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Several Victoria councillors will be reimbursed for a more than $125-per-head banquet that will be held at the Fairmont Empress’ Crystal Ballroom as part of the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities convention when it takes place in Victoria from April 12 to 14. (Jake Romphf/News Staff)

B.C. councillors reimbursed for $125-a-head banquet at Victoria’s Empress hotel

Victoria-hosted convention tops $550 for some attendees, boasts getting politicians ‘up and dancing’

 

Pierre Poilievre holds a rally on Monday, April 1, at the Vancouver Island Conference Centre. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

Conservative leader Poilievre rallies B.C. crowd against carbon tax

Opposition leader talks taxes and monetary policy at Nanaimo’s Vancouver Island Conference Centre

 

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks to volunteers at Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, Iowa, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump tells Iowa Republicans their votes can help him punish his enemies

Former president hoping to represent Republican Party once again in 2024 election

 

FILE - A right-wing demonstrator gestures toward a counter protester as members of the Proud Boys and other right-wing demonstrators rally in Portland, Ore., Sept. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

American democracy has overcome big stress tests. More challenges are ahead

A lot has happened since Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election results, and a lot more is to come

FILE - A right-wing demonstrator gestures toward a counter protester as members of the Proud Boys and other right-wing demonstrators rally in Portland, Ore., Sept. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Tara Armstrong is the BC Conservative Party candidate for the riding of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream in the next provincial election. (Contributed)

BC Conservative candidate announced for Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream

Kelowna businesswoman Tara Armstrong pushing for a common sense cause

Tara Armstrong is the BC Conservative Party candidate for the riding of Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream in the next provincial election. (Contributed)
A view of the government house before polling stations open during a presidential runoff election between Javier Milei and Sergio Massa in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Fiery right-wing populist wins Argentina’s presidency amid economic woes

Javier Milei has proposed to slash the size of the state and rein in inflation

A view of the government house before polling stations open during a presidential runoff election between Javier Milei and Sergio Massa in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh addresses a news conference on Thursday, November 9, 2023 in Ottawa. Singh took political swings at both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at a convention for British Columbia Premier David Eby’s governing NDP. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh blasts Trudeau, Poilievre at B.C. convention

Singh called leaders out of touch, uncaring

New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh addresses a news conference on Thursday, November 9, 2023 in Ottawa. Singh took political swings at both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at a convention for British Columbia Premier David Eby’s governing NDP. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Palestinians line up for food during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, November 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Palestinians call for evacuation of hundreds of patients and newborns from Gaza’s largest hospital

Palestinian authorities proposed a Red Cross-supervised evacuation of a hospital beset by…

Palestinians line up for food during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Rafah on Monday, November 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
FILE - In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, an exhibit shows Ivanka Trump, during a video interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the hearing Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. It’s Ivanka Trump’s turn to take the witness stand in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into former President Donald Trump’s family business. (House Select Committee via AP)

Ivanka Trump takes witness stand in the civil fraud trial that’s scrutinizing the family business

Ivanka Trump began testifying Wednesday in the the civil fraud trial that…

FILE - In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, an exhibit shows Ivanka Trump, during a video interview with the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the hearing Thursday, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. It’s Ivanka Trump’s turn to take the witness stand in the civil fraud trial that is publicly probing into former President Donald Trump’s family business. (House Select Committee via AP)
FILE - The World Bank building in Washington, Monday, April 5, 2021. The World Bank says oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence between Israel and Hamas were to escalate. The organization’s Commodity Markets Outlook finds that the effects on oil prices should be limited if the conflict doesn’t widen. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Oil prices could reach ‘uncharted waters’ if the Israel-Hamas war escalates, the World Bank says

The World Bank reported on Monday that oil prices could be pushed…

FILE - The World Bank building in Washington, Monday, April 5, 2021. The World Bank says oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence between Israel and Hamas were to escalate. The organization’s Commodity Markets Outlook finds that the effects on oil prices should be limited if the conflict doesn’t widen. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
A woman cries during the funeral of Israeli Col. Roi Levy at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 9, 2023. Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it already is clear that the bloodshed has shaken the region for years to come and flipped long-standing Israeli assumptions upside down. Israelis’ sense of personal security was shattered, and the international community’s traditional approach of urging Israel to withdraw from occupied land in exchange for peace appears out of the question. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

Israel-Hamas war upends years of conventional wisdom. Leaders give few details on what comes next.

Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it…

A woman cries during the funeral of Israeli Col. Roi Levy at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 9, 2023. Just three weeks into the deadliest war between Israel and Hamas, it already is clear that the bloodshed has shaken the region for years to come and flipped long-standing Israeli assumptions upside down. Israelis’ sense of personal security was shattered, and the international community’s traditional approach of urging Israel to withdraw from occupied land in exchange for peace appears out of the question. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
A Palestinian firefighter extinguishes a fire in a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)

Israeli troops conduct brief raid in Gaza to ‘prepare’ for an expected full-scale incursion

Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the…

A Palestinian firefighter extinguishes a fire in a destroyed building following Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Abed Khaled)
A building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip is seen in Deir Al-Balah, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Live updates Israel escalates its bombardment in the Gaza Strip

Israel is escalating its bombardment of targets in the Gaza Strip ahead…

A building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip is seen in Deir Al-Balah, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
The 26th annual Victoria Pride Parade filled downtown streets with glitter, music, rainbows and joy Sunday morning. (Nina Grossman/News Staff) The 26th annual Victoria Pride Parade filled downtown streets with glitter, music, rainbows and joy. (Nina Grossman/News Staff)

A Hong Kong court upholds a ruling in favor of equal inheritance rights for same-sex couples

A Hong Kong court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that favored the…

The 26th annual Victoria Pride Parade filled downtown streets with glitter, music, rainbows and joy Sunday morning. (Nina Grossman/News Staff) The 26th annual Victoria Pride Parade filled downtown streets with glitter, music, rainbows and joy. (Nina Grossman/News Staff)
Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

FACT FOCUS: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts

In the days since Hamas militants stormed into Israel early Oct. 7,…

Palestinians inspect the rubble of the Yassin Mosque destroyed after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, early Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
FILE - North Korean soldiers stand on armored vehicles with rocket launchers as they parade in Pyongyang, North Korea on Oct. 10, 2015. Hamas fighters likely used North Korean-manufactured rocket-propelled grenades during their unprecedented assault on Israel that killed over 1,400 people and saw scores taken hostage, despite Pyongyang denying its weapons arm the militant group. South Korean officials, two experts on North Korean arms and an Associated Press analysis of weapons captured on the battlefield by Israel point toward Hamas using Pyongyang’s F-7 rocket-propelled grenade during their Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war now raging. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Evidence shows Hamas militants likely used some North Korean weapons in attack on Israel

Hamas fighters likely fired North Korean weapons during their Oct. 7 assault…

FILE - North Korean soldiers stand on armored vehicles with rocket launchers as they parade in Pyongyang, North Korea on Oct. 10, 2015. Hamas fighters likely used North Korean-manufactured rocket-propelled grenades during their unprecedented assault on Israel that killed over 1,400 people and saw scores taken hostage, despite Pyongyang denying its weapons arm the militant group. South Korean officials, two experts on North Korean arms and an Associated Press analysis of weapons captured on the battlefield by Israel point toward Hamas using Pyongyang’s F-7 rocket-propelled grenade during their Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war now raging. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, en route to Israel. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)

Biden pledges solidarity with Israelis and suggests ‘other team’ to blame for Gaza hospital blast

President Joe Biden vowed to show the world that the U.S. stands…

President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, en route to Israel. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)
Outside al-Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, a Palestinian woman kisses the sheet-covered body of a child killed during an Israeli airstrike, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Day 10 of the latest Israel-Hamas war

More than a million people have fled their homes in the Gaza…

Outside al-Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, a Palestinian woman kisses the sheet-covered body of a child killed during an Israeli airstrike, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
FILE - Fishermen work on nets as they spend time on the shores of their coastal village in Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines, on May 7, 2020. Canada will help the Philippines detect illegal fishing with its satellite surveillance system under a new agreement, Philippine officials said Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Canada forges agreement to help Philippines track illegal fishing vessels using satellite technology

Canada will help the Philippines detect illegal fishing with its satellite surveillance…

FILE - Fishermen work on nets as they spend time on the shores of their coastal village in Cavite province, south of Manila, Philippines, on May 7, 2020. Canada will help the Philippines detect illegal fishing with its satellite surveillance system under a new agreement, Philippine officials said Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
Residents inspect the damage of the destroyed multi-story building of Hamas-affiliated insurance company, in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. A tense quiet took hold Tuesday morning after a night of heavy fire as Israeli aircraft bombed targets across the Gaza Strip and Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel in what threatened to devolve into a major conflict two weeks before the Israeli election. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

In Israel’s call for mass evacuation, Palestinians hear echoes of their original catastrophic exodus

In Israel’s call for the evacuation of half of Gaza’s population, many…

Residents inspect the damage of the destroyed multi-story building of Hamas-affiliated insurance company, in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. A tense quiet took hold Tuesday morning after a night of heavy fire as Israeli aircraft bombed targets across the Gaza Strip and Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel in what threatened to devolve into a major conflict two weeks before the Israeli election. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)