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Actor Bill Tarmey, who for 30 years played lovable rogue Jack Duckworth on the British soap opera Coronation Street, died Friday at the age of 71, the show's producers said. Tarmey died on the Spanish island of Tenerife.

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? Victoria - 10: 15 a.m., cenotaph on B.C. legislature grounds, off Government Street. ? Saanich - 11 a.m. at cenotaph in front of Saanich municipal hall, 770 Vernon Ave. ? Central Saanich - 10: 45 a.m., municipal hall, 1903 Mount Newton Cross Rd.

'Rudolph!" cried the child, throwing his arms around the reindeer's neck. "Maybe your mother would like a reindeer hug, too," replied Rudolph, leering over the boy's shoulder at a pretty woman laden with shopping bags.

The editor of Canadian Mennonite magazine thinks his publication has struck a nerve after the Canada Revenue Agency threatened its charitable status.

With almost all ballots in Florida counted, U.S. media on Saturday projected President Barack Obama the winner in that state four days after he won Tuesday's national election.

Colorado, Washington await federal response to recreational use

Brother injured in fracas at Esquimalt apartment

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A former oil executive was named leader of the world's 80 million Anglicans on Friday, ending months of closed-door intrigue as the church struggles with bitter rifts over women bishops and gay marriage.