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Thursday: New incoming Uvic President Jamie Cassels (R) with departing president David Turpin during a news conference at the University of Victoria.
Photograph by: LYLE STAFFORD, Times Colonist

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Wednesday: Oak Bay at Claremont in senior girl's basketball league action as two of the better teams in lower Island meet on the hardwood..
Photograph by: BRUCE STOTESBURY, Times Colonist

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Friday: "Death cafes are part of an international movement to stop disowning death by talking about it, according to organizer Don Morris. He has hosted two death cafe events at Victoria's Church of Truth and calls them the first death cafes in Canada.
Photograph by: BRUCE STOTESBURY, Times Colonist

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Wednesday: Manager Holy Jones watches from behind, as Austin Russell, Nick Pivetta and Connor Russell sign and pose for a photo, during a Victoria HarbourCats press conference to unveil their first three signings, at Lambrick Park.
Photograph by: ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist

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Wednesday: Our Place Society resident and volunteer, Teresa Tutube with holly for sale.
Photograph by: LYLE STAFFORD, Times Colonist

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It was a little harder walking up lower Fort street on Wednesday.
Photograph by: LYLE STAFFORD, Times Colonist

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Wednesday: Stephanie McConnell distributes Times Colonist Christmas fund vouchers.
Photograph by: LYLE STAFFORD, Times Colonist

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Wednesday: Westshore Wolves and Victoria Cougars at Bear Mountain Arena.
Photograph by: BRUCE STOTESBURY, Times Colonist

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Tuesday: Crew work on the tree that fell on a house at 4019 Gerard Place.
Photograph by: ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist

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Waves hit the beach in Ross Bay on Dec. 19 as several flights and ferries were cancelled throughout the day.
Photograph by: DARREN STONE, Times Colonist

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Wednesday: A photo of the PETA billboard along the Pat Bay highway.
Photograph by: ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist

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Thursday: Stained glass nativity in St Andrew's Roman Catholic Cathedral.
Photograph by: DARREN STONE, Times Colonist

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Thursday: Sun hiding in the clouds along Dallas Road.
Photograph by: BRUCE STOTESBURY, Times Colonist

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Monday: Olivia Beatty, 8, and her sister Bryn, 6, play in the wind at Clover Point.
Photograph by: ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist

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Nathan Derksen takes photos from inside his car as a wave crashes over the sidewalk along Dallas Road Dec. 17.
Photograph by: ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist

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Monday: Gavin Edwards and his dog Cooper play ball at the UVic dog park, as snow came down on part of Victoria.
Photograph by: ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist

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Monday: Gavin Edwards and his dog Cooper play ball at the UVic dog park, as snow came down on part of Victoria.
Photograph by: ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist