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Jobs minister makes case for economic plan in North Van The province's jobs minister met with the North Vancouver business community to make the case for the BC Liberals' new economic plan. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: North Shore Outlook Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 20:28:19

Woman found guilty on lesser charge of manslaughter Linda Mitchell had been charged with second degree murder in the stabbing death of her common-law husband in Campbell River Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Campbell River Mirror Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 19:57:14

Communities sought to host BC Summer and Winter Games The BC Games Society has launched the bid process to select the communities to host the BC Summer and BC Winter Games in 2016 and 2018. Category: Sports Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Comox Valley Record Feed: Sports Date: 2012-02-04 19:50:15

Get ready for 10K race with clinic at Equilibrium Lifestyle Management Equilibrium Lifestyle Management (ELM) is kicking off their 10th annual Times Colonist 10K clinic on Thursday, Feb. 16 Category: Sports Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Comox Valley Record Feed: Sports Date: 2012-02-04 19:50:13

Sound Of Music opener was one of Cowichan's favourite things. Set The Sound Of Music among South Island Musical Society's best. Category: Entertainment & Arts Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Cowichan News Leader Feed: Entertainment Date: 2012-02-04 19:50:00

Dateline Cowichan 1979: Salute made to Barb Wallace Longtime NDP MLA nominated again to represent Cowichan area Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Cowichan News Leader Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 19:49:35

Duncan's new kidney dialysis facility open in Shopper's Drug Mart plaza Cowichan's big, new kidney dialysis facility is open in new space near Shopper's Drug Mart. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Cowichan News Leader Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 19:49:34

Victoria buskers festival scores big bucks Tourism Victoria has donated $20,000 to the event, set to run July 20 to 29. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Victoria News Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 19:47:51

Afghan war's deadliest year: civilian deaths climb in 2011 A record number civilians were killed in Afghanistan's decade-long war in 2011 — the fifth straight year the death toll has risen, the United Nations reported Saturday. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:11

Syrian demonstrators storm embassies in Cairo, London and Kuwait Syrian demonstrators ransacked their country's embassy in Cairo and broke into the missions in London and Kuwait, part of protests around the world against the worst bloodshed of the 11 month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:10

Oil ban won't halt nuclear work: Iran Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear program even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:09

The ecstacy and the agony: so-called 'love drug' leads to deaths, triggers public health warnings Not so long ago, Myles Murphy popped "E" caps like they were candy. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:08

Calgary's Jan Hudec earns gold in World Cup downhill Six knee operations refused to derail Jan Hudec from his dream of hitting the World Cup downhill podium once again on behalf of his country. The same holds true for lack of cash. Due in part to his shaky results last year, Hudec, 30, needed to hold a fundraiser at the start of this ski season to come up with the required $15,000 for team fees. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:07

Top dentists gross $1M a year on First Nations reserves Treating impoverished First Nations patients is a surprisingly lucrative enterprise for the country's dentists, with the six highest-billing practitioners receiving more than $1 million a year from Health Canada, according to government figures the National Post obtained. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:05

Brooding tough-guy actor Ben Gazzara dies at 81 Actor Ben Gazzara, known for his brooding tough-guy presence in dozens of films, television shows and stage productions over his long career, died of pancreatic cancer on Friday at a Manhattan hospital, his lawyer said. He was 81. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:05

European, Arab partners plan Syria crisis group following U.N. resolution veto President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Saturday France was consulting with Arab and European countries to create a contact group on Syria to find a solution to its crisis after Russia and China vetoed a resolution at the U.N. Security Council. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:04

Canada 'disappointed' in Russian, Chinese UN veto: Baird Canada is “disappointed in the extreme” that China and Russia have vetoed a United Nations Security Council condemning the Syrian government’s crackdown on civilian protests, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Saturday. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:02

Five cases involving men perplex police Vancouver police are renewing a public plea to help solve five missing persons cases reported last year, each involving young men between the ages of 19 and 29. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:01

'Arab Spring is coming to China,' John McCain tells Chinese Foreign Minister U.S. Senator John McCain warned China's Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun on Saturday that "the Arab Spring is coming to China" and highlighted the number of Tibetans burning themselves to death in his country. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:00

Italian father throws toddler off bridge over custody battle An Italian man has thrown his 16-month-old son off a bridge into the river in Rome in a fit of rage following a row with his partner over custody, Italian media are reporting. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:09:00

China, Russia veto U.N. resolution telling Syrian President al-Assad to quit Russia and China vetoed on Saturday an Arab- and Western-backed resolution at the U.N. Security Council calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down over his bloody crackdown on a popular uprising. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:08:59

Canada's SNC Lavalin linked to Gadhafi son's escape plot to Mexico A Canadian engineering firm, which oversaw billions of dollars worth of projects in Libya, was loosely linked Friday to a failed plot to smuggle a son of ex-Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi into Mexico. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Vancouver Sun Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:08:58

Italian father throws toddler off bridge into river An Italian man has thrown his 16-month-old son off a bridge into the river in Rome in a fit of rage following a row with his partner over custody, Italian media are reporting. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Times Colonist Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:02:17

Former Vancouver mayor Tom 'Terrific' Campbell dies Tom Campbell, whose reign as one of Vancouver most controversial mayors heralded a complete change in the direction of the city’s growth, has died at the age of 84. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Times Colonist Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:02:17

Province to create auditor general position for civic finances Plans to create a financial watchdog to oversee local government spending inched forward Saturday. Category: News Province: British Columbia Newspaper: Times Colonist Feed: News Date: 2012-02-04 17:02:15

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