, said Saanich police Sgt. Steve Eassie.

OTTAWA - Several departments are ignoring a House of Commons committee's demand to turn over action plans after being scrutinized by the auditor general, a failure one MP calls contempt of Parliament.

A program that helps teenagers and young adults dealing with mental illness on southern Vancouver Island received a $150,000 lift from Coast Capital Savings Thursday.