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Accused mother cries at Alberta trial over boy who died of meningitis

Parents charged with failing to provide necessaries of life for their son who died in 2012

China wants to ban Canadian meat

Embassy cites forged certificates in asking Canada to halt all meat exports

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VIDEO: Stop-motion artist recreates Kawhi Leonard’s famous buzzer-beater

It took Jared Jacobs about 40 hours to make the video, on top of the research

Hayley Wickenheiser among six entering Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019

She announced her retirement in January, 2017, after playing her last game April 4, 2016

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Community

Qualicum Beach craft beer festival to showcase local brews, spirits

Event will feature 20 Vancouver Island breweries and distilleries

Wingfest raises $14,000 for Victoria Hospital Foundation

In honour of Eliza Mae — the ‘sickest child in the province’

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Bill Mobley

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Laszlo Varga

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Srgt. Robert Wallace “Toby” Clarke

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James Messenger

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Mareen Lucas

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Linda Lott

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VIDEO: Tributes flow on 10th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death

Jackson received a fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol on June 25, 2009. He died at age 50

Blue Bridge brings Neil Simon comedy classic to the stage

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    Wholesale sales rose 1.6 per cent in volume terms

    Downtown Victoria businesses cite parking issues as top challenge

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        COLUMN: Clearcutting B.C.’s last old-growth leaves all of us poorer, forever

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