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Children at Sir James Douglas School in Fairfield were ushered inside a little early Thursday morning after a possible cougar sighting in the area. Victoria police spokesman Const.

One of the men found guilty of a sensational contract killing gone awry has died behind bars more than 25 years after being convicted of the first-degree murder of a Vancouver Island woman.

Victoria will review its bylaw surrounding charity solicitation - what some people call chugging (short for charity mugging) - on city streets.

The RCMP say a B.C. man and his young son who are the subject of an Amber Alert may have entered the United States.

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TODAY Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal at the Royal Theatre, tonight and Saturday, 7: 30 p.m. Tickets at rmts.bc.ca or tel. 250-386-6121; dancevictoria.com.

No security risk detected so far, sources say

Simeon Sanford Blades is Tiny Tim Simeon Sanford Blades portrays Tiny Tim in the Belfry Theatre's production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The actor was misidentified in a photo caption on page C1 Thursday.

Children at Sir James Douglas School in Fairfield were ushered inside a little Thursday morning after a possible cougar sighting in the area. Victoria police spokesman Const.

Victoria byelection Conservative candidate Dale Gann went against his own party Thursday by rejecting the proposed $783-million secondary sewage treatment plant for the capital region.