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TODAY Victoria's 150th anniversary: - Amelia Street Block Party, noon-8 p.m., between Cormorant Street and Pandora Avenue with music, storytelling, arts and food. Donation. - Victorian Garden Party at Craigdarroch Castle, 1-4 p.m.

Nanaimo RCMP believe alcohol was a factor in a rollover crash early Friday morning that sent five young people to hospital.

A 36-year-old man is facing numerous charges after fleeing from Comox Valley RCMP in what turned out to be a stolen vehicle. Traffic officers tried to pull the man over Thursday morning in the Black Creek area, but he kept driving.

Rick Steves on Venice

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is investigating the recent appearance of dead mackerel and sardines near Port Alberni. The fish washed up along the upper end of Alberni inlet.

Valerie MacLean joined the RCMP in the mid1970s, only a few years after women were first welcomed into the national police force, with a sense of pride and the belief she would be a game changer in a male-dominated profession.

OTTAWA - A top Canadian cabinet minister has blasted Enbridge Inc聮s environmental record, casting more doubt on whether the company will be able to build a controversial pipeline from Alberta聮s oil sands to the Pacific Coast.

Unlikely that swarm of 20,000 would have survived winter alone

A man who skipped out of his sex trial in Arizona has been arrested in sa国际传媒 more than two years later. Police in Delta said George Ross Wilcox was arrested Monday and is being held on an outstanding extradition warrant.

GRIMMER, Wallace Gordon Born February 26, 1953, North Vancouver, fought a losing battle with 'The Big C', died July 25, 2012. Left to grieve is his cherished son, Robert, mother and dad, Maria and Eric Grimmer, brother, Jim (Elaine), and family.