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Commentary: Dealing with Libya's armed young men

By Peter FragiskatosIn Libya, Wednesday should have marked the day that the country’s newly elected assembly, the General National Congress (GNC), chose a new prime minister.

Deaths & Funerals

ABELSON, Wendy Carol Our beloved younger sister, passed away peacefully in Victoria on September 11, 2012. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends. Wendy was only 47 years old and her life followed a difficult and challenging path.

Commentary: Transition and the Taliban: the enemy elsewhere and within

By James Weir and Amir RaminTwo critical transitions are scheduled to take place in Afghanistan in 2014, the results of which will help determine the fate of the country long after foreign troops withdraw.

Commentary: Dealing with Libya's armed young men

By Peter FragiskatosIn Libya, Wednesday should have marked the day that the country’s newly elected assembly, the General National Congress (GNC), chose a new prime minister.

Attack might have been planned: U.S.

Obama deploys warships to Libya
First Nations declare halt to bear hunting

First Nations declare halt to bear hunting

A coalition of 10 First Nations on B.C.'s north and central coast says years of urging the government to ban trophy bear hunting in its territory hasn't worked, so now it has declared its own moratorium.

More hopefuls enter race to be Victoria's next MP

A former high-profile B.C. NDP politician and a Green party law professor are the latest in a growing number of would-be candidates to jump into the race to replace Victoria MP Denise Savoie, who resigned last month.

'A young man of promise' turned killer

Lawyer describes how Darcy Kozak became 'a cold shell of a man'

Church's chairs fetch $630,000

Five minutes of fast bidding nets nearly twice sales estimate
Bomb scare sparked by gift forgotten on bus

Bomb scare sparked by gift forgotten on bus

A package left on a B.C. Transit bus near Victoria's legislature, forcing the evacuation of the area, turned out to be a gift innocently left behind. The owner of the box, told CHEK news that he forgot the gift on the bus.