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The Montreal region was rattled by an earthquake strong enough to wake some people from their slumber just after midnight today. Natural Resources Canada says on its website that it was a magnitude 4.

The more you look at the Environment Ministry’s handling of the Morrison Mine proposal, the more unusual it gets.As discussed here Saturday, the government turned thumbs down last week on an open-pit project northwest of Smithers.

The ban on backyard burning could be extended beyond Oct. 15 if significant rain doesn’t arrive, a spokeswoman for the Coastal Fire Centre said Tuesday. Six new fires started on Vancouver Island over the holiday weekend, said Deborah MacPherson.

DUNCAN — It’s their eighth break-in, and the staff and owners of Romeo’s on the Trans-Canada Highway in Duncan are fed up with it. “They’re always after liquor and ours is always locked up.

Saanich residents may lose backyard pickup by 2014

McDOWALL, George Walker Born February 4th, 1926, George passed away peacefully at home on October 5th, 2012. He was a well known Scottish musician and entertainer who brought music and laughter to audiences throughout B.C.

The University of Victoria has started taking apart another of the old army huts on campus that date back to the Second World War. The aging S Hut, the university's first gymnasium, is being removed to make way for a new athletics centre.

Oak Bay taxpayers face biggest hit in latest cost breakdown for region

Leona Huggins travelled to Victoria from the Lower Mainland on Tuesday to follow an alleged case of child abuse by a priest.

B.C. Treaty Commission chairwoman Sophie Pierre was a lot more optimistic Wednesday in releasing her annual report than she was a year ago.