Victoria News
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Acclaimed ballet dancer Georgina Pazcoguin chatted with Digital Journal about portraying Victoria, the white cat, in the popular Broadway revival of "Cats."
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The creature looks like the stuff of nightmares, a living fossil rising out of the sea, its mouth a chewing machine of 300 teeth set in 25 rows. It is the rarely seen frilled shark.
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Inhabitants of a country town in the Australian state of Victoria have been urged to evacuate to a football pitch in the vicinity in a bid to escape the threat of a raging bushfire.
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Victoria -
Canadian households are in huge debt, not because of our appetite for consumer goods, but rather to meet living expenses. The result is that household debt in Canada has broken its own record, now ringing up over $1.5 trillion.
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Victoria -
A couple in Victoria, B.C., had their pitbull, Bieber, go missing and on the same day found an ad posted for a dog sounding a lot like theirs. CFAX radio news reports they arranged to meet the sellers, who tried to sell them their own dog.
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An amateur prospector in Victoria State, Australia has unearthed a gold nugget weighing 5.5kg (177 ounces), estimated at more than A$300,000 ($315,000: £197,000), using a handheld metal detector.
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Several stranded travelers needed rescue by Victoria police officers in the middle of Murray Sunset National Park in the last couple of months, due to the Apple "Maps" app sending them the wrong way.
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Victoria -
A heartbreaking story out of Victoria, B.C. where a small Shih Tzu dog is struggling to survive after being found neglected and covered in massive open wounds infested with maggots.
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As any Van Islander will tell you, locals affectionately refer to living on Vancouver Island as living on “The Rock.” Lately, there is an entirely new reason for the rock terminology when discussing Vancouver Island.
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Melbourne -
Wilsons Promontory National Park (in short PROM) is on the southernmost tip of continental Australia. From here, after bypassing Tasmania, there's a straight line to reach the cold Antarctic iceland.
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The controversial duck hunting season in Victoria, Australia got off to a bloody start with a protester being shot in the face on the first day.
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A Victoria police officer who was seen on video kicking two men will not face criminal charges, after an investigation concluded that he had used legally permissible force.
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Vancouver -
Efforts to recall BC Liberal MLA Ida Chong by anti-HST activists seems to be running into some difficulties as the February 4 deadline approaches.
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Tucson -
Despite the protests over the failure of networks to run the Lane Bryant lingerie ads last month, LB does not want customers to think they are behind the new Victoria's Secret parody "skeleton commercial" being shown on TV and around the Internet.
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Victoria -
One of the most beautiful show gardens in Canada, and perhaps in the world, delightfully displays the marvels of spring renewal and new life.
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Melbourne -
Police suspect foul play as a young Indian child, Gurshan Singh, was found in the grassland of Oaklands Junction. A council worker made the grisly discovery on Thursday evening, near Melbourne Airport.
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The Victorian Government has announced new laws to combat the recent spate of knife related crimes. It follows many stabbings in the state and growing voter anger over the apparent inaction.
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The British Columbia capital of Victoria has dumped, for years, tens of millions of gallons of raw sewage every day into the waters separating Washington state and Vancouver Island.
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Leonard Cohen’s ninth stop on his North American tour in Vancouver was greeted with a standing ovation before a single chord had been struck, setting the tone for the night.
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Reports have emerged of an earthquake in the state of Victoria in southern Australia last night. The epicentre of the tremor was north of Melbourne.
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As North America awakes, Australians face The Beast. Text messages will be sent to millions of Australians in the State of Victoria to warn them of the fire threat, as extreme weather conditions reach new threat levels.
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Australia's devastating bushfires has caused major damage to the telecommunications major Telstra. Earlier agencies reported of a devastating bushfire that swept though Victoria and caused unimaginable casualties.
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A stream of those who’ve just been fighting the ferocious bushfires also try to come to grips with devastated towns, lost homes, and the tourists roaming around seeing the sights. 65 people are dead, and some are unaccounted for at this stage.
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At least 25 and maybe as many as 40 people have been killed by wildfires that are sweeping across southeastern Australia.
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The worst heatwave to occur in several decades is causing havoc in south-eastern Australia with temperatures exceeding 43 degrees Celsius.
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Students in Victoria, Australia primary schools will soon be offered to take religious education courses that teach that their is no evidence that God exists. The curriculum is being drawn up by the Humanist Society of Victoria.
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4,000 flash mob crowd gather suddenly in Victoria Station, England and start dancing, listening to MP3 players and iPods
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Three thieves walked into A Victoria Secret store in the Newport Center Mall in Jersey City and stole over $12,000 in womens underwear. The theft took place in broad daylight and was captured on surveillance cameras.
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The homeless in Victoria are getting paid to line up at the passport office for those who need passports.
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Victoria Beckham Arrives in L.A. to Go House Hunting ... aka Spend It Like Beckham
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Spooky entrance to Squeeky Beach, Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia.
With permission by The Center for Whale Research
Rock formations of Squeeky Beach, Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Buruli ulcer on the hand of a patient from Peru. A) Nonulcerative edematous lesion on the right middle finger as first seen; B) ulcerated lesions on the right middle finger ≈4 weeks later; C) extensive debridement, 5.5 weeks after first seen; D) cured lesion 5 months after first seen, 1 month after autologous skin graft. CDC/Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 14, Number 3.
The congestion charging scheme has reduced traffic in central London
BC legislature buildings, Victoria. bc legislature
Endemic floral life of Squeeky Beach at Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Endemic examples of flora at Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia.
The main building and the chapel of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia. John Connell
Rock formations at Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Anti-HST protesters in Victoria, B.C. Tony Sprackett
Squeeky Beach with its snowy white sands that really squeek under your feet when walking on it, Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia.
A photo of a cow being milked on a dairy farm in Girgarre, Victoria. JH
General view before entering Wilsons Promontory National Park, Victoria, Australia.
Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton (near Melbourne), VIC, AU
Victoria Regional Transit double decker sillygwailo/Richard Eriksson
An autistic boy who went missing four days ago at an Australian camping ground has been found alive, with police describing his survival in the dense forest as a "miracle" AFP
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