CONGRATULATIONS TO MEGHAN Bowlby, MVP at the Caro fastpitch softball tournament. Great job, Fenton Fastpitch 16U finishing runner-up. Way to go, girls.

With the arrival of Gallery Press on Gabriola, you have one more reason to avoid the ferry and shop locally. This full service print shop started over a year ago and now includes offset and digital presses, a large cutter, folder, numbering machine, lamin

8/27/2008 Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers will be selling approximately 1,000 specialized car carriers on behalf of the trustee for Performance Transportation Services (PTS).

Average U.S. gasoline pump prices -- already above $4 a gallon -- could run up 20 cents or more by mid-summer, if crude oil prices don't fall from record levels near $140 a barrel, analysts said.

The Treasury secretary, Henry M. Paulson Jr., preached against “excessive regulation.” But he now finds himself leading an expansive government intervention.