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By the time Israeli singer Noam Bettan took the stage in the semifinals of the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna on Tuesday night, it was clear that the long-running music competition had been transformed, perhaps permanently. As he belted out his power ballad Michelle, singing mostly in French, the 28-year-old performer …
Read More »Armed ERT unit was near Saanich bank on another call just before suspects emerged with guns, police chief says
The Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team (GVERT) was nearby at an unrelated call and managed to quickly redeploy, arriving in time to engage two armed suspects who were shot dead earlier this week exiting a Saanich bank, the police department’s chief told reporters at a news conference Thursday. Saanich police Chief Dean Duthie said the ERT’s …
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