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Record 25,000 celebrate braw (splendid) weekend at Victoria Highland Games presided over by Prince Andrew

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

A weekend of caber tossing, royal watching and Highland dancing at the Victoria Highland Games and Celtic Festival came to a glorious end Sunday. Attendance for the ...

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Victoria Day Parade starts at 9 a.m. along Douglas from Mayfair to downtown

Farm owner Rob Galey leads the way in building floats

Prominent Canadians back petition to rename Victoria Day to honour aboriginals

A group that includes some prominent Canadian actors, writers and politicians is calling on ...

Island gas retailer wants price regulation

NANAIMO — A major Vancouver Island gasoline retailer is calling for price controls, saying it ...

Campbell River man undergoes facial surgery after breaching humpback whale collides ...

A Campbell River man underwent facial surgery Friday after a whale breached and collided with ...

David Bly: HMCS Victoria is much more than torpedoes

Public tours of the submarine continue Sunday and Monday at the coast guard station.

B.C. Liberals' internal polls predicted win, campaign chief says

The B.C. Liberals may have stunned many British Columbians with their dramatic election-night ...

Jack Knox: Go tell it to the mountain, be it Doug or Pkols

Mount Doug is named for: A) Doug, the first local high school student to lose his virginity...

Monitor: Happy 150th, Congregation Emanu-El

Congregation Emanu-El marks its 150th anniversary next month by re-enacting the laying of the ...

Vancouver man’s death in Costa Rica has the earmarks of a hit: investigator

VANCOUVER — A father from Vancouver shot dead in ...

Coast Capital Savings members force cut to directors’ pay

Pay rates have been slashed for Coast Capital ...

Ford should directly address allegations of drug use in video scandal: expert

TORONTO - A public relations expert suggests Rob ...

Erratic driver on Pat Bay Highway arrested, blew over twice legal limit

An erratic driver was arrested early Saturday ...

Iain Hunter: Green's Andrew Weaver represents more than Oak Bay

An oldster I met in my neighbourhood on Wednesday ...

Palvof Volcano ash reaches Alaska city but stays under major threat level to ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska's Pavlof Volcano sent ash ...

Comment: Aging infrastructure is B.C. Hydro’s real problem

In B.C., we need a dialogue and education about our...

Major’s Corner: An ever-smiling countenance hides a legacy of shame

I generally am a happy fellow, skipping my way ...

Jim Hume: Election result proves that voters know more than pundits

So did we learn anything on Tuesday? Did we learn ...

Northeastern New Brunswick village mourning three fishermen lost at sea

TABUSINTAC NEW BRUNSWICK, - A minister of a United ...

Province rejects 12,000-page application for massive Raven coal mine on Vancouver ...

Plans for a massive underground coal mine south of ...

Victoria church's stolen artifacts turned in anonymously

Items taken from Christ Church Cathedral display case ...

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Good Neighbours: First-of-a-kind day camp puts all children together

The Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, which has been offering summer day camps for children with special needs for over 20 years, ...

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Missing Coquitlam man feared kidnapped in Mexico

VANCOUVER — The family of a Coquitlam man who went missing in Mexico is desperately seeking information about what they now believe is a ...

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Harper to be on hot seat at Tuesday caucus after chief of staff quits

OTTAWA - Emerging from a dramatic week that has seen him lose two senators and his chief of staff, Stephen Harper will focus now on calming down his ...

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Swarm of tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Okla. mobile home park ravaged by...

SHAWNEE, Okla. - Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighbourhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the ...

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Yahoo agrees to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo’s board of directors has approved a $1.1 billion cash acquisition of blogging site Tumblr. It’s the biggest and ...

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Colin Greening has OT winner in Senators 2-1 victory; Penguins lead series 2-1

OTTAWA - As good-luck charms go, fibreglass shrapnel isn't high on most hockey players' lists. But it seemed to do the trick for Colin Greening, ...

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Taylor Swift wins 8 trophies at Billboard Music Awards, Justin Bieber, Miguel, Minaj...

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including ...

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RBCM exhibit: Explorers' race for the South Pole has Victoria ties

The story of the historic race to the South Pole — a remarkable tale of heroic achievement and tragedy — is even better now that it includes ...

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Editorial: Health system still good value

It is well known that our publicly funded health-care system is expensive. But can it honestly be said we get fair value for all the money we plow...

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Mr. Politician, take down that sign

Now that the election is over, I’m asking all politicans totake down your signs. They are an eyesore, as well as a deterrent to me when it comes ...

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Condo Smarts: Tale of two tax men and strata corporations

Tony Gioventu / Times Colonist

Dear Condo Smarts: Our strata corporation has been advised by our new strata manager that we have an obligation to file a tax return every year. We have never filed a tax

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Life

They flush, they sing, they look like thrones: potty seats abound for tots, hopeful parents

Leanne Italie / The Associated Press

NEW YORK, N.Y. - For some hopeful parents, summertime is "tinkle time," as in setting toddlers free and diaperless outside while potty training. And like so many aspects of life with kids, potty

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Music

Astronaut Hadfield's made-in-space music video of Bowie's 'Space Oddity'

Marcia Dunn / The Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - In a high-flying

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Monitor: Discrimination against women behind bars

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

If a man is arrested in Victoria and goes before the court and his case is adjourned for a few days for a bail hearing, he arrives at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre that

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Health

Birth complications on the rise

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

Tracey Delisle was half expecting a difficult second delivery. Delisle’s first child was born a few weeks premature after a pregnancy that was complicated by diabetes, pancreatitis

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