RCMP have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a man linked to four assaults on Island women, including one Friday in Qualicum Beach. "We have a suspect who was preying on vulnerable women," Island district RCMP spokesman Cpl. Darren Lagan said yesterday.

If you haven't yet been able to acquire tickets to the 2010 Olympic Games, there's still hope the third time could be the charm this weekend.

VANCOUVER - Technical glitches forced Vancouver 2010's organizing committee on Saturday to delay the sale of Olympic tickets until November 14.

Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall touched down at the Vancouver International Airport in a military jet promtly at 11:15 a.m., arriving at the south terminal for their whirlwind tour of the city, which will include a visit to the Olympic Athletes village and an official reception.

The day after the 2010 Olympic torch relay was launched in Victoria, someone put one of the 12,000 Vancouver Olympic torches up for sale on eBay.

Winter Olympic fans queued up on the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (Vanoc) ticketing website Saturday morning for what was supposed to be their third and final attempt to buy 2010 Olympic tickets only to run into, in Internet parlance, an 'epic fail.'

New cases of the H1N1 flu pandemic gripping B.C. will likely continue to rise until the last week of November or the first week of December, according to a scientist at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.

VANCOUVER - The final batch of tickets for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver went on sale Saturday.

Police are warning people to lock their doors after an elderly woman was assaulted in her Qualicum Beach home early Friday.

British Columbia has legislated its striking paramedics back to work. After an all-night session at the provincial legislature, Bill 21 was passed, officially ending a strike that began in April.

Apart from the fact the boss and the board are paid too much, the boss shouldn't be on the board, the board is too big, the regulator doesn't have enough oversight power and there's little accountability, B.C. Ferries is working just fine.

Faced with the loss of hundreds of photos from the last months of his wife's life, a Nanaimo man is begging the person who stole his camera to return it.

The B.C. legislature sat last night and debate could continue into the weekend on back-to-work legislation for striking ambulance paramedics. The Opposition NDP has called the legislation draconian, but Liberals have said it's necessary given the H1N1 pandemic and the approaching holiday season.

Went to my niece's convocation at Royal Roads University yesterday. (Congratulations Cathy!)

The 2008 civic election brought a recognizable change to Nanaimo's city council as voters gave an overwhelmingly strong mandate to a new mayor and put their faith in three new politicians.

Mounties are asking for the public's help tracking down a man who is the prime suspect in sexual assaults in two B.C. communities.

West Shore RCMP want to talk to anybody who may have witnessed an accident early Friday morning on Lindholm Road. At about 8 a.m., officers received information that a cyclist had been forced off the road by a passing motorist. The cyclist went over a cement barrier and rolled down a rocky hillside.

RCMP officers are at the scene of a serious two-car accident on Highway 1 north at Lantzville Road. The highway was closed and no information was available, said an RCMP dispatcher.

NEW YORK - Wanted: outgoing and enthusiastic applicants to work as restroom ambassadors in central New York location. Good pay.

For a few years, it seemed that Prince Charles was making Victoria his second home. He was here three times in less than five years. On his first visit, back in 1979, the heir to the throne set our hearts a-flutter.