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Splash 20: Your guide to tonight's symphony concert in the harbour
The most refined R&R; in North America takes over the Inner Harbour tonight when this year's edition of the Bayview Residences Victoria Symphony Splash gets underway.
Ten people were taken to hospital Saturday night after two boats collided on Cowichan Lake. All 10 are expected to recover from their non life-threatening injuries.
The parents of a 17-year-old who disappeared on Bowen Island nearly six weeks ago urged the public to keep looking for their daughter Saturday.
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Evacuation orders issued as 'explosive' B.C. wildfires burn out of control
LILLOOET — An evacuation order has been issued for around 2,300 residents of Lillooet as a 2,650-hectare wildfire burns out of control.
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Gallery: B.C. wildfire photos from Sun readers
More than 700 fires are burning across the province affecting nearly every corner of B.C.
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Clean up begins after one killed, 75 injured in stage collapse
In the wake of the Big Valley Jamboree mainstage collapse Saturday night that left one person dead and dozens injured, the third and final day of the country music concert near Camrose was cancelled Sunday as distraught organizers tried to come to grips with what occurred when vicious winds ripped through the packed site.
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Gallery: Stage collapse at Alberta music festival
One person is dead and at least 60 people were injured after the main stage at Camrose’s Big Valley Jamboree collapsed when a powerful storm hit the area
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Axe killer granted full parole in Victoria on anniversary of murders
VICTORIA — Twenty years ago Saturday, Stephen Arnold Ford hacked his parents to death with an axe in their family home north of Calgary.
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Shatner wades into B.C. salmon farm fracas
VICTORIA — William Shatner has boldly gone where no actor has gone before: B.C.'s controversial fish farms.
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Remembering the summer of the migrants
VICTORIA — It was just after 8 p.m., July 19, 1999. Blain Hagedorn, out for a weekend of fishing, was enjoying a beer and a barbecue on a buddy's deck when this odd little coastal freighter chugged into view off the west coast of Vancouver Island.
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Whale carcass to become 'island of life'
The carcass of the emaciated fin whale found lodged against a massive Alaskan cruise ship will become an "island of life" when lowered to the seabed somewhere off Vancouver Island.
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Thai murder trial to open in death of Victoria native
A Thai woman goes on trial in her home country today for allegedly orchestrating the murder of her Victoria-born husband, 48-year-old Dale Henry.
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Infamous Holiday Court Motel burns
The once infamous Holiday Court motel at 740 Hillside Avenue was severely damaged by a fire Sunday morning.
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B.C. privacy commissioner upset with bars still swiping IDs
Privacy head stands by ruling that forcing customers to give up personal information as a condition of entry to a bar is illegal
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New pipeline bombing letter a hoax, RCMP say
A new letter railing against the oil and gas industry in northeastern British Columbia has been sent to a newspaper in the area — and this time there was a bullet taped to the page.
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Loblaw buys B.C.'s T&T Supermarket for $225 million
Loblaw Companies Ltd. announced this morning that it will purchase T&T; Supermarket for $225 million. The chain of 17 stores across Canada was started in Richmond in 1993 and has built a reputation as Canada's largest Asian food retailer.
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Comox Valley RCMP makes two helicopter rescues
An RCMP helicopter came to the rescue of two separate groups of hikers who found themselves trapped or lost in the wilderness Thursday.
Rain helps to contain forest fire near Kelowna
KELOWNA — Overnight rain has helped firefighters gain more control over a forest fire in central British Columbia.
Low river levels prompts water conservation warning in southern B.C.
VANCOUVER — A combination of below-normal snowpack accumulations this winter, and a dry, hot spring and summer have resulted in low streamflow conditions for rivers in the southern interior and south coast of B.C., the provincial government is warning.
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Splash 20: Your guide to tonight's symphony concert in the harbour
Crowd of up to 40,000 expected for annual classical music spectacular at the Inner Harbour, which marks its 20th year tonight. Festivities start at 2 p.m.; symphony concert starts at 7:30 p.m.
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More than 700 wildfires burning across B.C.
Hot, dry weather and frequent lightning storms are pushing B.C.'s wildfire response to the breaking point.
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Spare us the spin and make SkyTrain safe already
SURREY – You can expand SkyTrain all the way to Chilliwack for all we care. You can bring the prices down, make it more comfortable – hell you can put TVs in there and offer free drinks on the cars – most of us still would not want to ride.
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Man dies in apparent NV shooting
A North Vancouver man is dead following an apparent early-morning shooting outside a home near Carson Graham secondary.
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