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Bail granted to Victoria-area councillor charged with murder
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — A BC judge has granted bail to a Victoria-area civic politician charged with murder after the body of a man was dumped outside a police station. ...

BC salmon escape renews calls for end to open-ocean fish farming
VICTORIA — British Columbia's Environment Ministry is investigating a large escape of Atlantic salmon from a fish farm. A ministry spokeswoman said...

BC Premier Gordon Campbell confirms cabinet shuffle set for today
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — BC Premier Gordon Campbell will shuffle his cabinet this afternoon. The ministers who will lead the Liberal government into the May, ...

BC killer seeking fourth trial
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
"It has gone on way too long," Reena's father, Manjit Virk, sighed Wednesday during the proceedings in the BC Court of Appeal where convicted killer Kelly ...

Fun and festivities in BC this summer
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
BC also is a major stop on the summer jazz circuit, with two big urban fests -- the TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival and Victoria's ...

Officer defends teen's treatment
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
Earlier testimony in the BC Supreme Court civil trial has shown O'Neill and Asmussen picked Kinloch up drunk in downtown Victoria early May 7, 2005, ...

Victoria man not guilty of manslaughter
CHEK News - Victoria,BC,Canada
The BC Supreme Court jury took four and a half hours to come back with its verdict, which included finding William Aaron Sproule guilty on a charge of break ...

Confined BC Girl Gets Day in Court
AOL Canada - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Victoria police have been accused of assault and unlawful confinement in a civil lawsuit that began on Tuesday, three years to the day after a teenager was ...

Where's the Premier? - Workers in Victoria next week to demand ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
VICTORIA, May 2 /CNW/ - The United Steelworkers (USW) has asked BC Premier Gordon Campbell for a meeting here to discuss the need for immediate government ...

Steve Fudge - Kicking up His Heels for the Cause! - Have YOU ...
By Walk A Mile in Her Shoes, Victoria, BC(Walk A Mile in Her Shoes, Victoria, BC)
Hi everybody! Just ONE DAY LEFT! Hope you are all revved up and ready to go for tomorrow's march. Click on this link: today's Times Colonist for an article featuring Crown Prosecutor Steve Fudge taking a stand...er, I mean a strut...to ...

Census Report: BC incomes in long-term decline
Times Colonist - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada
Prill also speculated the timing of the survey might have failed to capture the upturn in the BC and Victoria economy over the last two years. ...

BC pleased Ottawa to review prison system after 2 killers escape
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — BC Solicitor General John Van Dongen says he's pleased his federal counterpart is calling for a review of the system used to classify inmates in ...

BC man gets two year sentence for running mail order pot business
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — A Victoria-area man has been given a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to operating a mail-order marijuana business that sent packets of ...

Find your own ferry tale in Victoria, BC
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
By ANNE MULLENS VICTORIA, BC -- The tiny, green-and-white wooden ferries that dart around Victoria's Inner Harbour look like they have been plucked from a ...

BC government moves to ban smoking in cars with children inside
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — Someone caught smoking in a vehicle with children inside that are under 16 years old will soon face fines and could even be refused drivers or ...

BC wife feared husband would kill ‘everyone’
Globe and Mail - Canada
Coroners enter the house at 310 King George Terrace in Oak Bay where five people were fiound dead near Victoria, BC. (Deddeda Stemler for The Globe and ...

Victoria BC Ranked Second-Best Place To Live In Canada
By Tim Ayres
It would seem that if you left out housing costs, Victoria would be a clear leader, if not a winner. From this survey, however, it seems that high housing prices are offset by all the good things that the region offers. ...

New parks and conservation areas introduced for BC
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
VICTORIA - The BC government introduced legislation today to create 11 new "Class A" provincial parks and 70 additional conservancies, adding almost one ...

Raid on Texan polygamist colony puts pressure on BC authorities to act
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — British Columbia is under renewed pressure to do something about the polygamist colony at Bountiful as authorities in Texas try to sort out the ...

Study says BC welfare recipients face daily struggle; support ...
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — A national think tank says BC's welfare system depends on food banks and other charities in order for people to survive. On Tuesday, the Canadian ...

Record snowfalls hit southern BC
Globe and Mail - Canada
Snowfall records were set in Nanaimo, Victoria and Vancouver. CTV News reported that 5000 customers on Vancouver Island, mainly in Nanaimo, ...

BC government announces $500000 targeted to prevent violence, bullying
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — BC Solicitor General John van Dongen says domestic violence, cyber-bullying prevention and helping at-risk children return to school are among ...

BC, federal governments plan to salvage wreckage from Robson Bight
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — The BC and federal governments plan to salvage pieces of equipment that sank to the bottom of Robson Bight off Vancouver Island in a barge ...

BC gov't complies with court after 9000 jobs lost
The Province - Vancouver,BC,Canada
The BC government introduced legislation yesterday to comply with last year's Supreme Court of Canada ruling that said health-workers' rights were violated ...

We fall short on green efforts, BC tells pollster
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
VICTORIA -- A significant majority of British Columbians think they are not doing as much as they could to help preserve and protect the environment, ...

BC Premier feels no pressure to skip Beijing ceremonies
Globe and Mail - Canada
VICTORIA — Premier Gordon Campbell wants to leave the politics at home when he attends the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. ...

BC changes laws after Supreme Court ruling forced negotiation with ...
The Canadian Press - VICTORIA
VICTORIA — The BC government has changed some laws related to health care unions after a court ruling on the privatization of thousands of jobs in the ...

Possible sighting of murder suspect at BC store
CTV.ca - Canada
Two employees of a Lumby, BC store say they are convinced a man who returned some empties on Wednesday was Allan Dwayne Schoenborn. The women say the man, ...