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[See credit-card statements at end of story] A former chief executive officer of the Greater Victoria Public Library racked up $131,606 on his corporate Mastercard in less that four years, on purchases that included $500 for hemp-based body cream, mu

Questions are being raised about the whereabouts of Central Saanich councillor Terry Siklenka, who is apparently working in the Cayman Islands while on paid leave from his council duties.

Dozens of children, mostly aboriginals, formed a suicide pact in a downtown Vancouver community earlier this year that prompted police to step in and have some of them hospitalized for their own safety.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority issued a notice of intent Friday to award a contract to a new association of Victoria-area specialists in orthopedic and joint replacement called Rebalance MD.

Canada's wealthiest family >B1

Senses become heightened in a different environment, not unlike witnessing miracles

Port Alberni, Beaver Creek and Sproat Lake firefighters were on scene at a sawmill blaze for nine hours Thursday night in Port Alberni.

A convoy of caring - about 50 vehicles stocked with food and clothing - arrived at Our Place in downtown Victoria Friday.

Refugee lives in limbo on streets of fear >C1