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Great aunt will donate part of liver to 18-month-old Pender Island girl

Weather disruptions could last until winter and harm crops from Australia to India

A minister in India's most populous and politically crucial state, Uttar Pradesh, has said bureaucrats can steal a little as long as they work hard - sparking a national outcry in a country whose ruling class has long been mired in corruption scandal

SHERBROOKE, Que. — How tough is the fight ahead for Jean Charest’s Liberals? The polls hint at the party’s defeat and point to the premier losing his own seat.Even the guy who lives in Charest’s childhood home might not vote for him.

Two men in a small plane escaped unharmed when they were forced to make an emergency landing along the rocky shore of the Pitt River Thursday after their craft sprung a fuel leak.

B.C.'s provincial emergency program wants a report card on how it handled flooding caused by this spring's snowpack runoff. The executive officer of Emergency Management B.C. said it is seeking proposals to have an external assessment completed.

Dark horse misses gold by five seconds

Ryder Hesjedal's eventful summer, which included winning the Giro d'Italia and racing in the 2012 London Olympics, was celebrated Friday with a public homecoming at Centennial Square.

The message is slowly sinking in that the Chatham Islands and part of Discovery Island are off-limits and, once trespassing stops, Songhees First Nation is likely to give some boaters permission to land, says Trevor Absolon, Songhees bylaw enforcemen

The number of people facing charges from the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver last year now stands at 137. B.C.'s Criminal Justice Branch says 23 more people have been charged since its last update on the case in June.