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It was like a Greek play, only in Gore-Tex. Officially, the three dozen people gathered at the Sooke Potholes yesterday were there to see Shaw Communications give $250,000 to The Land Conservancy of B.C.

Thousands of hectares stretch from Sooke area to beyond Jordan River

Event caught on Internet camera; more eggs expected to hatch soon

They have red-tinted hair instead of grey, eat fish along with meat and love to island-hop.

A group of Olympic hopefuls could be charged for failing to bicycle in single file after they were struck by a car on the weekend. Olympic medallist Simon Whitfield, who was riding up front, was not hit and was unharmed.

B.C. Solicitor General John van Dongen said yesterday he's open to the idea of replacing the RCMP with a provincial police force.

There will be no quick patch-up jobs when a groundbreaking treatment centre for at-risk First Nations teens opens near Chilliwack this fall.

Habitat for Humanity is holding a "reverse" garage sale this weekend to support affordable-housing projects. The idea is that instead of showing up to buy things, people leave items behind for the organization to sell at its ReStore.

Official Vatican newspaper touts washing machine as possibly biggest factor in the liberation of women

Transit drivers forced to pass by more than 6,000 riders in one month