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Oct. 2, 1975: An Empress bails out a Princess

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Oct. 1, 1925: Agriculture minister opens Saanichton Fair; Stories from our pages over the last 150 years.

This day in history : Sept. 30, 1979: Summer survey helps in battle for marmot

Stories from our pages over the last 150 years.

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Sept. 29, 1972: Editorial: While thousands cheer

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Sept. 28, 1923: Saw Yokohama roll in waves to ruins

Axe killing a 50-year mystery

No motive, suspect ever discovered in teen's 1958 death in Campbell River

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Sept. 27, 1882: Princess at a vice-regal garden party

Leads in slaying went cold with suspect's suicide

Undercover work amassed enough proof for charge in 1983 strangling

Mysterious injury claimed cadet's life

Who: Brady Bell What: Possible hit and run When: Nov. 29, 1984 Where: Admirals Road, Esquimalt - - - Even today, 24 years later, nobody's quite sure what happened to Brady Bell that night.

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Sept. 26, 1859: Another outrage in the San Juans Stories from our pages over the last 150 years. The steamer Caledonia, Capt. Broderick, left here yesterday with a considerable number of our citizens on an excursion to San Juan.