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By Pico IyerSANTA BARBARA, Calif. — There was once a little bookstore, tucked into an unglamorous mall on the wrong side of town, where few visitors were likely to stumble upon it.

Police urged software company founder John McAfee Tuesday to come in for questioning and help solve the killing of his American neighbour on the Caribbean island where they lived.

Greater Victoria bus drivers are claiming a major victory after B.C. Transit backed away from its plan to use replacement workers for backlogged maintenance work during an ongoing labour dispute.

TODAY Australian musician Xavier Rudd, 8 p.m. at The Royal Theatre. Tickets at tel. 250-386-6121 or rmts.bc.ca. Datsik with Generic & Outsider Firepower Records Tour at Club 9one9, 919 Douglas St., 9 p.m. Tickets at Ticketweb.ca, ClubZone.

B.C.'s conflict of interest commissioner has stepped away from conducting a possible investigation into Premier Christy Clark's alleged actions around the sale of B.C. Rail, saying he too may be considered in a conflict.

A man charged with the second-degree murder of a Langford father appeared in Victoria provincial court Tuesday.

By Larry RosenDOMINGUEZ HILLS, Calif.

The man accused of shooting a disabled Fernwood man two years ago admitted Wednesday that he told a friend he shot Leslie Hankel on March 3, 2010, because his mask fell off.

Funding to restore Island passenger rail service cleared the committee stage of the Regional District of Nanaimo board of directors this week.

A Saanich teen who knocked an 87-year-old woman to the ground and stole her cash-filled purse has been sentenced to six months in jail followed by two years' probation.