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A look at examples of Muslim anger in recent years over perceived affronts to Islam

Muslim anger over perceived Western insults to Islam has exploded several times, most recently in protests this week against U.S. diplomatic posts in the Middle East.

Pipeline opponents planning high-profile protest at legislature

A high-profile sit-in, billed as a massive act of peaceful civil disobedience, is being planned for the legislature lawn next month to protest possible threats that pipelines and tankers would pose to the West Coast.

Commentary: Transition and the Taliban

By James Weir and Amir RaminTwo critical transitions are scheduled to take place in Afghanistan in 2014, the results of which will help determine the fate of the country long after foreign troops withdraw.

Suspected fraudulent cancer fundraiser

A man wanted in connection with a suspected fraudulent cancer fundraiser in Calgary has been arrested in Victoria. Victoria police brought a man into custody Tuesday on Yates Street, near Central Middle School.

Cancer fraud suspect caught in Victoria

A man wanted in connection with a suspected fraudulent cancer fundraiser in Calgary has been arrested in Victoria. Victoria police brought a man into custody Tuesday on Yates Street, near Central Middle School.

Jack Knox: An Island witness to Libya's uneasy transition

When we last left Ali Ezletni, he was still shaken from the phone call, the one in which his brother's desperate pleas were all but drowned out by gunfire.

Man and woman who used bear spray to rob Rogers store arrested

Victoria police arrested a man and a woman in connection with the robbery of a Rogers video store last week. The Quadra Street store was robbed Sept. 2 by a man who used bear spray to threaten staff.

Church plans to use chair windfall to help others

He didn't even say thank heaven. At least, not in an interview with the Times Colonist. Rev.

West Nile case count jumps 36 per cent in Ontario

New West Nile virus counts for Ontario show the province has already had the worst year for the illness since 2002.

Arrests made in Rogers video store robbery

Victoria police arrested a man and a woman in connection with the robbery of a Rogers video store last week. The Quadra Street store was robbed Sept. 2 by a man who used bear spray to threaten staff.