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Small Quake Shakes Sooke

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.29.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VICTORIA - A small earthquake has rattled nerves and a few dishes on Southern Vancouver Island but caused no damage.The quake, with a preliminary magn...

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A Victoria Bylaw Loophole Allows WHAT?

CBC | Posted 10.26.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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A loophole in Victoria's anti-smoking bylaw has opened the door for businesses to allow indoor smoking with hookahs, or water pipes. Medic...

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Victoria Warned About The Day After Tomorrow

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 10.17.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VICTORIA - A risk assessment on climate change for the City of Victoria says it needs to start work now to prepare for rising sea levels, more storms,...

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Canada's Most Creative Cities

Richard Florida | Posted 09.11.2012 | Canada
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In this exclusive excerpt for HuffPost from Richard Florida's new book, the author reveals that scientists and engineers, architects and designers, artists and entertainers and the growing ranks of professional knowledge workers -- what he labels as The Creative Class" -- now number more than five million in Canada, or roughly 30 per cent of the workforce. So where do they live?

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March Of The Fire Ants In B.C.

CBC | Posted 08.25.2012 | Canada
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British Columbia's growing population of European fire ants is getting more attention from municipalities in the Metro Vancouver area. Th...

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Why Can't I Know Where My Taxes Are Going in Victoria?

Jordan Bateman | Posted 08.18.2012 | Canada Business
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Why aren't our MLAs comfortable releasing their expense reports? Why not follow the example set by Toronto City Hall where councillors publish every receipt online? Are B.C.'s MPs and MLAs hiding something from the taxpayer? MPs and senators and Ottawa have been violating their own documentation and contracting rules, is the same thing happening here in Victoria?

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B.C. Police Lose Track Of Riot Gear, Including Tear Gas, Shotgun

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.18.2012 | Canada
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VICTORIA - Victoria police are a little red-faced after the disappearance of some of their riot gear, including a shotgun, tear gas and rubber bullets...

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Teen's Ecstasy Overdose May Be Latest In String Of Deaths

CP | Tamsyn Burgmann, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.17.2012 | Canada
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VANCOUVER - Only one day after British Columbia's coroner warned the public a tainted batch of the illegal drug ecstasy has recently killed ten people...

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Floatplane Loses Power, Makes Emergency Landing Near Victoria

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 02.28.2012 | Canada
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VICTORIA - A small floatplane lost power on a harbour-to-harbour flight from Vancouver to Victoria Thursday and was forced to make an emergency landin...

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More Money, More Power For BC Agency That Protects Farmland

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.14.2012 | Canada Politics
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VICTORIA - The B.C. agency in charge of protecting farmland will get new power and extra funding under legislation introduced in Victoria on Monday.Ag...

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EnRoute Magazine's Top 10 Canadian Restaurants For 2011

The Huffington Post Canada | Meredith Gillies | Posted 02.26.2013 | Canada Living
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Whether you're looking for somewhere to eat on your next Canadian holiday or trying to find a new favourite restaurant in your hometown, enRoute Magaz...

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Guitar Heroine: Kathryn Calder Living the Bright and Vivid Dream

Michael Bialas | Posted 12.25.2011 | Canada
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Former BC Conservative Party Leader Dead

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.18.2011 | Canada Politics
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Clarification: In an Oct. 18 obituary item about Dr. George Scott Wallace, the former leader of the B.C. Progressive Conservative Party, The Canadian...

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Almost 3,000 People With Disabilities Waiting For Help In BC

CP | Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.06.2011 | Canada
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VICTORIA - B.C. Social Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux says she can't guarantee the province will come up with more funding for the nearly 3,00...

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Latch On To The Annual Breastfeeding Challenge

The Huffington Post Canada | Martha Edwards | Posted 11.30.2011 | Canada Living
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If you're looking for something to do this weekend, there's a unique event happening on Vancouver Island (and all over the world) on Saturday. But the...

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