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Jeanne Socrates arrived back in Victoria on Wednesday evening, 22 months after she left on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe single-handed and non-stop.

On our website today Jean Charest seeks fourth straight term in September vote Quebec Premier Jean Charest is calling upon a "silent majority" to restore him to office in a Sept.

The Olympic Games will return to CBC in two years for the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia and again in 2016 for the Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday.

London Mayor Boris Johnson got stuck on a zip wire during an Olympic party Wednesday.

An independent police investigation has been launched into allegations that a police dog bit a 12-year-old Prince George girl, leaving her with extensive wounds to her leg.

It was "unreasonable in all circumstances" for the federal government to appoint a third-party manager in response to an unfolding humanitarian crisis in the troubled First Nations community of Attawapiskat, the Federal Court ruled Wednesday.

Victoria's police chief stopped an impaired driver Wednesday afternoon, the third time in two years he has played the role of traffic cop. Chief Jamie Graham said he was driving down Douglas Street about 1: 15 p.m.

Facts on the fate of marmots

Three people have been arrested after police discovered a grenade launcher in a Nanaimo hotel room. RCMP Const. Gary O'Brien said officers went to the room Wednesday morning after learning a man and two women staying there may have had firearms.

B.C. courtrooms will no longer be tweet-free zones, after a decision to allow limited use of electronic communication devices in the public gallery during trials. But it won't be a tweet-for-all.