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I-5 Skagit River bridge to reopen Wednesday, less than a month after collapse

The Associated Press

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - A temporary bridge over the Skagit River will reopen Wednesday, restoring Interstate 5 traffic less than a month after the old bridge collapsed. After ...

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Times Colonist

Seventeen Vancouver Island festivals you don't want to miss

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

Year in and year out, Vancouver Island can be counted on for some of the best festivals in the province. This year’s summer calendar is not without its changes, however. The

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Local

University of Victoria’s rare find celebrates James Joyce

Amy Smart / Times Colonist

The University of Victoria has extra reason to celebrate Bloomsday today, a worldwide salute to James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. While exploring the library’s special collections last

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Manfred Pape’s final journey

Amy Smart / Times Colonist

Death may be a universal experience, but it’s also a very intimate one. Today, we share the story of how one family faced it.

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Business

Scooping plastic waste from the sea for the Plastic Bank

Sarah Petrescu / Times Colonist

If there’s one thing Victoria-raised businessman David Katz, 44, has learned throughout his career, it’s when to look for the signs. The genesis of his company Nero Global Tracking

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Whoosh, gulp, splash: Humpbacks are big hits in Juan de Fuca Strait

Judith Lavoie / Times Colonist

[PHOTOS] It’s humpback heaven in Juan de Fuca Strait with massive humpbacks almost taking the tourism spotlight off killer whales.

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Decades after a learning fraud, a father graduates with his son

Lindsay Kines / Times Colonist

There were no beatings this time. No pointer sticks across the shoulders. No trips to the office where the principal would lash students’ hands with a fire hose. That was a long time

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Homeless at 75: As Victoria’s population ages, more people fall through the cracks

Judith Lavoie / Times Colonist

The morning chill is lingering in the downtown park as 75-year-old Gwyn Rees carefully balances a cup of coffee on his walker and accepts a cheese sandwich and doughnut to help sop up the

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Times Colonist

TV show pities the foo’ who doesn’t eat here

Michael D. Reid / Times Colonist

Comedian host brings Food Network to Victoria to explore Foo and other popular eateries

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Monitor: Baseball’s back with the new Cats in town

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

The boys of summer don’t simmer in the capital. Baseball returns to Royal Athletic Park on Wednesday with the start of the Victoria HarbourCats’ inaugural season in the West Coast

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Food truck trend pulls into Victoria

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

[INTERACTIVE MAP] Karrie Hill thinks serving meals out of her colourful food truck will be “a lot of fun,” and will let her establish a face-to-face connection with customers.

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Two Dozen Things

Two dozen things we love about this place: Walk to the tune of your own song at Westsong Walkway (5)

Michael D. Reid / Times Colonist

‘The plane, the plane!” a youngster shouts, gazing skyward and sounding like Tattoo, Herve Villechaize’s character on Fantasy Island. His exclamation stops a jogger in her tracks long enough to

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Two dozen things we love about this place: Fisherman’s Wharf lures visitors (4)

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

Fisherman’s Wharf has been a key fixture on the shoreline of Victoria’s Inner Harbour for decades. To the casual visitor, the point of entry was always Barb’s Fish and Chips — that,

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Two dozen things we love about this place: Moss Street Market eats (3)

Sarah Petrescu / Times Colonist

The Moss Street Market built its 22-year following with the best of the region’s local produce, preserves and crafts, and a festive, neighbourly vibe. It has also become a hub for local foodies

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Two dozen things we love about this place: Kayaking gives a fresh angle on the familiar (2)

Amy Smart / Times Colonist

Most Victoria residents know the city by its streets, but it’s a whole new place from the water. A leisurely paddle from the Inner Harbour to Tillicum Bridge and back takes two to

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Two dozen things we love about this place: Botanical bliss at Finnerty Gardens (1)

Pedro Arrais / Times Colonist

Finnerty Gardens is a botanical gem worth exploring. The public garden, located at the southwest corner of the University of Victoria campus, is home to more than 4,000 trees and

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Times Colonist

Series will uncover 24 gems you may not know about in the place we all love

Times Colonist

There is a reason Greater Victoria is the envy of Canada. Make that many reasons. This series will shine the spotlight on some of the places and activities that make the

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