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B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Kevin Falcon basked in the glow of Finance Minister Colin Hansen’s big-name endorsement, calling it a “real shot in the arm” for his campaign.
 
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Bill Wilson was selling homemade whirligigs from a roadside stand near Mission and stopped to fill his water bottle in a small creek when he spotted something that resembled an old bowl.
 
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It is the world’s most iconic animal. The stuff of childhood nursery rhymes. The inspiration for many of humankind’s most enduring myths. A purveyor of legends and, for those unlucky enough to be caught in its claws, the harbinger of nightmares.
 
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VERNON, B.C. — A former B.C. teacher accused of sexually abusing one of her students — a 12-year-old boy — spent hours on the stand this week answering questions about the alleged 2003 relationship.
 
 
 
A Winnipeg jury convicted a man of second-degree murder Friday evening for the 1984 slaying of teenager Candace Derksen.
 
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Clay Roueche files suit against B.C. government, police

United Nations gang founder Clay Roueche filed a suit against the B.C. government and two police agencies Friday for violating his Charter rights by helping U.S. law enforcement capture him.

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Deception detection: Victoria interrogators sniff out liars

Does the suspect avoid eye contact or become angry during a particular question? Do they talk about their missing loved one in the past tense, as if they know he or she is dead? How does the suspect react when shown evidence linking them to the crime?

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2010 Olympics benefits expected to kick in over long term

Whistler realtor Pat Kelly figures it will take some time and patience for the resort to reap the financial payoffs of the 2010 Olympics.

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Public Works is planning to build a glass-covered chamber in the courtyard of the West Block on Parliament Hill. Parliament will take place there during renovations to Centre Block.

Parliament's West Block to get new look

The planned renewal of Parliament Hill's West Block passed a milestone on Friday with approval of the design by the National Capital Commission.


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Libya protests leave 46 dead: Amnesty International

Thousands protested in Libya's second city, Benghazi, on Friday in the worst unrest of Moammar Gadhafi's four decades in power, and Amnesty International said 46 people had been killed in a three-day police crackdown.


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Chief operating  officer Tim Cook, left, and CEO Steve Jobs appear together in a news  conference at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., last July.  Cook is taking over day-to-day operations from Jobs while he's on  medical leave, just as he did twice previously, in 2009 and 2005.

Apple sent top executive to China after suicides at contract manufacturer

After nearly a dozen workers committed suicide at a contract manufacturing facility in China last year, Apple sent then-chief operating officer Tim Cook, now the company's acting CEO, to visit Foxconn International Holdings and press the company to improve working conditions.


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