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Meeting today with B.C. minister over plan to dump contaminants

HENN, George Oliver July 16, 1932 - September 20, 2012 Predeceased by his wife, Margo, brother, Howard, sister, Hazel, daughter-in-law, Linda.

The official national homecoming parade for Canada’s Summer Olympians and Paralympians from London 2012 took place last weekend in Toronto and hit a surprisingly emotive chord with large and appreciative crowds in what can sometimes be a jaded popula

By Trudy RubinYou don’t have to be an Islamophobe to say, “Enough already.”It’s time for U.S. officials to stop apologizing for the YouTube video that supposedly sparked recent riots in Islamic countries.

Victoria police Chief Jamie Graham stands accused of ignoring the memory of slain six-year-old Christian Lee, but Graham is being unfairly pilloried.

U.S. zoo officials work to solve mystery of how panda cub died U.S. National Zoo officials waited Monday for word on why a six-day-old panda cub died and lamented a heartbreaking setback to their closely watched breeding program.

Officials say a forest fire fanned by gusting winds has forced the evacuation of 2,000 people from a handful of small mountain towns in eastern Spain.

A Columbia Fuels driver who crashed his truck, spilling 43,000 litres of gasoline and 700 litres of diesel into Goldstream River last spring has received a three-month conditional sentence, followed by nine months’ probation.

Premier Christy Clark’s chief of staff has resigned for engaging in inappropriate behaviour in a Victoria bar earlier this month. Ken Boessenkool submitted his resignation letter after meeting with Clark on Sunday.

Final effort needed to defeat polio Many Canadians are old enough to remember the horror of polio. In the1950s and ’60s, polio killed thousands of children and left countless others living in iron lungs or with life-long paralysis.