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A Port Alberni man has been sentenced to five years in prison and received a 15-year driving ban after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing the death of the father of three young children, who are now orphans.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada hopes to raise $100,000 in the Cowichan Valley -- and $1.7 million altogether -- to buy a chunk of pristine wilderness near Cowichan Bay. David Chase bought the property in 1955.

Ilkay wants to build tourist lodge on former WFP land near Jordan River

Anyone thinking of adopting the latest celebrity dog breed -- popularized by U.S. President Barack Obama -- needs to get to know them first, says a leading breeder from Duncan.

Paula Ronald has no doubts Victoria's new computerized parking stations will be a success. "I think they're going to fly," Ronald says. She should know.

A Metchosin homeowner escaped uninjured when fire consumed an older home's main floor and second storey, collapsing the roof, on Rocky Point Road yesterday morning. Metchosin firefighters extinguished the blaze, which started at about 9 a.m.

In the seven years Tate Dunne has managed Four Mile House, he's seen an increasing number of new faces in the historic pub at the corner of Old Island Highway and View Royal Avenue.

Victoria's police chief has backed plans for a regional child-abuse investigation centre staffed by a team of specially trained police, prosecutors, social workers, counsellors and other experts.

They look to give themselves more -- and increase taxes by 4.6%

HMCS Winnipeg, the CFB Esquimalt-based patrol frigate on counter-piracy duty off Somalia, has been called on to escort a supply ship carrying vital food and supplies to the African nation.