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Popular cycling routes featured in rare pocket map

Johnson Street facility to streamline care for homeless, HIV-positive

Back in 1971, Jim Youngren earned a place in pop-culture lore by erecting a billboard reading "Will the last person leaving Seattle turn out the lights.

$70-million contract to overhaul 'corner garage' at base

No charges laid in incident that shocked tiny seaside village

Officials in Vernon closed an elementary school yesterday after a student contracted swine flu, but provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall said it was just a precaution. The number of diagnosed cases in B.C.

Victoria police chased a speeding car around the city early yesterday morning after the driver took off as he was about to be arrested for picking up a prostitute. Police spotted a black Honda on Rock Bay Avenue around 3:15 a.m.

Crown witness holds firm as Ruffolo's lawyer tries to discredit his account

Fire destroyed a log cabin in Langford Friday night as firefighters were hampered by a lack of available water. Firefighters were called to the log home on the rural Finlayson Arm Road around 6 p.m.

"That will be one dollar," said the clerk, so I gave her 80 cents. "What's this?" she said, staring at the coins. "It's a Dollar Lite!" I replied, beaming like Regis Philbin on ecstasy. "No it's not," she said. "It's three quarters and a nickel.