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22 ships, parade of 8,000 sailors mark rare fleet review next month

Special events to mark the 100th anniversary of the Canadian navy have included a huge military parade and the unveiling of the Homecoming statue on Wharf Street.

The thing to remember about oil drilling is that it's safe. Of the thousands of oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, only one, the Deepwater Horizon, blew up, creating an environmental disaster that might be felt for 30 years.

Vancouver Island has one of the highest rates in the world of infection from cryptococcus, a microscopic fungal newcomer to cooler climates. Dr. Eleni Galanis, a physician epidemiologist with the sa国际传媒

Drivers can't return to the road while appealing their penalties

Two armed robberies in Langford that occurred only days apart might be linked, police say. Last Tuesday about 9 p.m., a man wearing a red plastic mask and carrying what appeared to be a handgun entered the Glen Lake Inn Liquor Store at 2668 Sooke Rd.

One more frail, elderly person has died of the mysterious respiratory illness laying siege to Victoria's Glengarry Hospital. Vancouver Island Health Authority reported one person died Saturday as a result of the illness.

sa国际传媒's new chief coroner has ended her agency's long-standing practice of withholding the names of people who sit on death-review panels. Dr. Diane Rothon said the policy was in place at the coroners service long before she took over on April 1.

With summer just around the corner, it's business as usual for Victoria in dealing with camping in parks.

All five that have died in area waters over last two weeks starved