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Event marks city's 150th and United Way's 75th anniversary

A Canadian man has been sentenced to a quarter-century in a New York prison. He was convicted of following a woman into her apartment building, pushing her into her home and sexually assaulting her.

A body found in the waters off Oak Bay Sunday may be the canoeist who went missing early last month, police say. Police received a call around 5 p.m. Sunday from a kayaker who found a body in the water near Tod Rock.

Streaming online video feeds of municipal council meetings has increased in popularity, as Vancouver Island communities look to generate more interest in local politics while trying to be more accountable and transparent.

Global warming is now fact, not theory, scientist says after statistical-based study

After Annan resignation, peace plan a distant memory

Pirates attacked a ship being used by an oil servicing company in the waters off southeastern Nigeria on Saturday, killing two Nigerian naval guards and kidnapping four foreigners, the navy and the boat's shipping firm said.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is to send an initial batch of emergency food aid to North Korea, where a series of deluges and a typhoon killed nearly 120 people and left more than 84,000 others homeless last month.

Ex-police chief hasn't confirmed if he'll run; PQ gets leading adviser

TODAY Victoria Symphony Splash in the Inner Harbour. Events: family zone, 1-5 p.m.; culinary corner, 3-9: 30 p.m.; street dance with The Midnights, 4-6 p.m.; orchestra parade, 6: 30 p.m. and the Victoria Symphony Concert, 7: 30-10 p.m. Donation.