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As the provincial Liberals and NDP continue their leadership campaigns, the BC Conservative Party prepares to begin its own leadership search. The provincial Conservatives will hold a leadership election May 28, the Comox Valley constituency association, says in a news release.

Former B.C. premier Ujjal Dosanjh fought his way through a whiteout in Parksville to attend a fundraising dinner for the Vancouver Island North federal Liberal Association Wednesday in Courtenay.

Land use is a subject sure to draw a diversity of perspectives, and another Interfaith Community Dialogue hosted Saturday by the Community Justice Centre is sure to stimulate that conversation. Stephen Hume, noted author and Vancouver Sun senior writer, is joining the dialogue as one of the featured presenters.

The third annual Fit for Heart aquacise events promises fun, fitness and fundraising at the sports and aquatic centres March 3 and 4.

CAIRO, EGYPT — The streets exploded with excitement, as drivers blew their horns, the pedestrians yelled and waved their national flag. The president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, had finally announced that he was stepping down.

ICBC technology flags more than 600 suspected ID thieves

VICTORIA – An Abbotsford doctor has pleaded guilty to two charges related to influencing B.C. government officials who were in charge of his contracts to provide electronic health systems.

The provincial government is projecting that Vancouver Island will need 6,850 skilled carpenters and cabinetmakers by 2019. And North Island College (NIC) is in a position to help meet that demand with its brand-new Trades Training Centre at the Comox Valley campus.

Angry fishermen rallied Monday outside the Courtenay office of Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan, in response to the allowable catch for halibut recently announced by the department of Fisheries and Oceans. Their message was two-fold: the 88/12 per cent halibut allocation is a joke and they will never buy quota off the commercial sector.