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Climate change could be shifting range, leading to fewer on south Island

By Douglas J. LisleWhen I went out on my front porch recently to pick up the paper, I saw that I had done it again. I had left the porch light on, and once again accidentally committed mass murder.

AMIENS, France 聴 A massive police presence restored calm overnight on Wednesday to the French city of Amiens, where arson and gun attacks on police have added law and order to the deep economic problems President Francois Hollande must confront.

Fire crews have built guards around 70 per cent of a Vernon grass fire that, at its height, threatened two homes and a North Okanagan golf resort.

A charge of second-degree murder has been laid against a woman accused of killing her husband in Richmond. Thirty-five-year-old Pui Chun (Winnie) Poon is charged with second-degree murder.

The ethnic background of a Quebec election candidate has come under attack in a campaign that has already seen identity frequently used as a wedge issue.

In hot, dry weather, every spark could start a blaze, fire centre says

A woman missing for two weeks in the rugged bush and muskeg of north-central Alberta has been found alive. Rhonda Cardinal was reported missing Aug. 1 from a remote hunting cabin in the Calling Lake area.

TODAY Musical Bouquets for Emily by the Emily Carr String Quartet plus reading at Emily Carr House, 207 Government St., 1 p.m. today, Friday, Aug. 23, 24, 30 and 31. See emilycarrstringquartet.com Blue Bridge Comedy Festival, to Aug.

DODGE, Barbara Jane With deepest sadness I announce that my dear sister, Barbara Jane Dodge, passed away peacefully in her sleep. Barb is survived by me, her brother Ian, and her step mother Joyce Elliott.