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An apartment building was evacuated but no one was injured after a fire started inside a second-storey suite Saturday afternoon. Several people called 911 around 2 p.m. to report a fire in a suite at 850 Rupert Terr.

RCMP cordoned off a rural acreage southwest of Calgary on Friday following the death of a municipal peace officer responsible for enforcing bylaws.

A wolf that was seen on Discovery Island, off Oak Bay, is apparently island-hopping, keeping up its strength by eating seals.

Ninth of Av is a reminder that God looks with a critical eye, sends wake-up calls

Greater Victoria's unemployment rate increased to 5.6 per cent in July, up from 5.3 per cent in June, Statistics Canada says. The construction industry in the region has seen an eight per cent drop in employment over the last 12 months.

Police are warning seniors about a scam artist who asks for money while posing as a long-lost nephew or relative of his victims. Cpl. Pat Bryant of Central Saanich police said he has received three similar complaints.

Traditionally Catholic Ireland has registered almost the steepest drop worldwide in people calling themselves religious in a new survey tracking international trends in faith and atheism in recent years.

Crews to install concrete medians as part of $8-million safety project

Fans out in full force to welcome cycling champ

The Vancouver Aquarium says an injured sea otter that was rescued from a Washington state beach has died. The otter arrived in Vancouver on Aug. 1, several weeks after it was found on the shores of a beach in the Quinault Indian Nation, near Seattle.