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16 hrs ago | Esquimalt News

Police briefs: Victoria

Arson burns building, destroys parked car A 24-year-old man was arrested Monday after witnesses say they watched him break the window of a parked van in the 800 block of Fisgard Street, light a piece of paper and throw it inside.

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Yesterday | Vancouver Sun

Trial begins in Victoria child-porn case, allegedly linked to international sting operation

A B.C. Supreme Court trial began yesterday for a Victoria-area man charged with child-pornography offences allegedly linked to an international sting operation.

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Yesterday | People's Daily Online

Kenya's former Commonwealth Games champion dies

Kenya's Patrick Konchellah, the 1994 Commonwealth Games champion, has died in Rift Valley where he was recouping.

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Tue Dec 01, 2009

680News

Andrea Bocelli teams up with David Foster again for Christmas album

Renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli says he's developed a strong musical bond with celebrated Canadian producer David Foster.

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Related Topix: Andrea Bocelli, Classical, Arts, Opera, Canada,

Montreal Gazette

Victoria hotel slowdown extended

Victoria's hotels had an average occupancy of 59.6 per cent in October, down from 63.3 per cent the same month last year.

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Mon Nov 30, 2009

Red Deer Advocate

Victoria prevails as tourist destination

Victoria is a perfect getaway. It is truly one of Canadaa TMs premier travel destinations .

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Related Topix: Canada, Life, Food, Dining, Travel

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Peterborough Examiner

Alex Cuba to play Folk under the Clock

Alex Cuba will play Folk Under the Clock on Saturday. Cuba is a two-time Juno Award winner for best world music and hails originally from Cuba.

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Sat Nov 28, 2009

Cornichon.org

Victoria's Secrets (III of IV): The Stuff of Superior Dreams

Just a few blocks from the well-known tourist attractions of Victoria lies James Bay , the oldest residential district on the west coast of North America.

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Related Topix: Canada, San Francisco, CA, Life, Food, Dining, Film Noir, The Maltese Falcon, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies

Calgary Sun

Rocket attacks a daily routine for Canadians

"Hit the deck," cries Leading Seaman Erik Lindholm as air sirens wail. Pods of soldiers and civilians drop to the dust-caked ground or scoot into concrete bunkers just before 10 a.m. inside this sprawling desert military base of about 22,000 people.

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Fri Nov 27, 2009

Cornichon.org

Victoria's Secrets (Part II of IV): Go on the Stage

With fewer than 40,000 residents, Victoria has a population roughly the size of Bremerton or Olympia, with tourism as the second-largest industry .

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Related Topix: Seattle Metro, Canada, West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Fremont (Seattle, WA), Seattle, WA, Capitol Hill (Seattle, WA)

Vancouver Television

One dead, two injured as dinghy flips near Victoria

One man is dead and two others are in critical condition in hospital after their boat overturned on a popular waterway near Victoria, B.C. Witnesses called 911 just after 5 p.m. Thursday night after hearing screaming and thrashing in the water on the Gorge Waterway, which runs northwest of Victoria.

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Cornichon.org

Victoria's Secrets (Part 1 of IV): Get Out of Town

Much about Victoria has never changed, will never change. The good gray Coho , now 50 years old, still toots like a teenager as she enters the Inner Harbour, and the great Woolly Mammoth still stands guard in the Royal BC Museum.

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Related Topix: Canada, Life, Food, Dining, Duck, Meat, North America, World News

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Star Phoenix

Alex Cuba has landed

Alex Cuba's self-titled third album would be but another impressive step in his steadily rising career were it not for his recent profile-catapulting coup: Cuba co-wrote more than half the songs on Nelly Furtado's new Spanish-language album Mi Plan.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

WMAG-FM Greensboro

Carol Of The Bell... - David Fos...

Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Foster began studying piano at the age of five, and just eight years later enrolled in the University of Washington's music program.

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Related Topix: Canada, University of Washington, Metal, Skylark

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Calgary Sun

Search for second foot bridge down to 3

And then there were three. The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation and its 10 member advisory committee today announced the three concept submissions selected to move forward to the next stage of the competition for the new St.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

Vancouver Sun

Gallery: Santa Parade and Children's Festival light up Victoria

Kids and families flocked to the nighttime Island Farms Santa Claus Light Parade and the Children's Christmas Festival in Centennial Square A November 22, 2009 A A A A The 35th annual Island Farms Santa's Light Parade featured all kinds of great entertainment for the kids including floats here one from Santa's Anonymous in Victoria, B.C. November ...

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Canada.com

Part II: a Family's Fight

Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Ray Henault decorates Cpl. Stuart Langridge in Afghanistan.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

Canada.com

B.C. parents stranded in Nepal with adopted daughter coming home

Dr. Salima Shariff, a Surrey cardiologist, feeds the baby that she and her husband, Aziz Nurmohamed, went to Nepal to adopt.

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Best Cobbler in Victoria BC?

Who is the best cobbler in Victoria BC? I have a pair of Black Spot Unswooshers that I like the look of, but are falling apart prematurely.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Star Phoenix

H1N1 flu nears peak, experts suggest

Alan Cassells, a researcher at the University of Victoria, says even government ads for immunization can be misleadingly one-sided. "You should get a flu shot based on science." Photograph by: Valentin Flauraud/Reuters, Valentin Flauraud/Reuters The H1N1 virus is spreading rapidly across the country, causing more illness than some doctors have seen ...

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Canada, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, North America, World News

 

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