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Canada Local News - Victoria, BC A Surrey pastor has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for making a "rape" video involving a teenage girl. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=966e66bc-dac1-4b0a-af35-cb96b133a548&k=57622 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:23:27 +0000 The Surrey RCMP's sex assault unit is investigating an accusation that a man in his late 70s sexually assaulted an 88-year-old woman at a local health facility. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=b87855a5-f39f-4ce6-be69-f18887159166&k=84017 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:23:17 +0000 Vancouver Police are seeking the public's help to identify a man who allegedly reached up a woman's skirt and sexually touched her on Nov. 15 at 1:45 a.m. in the lobby of an apartment building in Vancouver's West End. http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=d7952296-55e5-4bb2-905f-ab880bc35f61&k=49564 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:23:07 +0000 SOME SCHOOL trustees were displeased with a report that looked at the educational needs of Thornhill and Terrace and the possibility of closing Thornhill Junior by 2012. http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/78946472.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:03:01 +0000 Victoria police officers patrolling the streets in the cold this winter don’t expect to use B.C.’s Assistance to Shelter legislation. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/?period=W&mpStartDate=12-03-2009& Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:18:09 +0000 Demand for criminal background checks for employment has ballooned, growing 40 per cent in the last year, the BC Concessionaires, a security organization, said Wednesday. http://www.vancouversun.com/Rising+demand+criminal+background+checks+raises+alarm/2323516/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:12:20 +0000 Seabed data retrieval project underway Oak Bay News • Dec-09-2009 A deep-water ocean observatory, led by the University of Victoria, went live this week. http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/?period=W&mpStartDate=12-03-2009&c=y.rss&stories=true Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:10:19 +0000 VICTORIA — Adversity has been no stranger to the public life of Premier Gordon Campbell. Over the years he’s endured a war over his carbon tax, narrowly lost an election in 1996 many thought he should win and has seen his government become the focus of a corruption trial, to name just a few of his difficulties. http://www.vancouversun.com/Campbell+regrets+toughest+year/2323279/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:57:41 +0000 Victoria's Rich Harden and the Texas Rangers have reached a preliminary agreement on a one-year contract that guarantees the pitcher $7.5 million US, a person familiar with the negotiations said Wednesday. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/10/sp-mlb-harden-rangers.html?ref=rss Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:41:31 +0000 The right of homeless people to set up temporary shelters in public parks has been upheld by the B.C. Court of Appeal. http://www.timescolonist.com/Court+upholds+right+camp+Victoria+public+parks/2323055/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:33:31 +0000 Alison Patchett and her son Austin, a Grade 3 student at Mount Crescent Elementary, are upset that the school is slated for closure. others also read... http://www.bclocalnews.com/breaking_news/78935927.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:40:24 +0000 Former Highlands Councillor ends testimony http://www.atv.ca/victoria/news_70967.aspx Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:29:26 +0000 Boxes being left at shelter doors http://www.atv.ca/victoria/news_70966.aspx Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:29:16 +0000 SPCA Pushing Municipalities To Help Control Population http://www.atv.ca/victoria/news_70965.aspx Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:29:06 +0000 New report shows BC's alcohol consumption is growing quickly http://www.atv.ca/victoria/news_70964.aspx Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:28:56 +0000 Approved destination status could mean millions to Victoria http://www.atv.ca/victoria/news_70963.aspx Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:28:45 +0000 Lindsay Rempel's friends and family have only one Christmas wish this year - to raise enough money to buy the Victoria mother an expensive treatment for a rare disease. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/09/bc-lindsay-rempel-anemia-drug.html?ref=rss Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:56:41 +0000 others also read... Vocalists Ken Lavigne and Stephanie Greaves are featured performers at the annual Naden Band Christmas concert Dec. 14 to 16 at the Royal Theatre. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/entertainment/78921507.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:03:19 +0000 Margaret Atwood waits to begin her book signing at Chapters on Nov. 30. Standing between the Automotive and Terrorism and Espionage sections on the upper floor of Chapters, a petite 70-year-old woman – the vivaciously adorable grandmother-type you’d love to call your own – reads aloud from a book. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/entertainment/78922942.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:03:09 +0000 others also read... A deep-water ocean observatory, led by the University of Victoria, went live this week. “The science community is driving a new era of ocean exploration and discovery,” said NEPTUNE Canada project director Dr. Chris Barnes. http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/78923597.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:02:59 +0000 The three farm workers killed in an Abbotsford, B.C., crash in 2007 would be alive today if the province had cracked down on safety following a similar crash three years earlier, a coroner's inquest was told Wednesday. