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The World Food Programme (WFP) is to send an initial batch of emergency food aid to North Korea, where a series of deluges and a typhoon killed nearly 120 people and left more than 84,000 others homeless last month.

Ex-police chief hasn't confirmed if he'll run; PQ gets leading adviser

TODAY Victoria Symphony Splash in the Inner Harbour. Events: family zone, 1-5 p.m.; culinary corner, 3-9: 30 p.m.; street dance with The Midnights, 4-6 p.m.; orchestra parade, 6: 30 p.m. and the Victoria Symphony Concert, 7: 30-10 p.m. Donation.

There's still one group that loves the training pool for athletes at the former Olympic village in Athens' northern fringe. Frogs. They appear to delight in sitting on debris that floats on the half-filled pool's murky waters.

Soak up the sun during the B.C. Day long weekend while enjoying live music during today's Symphony Splash and City United! on Monday.

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Summer programs share nature with kids

Victoria police are searching for an older male after a downtown bank was robbed Saturday afternoon. A man entered the Royal Bank at 1079 Douglas St. about 3: 10 p.m. and demanded money from a teller, police said. Sgt.

ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY Battle for Syria focuses on poor neighbourhood in Aleppo Two weeks after opposition fighters took control, the crowded neighbourhood of Salahuddin is the battered focus of an intense fight for Aleppo, Syria's second city.

- Rosannagh MacLennan scores Canada's first gold - Victoria's Ryan Cochrane swims to silver medal - Island's Gillian Carleton cycles to team bronze The British press labelled it a Super Saturday of six gold medals for the rapturous host nation at the