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Butchart GM takes lead at tourism group
Dave Cowen, general manager of Butchart Gardens, is the new chairman of Tourism Victoria, succeeding Deirdre Campbell of the Tartan Group at the top post of the destination marketing group. The new board assumes its duties on Jan. 1 and also includes first vice-chair Mandy Farmer of Accent Inns and a trio of vice-chairs - Darlene Hollstein of The Bay Centre, Ian MacPhee of Abbeymoore Manor B&B Inn and Starr McMichael of Starrboard Enterprises Inc. The directors are Geoff Dickson, Victoria Airport Authority; Brian Henry, Ocean River Sports; Kathy Kay, Victoria Film Festival; Bill Lewis, The Magnolia Hotel & Spa; Conny Nordin, Tourism Vancouver Island appointee; Brenda Ollis, Chateau Victoria Hotel & Suites; Derek Sanderson, Island IT; and John Wilson, Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce appointee. Representatives from Saanich and Victoria will be confirmed in January.
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Two killed in separate B.C. highway crashes
Separate crashes Tuesday have killed two drivers in eastern and northern B.C. A 40-year-old man died Tuesday afternoon when his car veered into the path of a transport truck in the Lanark tunnel east of Revelstoke, closing Highway 1 for several hours.
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Search continues for body of B.C. teacher
Divers, boats and a helicopter are being used today as the search is expanded for the body of a teacher killed in a car crash along with her husband north of Kamloops on Sunday.
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Mayan 'prophecy' sparks fear
The clock is ticking down to Dec. 21, the supposed end of the Mayan calendar, and from China to California to Mexico, thousands are getting ready for what they think is going to be a fateful day.
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Four charged in 100-plus West Shore thefts
Vehicle break-ins in the West Shore have dropped sharply in the wake of a large property crime bust that resulted in four arrests and the recovery of about $75,000 in stolen items, police say.
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