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/09/bc-highway-van-crash-inquest-sinclair.html?ref=rss Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:26:31 +0000 others also read... Nelson City Council is concerned about the six LPNs being laid off at the Kootenay Lake Hospital. http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/78919357.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:03:08 +0000 Cheesecake Burlesque Revue wiggles into the Belfry Theatre Dec. 18 and Lucky Bar Dec. 19. Tickets at Lyle’s Place or at www.cheesecakeburlesque.com. The rollicking Cheesecake Burlesque Revue has a pair of shows coming up in Victoria before Christmas. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/entertainment/78921297.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:18:09 +0000 B.C. Supreme Court justice rejects defence lawyers' motion to dismiss second-degree murder charges. http://www.timescolonist.com/Judge+rules+Murder+charges+proceed+Brotherston+brothers/2322728/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:48:47 +0000 Victoria may get snow, or rain on weekend, while snow plows are in full force elsewhere http://www.timescolonist.com/live+here+Victoria+could+snow+dusting+while+east+gets+pounded+weather/2322699/story.html Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:45:58 +0000 While a cold snap continues in Victoria with bundled-up pedestrians scurrying between offices, cars or stores, the full-on version of a Canadian winter was much crueler east of the Rockies on Wednesday. http://www.chtv.com/ch/cheknews/story.html?id=2322699 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:34:02 +0000 Kenneth Brotherston Sr.'s two sons are still charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Keith Taylor on May 30, 2008. http://www.chtv.com/ch/cheknews/story.html?id=2322728 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:33:52 +0000 MPs in the House of Commons vote 253-37 in favour of a harmonized sales tax for Ontario and B.C. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/09/hst-vote-parliament.html?ref=rss Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:26:31 +0000 Golfing giant Tiger Woods has never faced a series of hazards like the ones he's having to negotiate this week. Having failed to negotiate the trees and a water hazard — a fire hydrant — on his front lawn, the Woods story ended up way out of bounds as his life unraveled like a pair of sweatshop-made pantaloons. http://www.timescolonist.com/Tiger+text+messages+hottie+made+public+Gatorade+drops+Tiger+sports+drinks/2322580/story.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:48:36 +0000 Golfing giant Tiger Woods has never faced a series of hazards like the ones he's having to negotiate this week. http://www.chtv.com/ch/cheknews/story.html?id=2322580 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:33:56 +0000 Alcohol consumption has increased almost twice as much in British Columbia as it has in the rest of the country, according to a new study. http://www.timescolonist.com/Drinking+rises+faster+than+rest+Canada+UVic+study/2322114/story.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:18:34 +0000 Canada's Winter Olympic athletes are calling on the prime minister to support an agreement on cutting greenhouse gases at the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/12/09/calgary-winter-olympic-athletes-climate-change-harper.html?ref=rss Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:11:41 +0000 VICTORIA - Alcohol consumption has increased almost twice as much in British Columbia as it has in the rest of the country, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Victoria Centre for Addictions Research say British Columbians' alcohol consumption has risen 16 per cent since 1998. http://www.chtv.com/ch/cheknews/story.html?id=2322114 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:03:53 +0000 Police say they don't need the force option given to them by new provincial legislation for taking street people to shelters in extreme weather. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/peninsulanewsreview/news/78905917.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:38:00 +0000 Police say they don't need the force option given to them by new provincial legislation for taking street people to shelters in extreme weather. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/news/78905917.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:33:49 +0000 A 55-year-old man from Campbell River who molested his stepdaughter seven years ago has been sent to jail for 15 months. The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of the victim, now 20 years old, was sentenced before Judge Allan Gould in provincial court in Nanaimo on Tuesday. http://www.chtv.com/ch/cheknews/story.html?id=d84a8b06-c4a9-495b-b1b4-6bd9317988c1 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:18:48 +0000 Premier Gordon Campbell says 'global unanimity' isn't necessary to take action on climate change. VICTORIA – Premier Gordon Campbell heads to the United Nations climate conference in Denmark next week to talk up B.C.'s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/peninsulanewsreview/news/78824627.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:09:19 +0000 A cyclist avoided serious injury in a collision with a car Dec. 3. The car and bike collided near the intersection of Lands End and Cloake Hill roads around 3:30 p.m. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/peninsulanewsreview/news/78785127.html Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:09:17 +0000 The Sidney Lions Food Bank is always in need of food. At this time of year, it’s particularly concerned about Christmas and the post-Christmas barren shelves. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/peninsulanewsreview/news/78785137.html Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:09:06 +0000 All three councils on the Peninsula will consider creating a task force to deal with derelict boats. http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/peninsulanewsreview/news/78785182.html Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:08:56 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:23:27 +0000