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Victoria police say they are investigating a serious assault that might have occurred in a quiet Fairfield neighbourhood around 9 p.m. Sunday night.
 
 
 
 
 

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UPDATED Photo gallery: The Royal couple in Victoria, Vancouver

Photos from the November 2009 Royal Visit to British Columbia

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Event highlights this week in Greater Victoria

Community, cultural and sports events we want you to know about

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Berlin Wall: 20 years

people of Plauen, GDR, in demonstration which preceded the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Small town that changed history

Times Colonist reporter Matthew Pearson on a town that changed history in Germany in 1989.


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Stolen car crashes into house

An out-of-control stolen car flipped and crashed into a house on Hillside Avenue early Sunday morning, Victoria police said.


 

Island Flu-Shot Clinics

H1N1 flu shots are only being given this week to people in certain high-risk groups, including:


 

Senior suffers heart attack at pub

Victoria police said a quick response might have saved a man’s life Sunday after he suffered a massive heart attack in Irish Times Pub.


 

Heavy rain causes flood of accidents

West Shore RCMP say the heavy rain caused nearly a dozen car accidents Friday and Saturday, including a rollover crash on Sooke Road and a three-car crash on the Island Highway in Colwood.


 

Saanich police abandon chase

A man in what turned out to be a stolen minivan led a Saanich police officer on a brief high speed chase Sunday morning after the officer tried to pull him over for running a red light. The officer abandoned the chase for safety reasons.


 

Review: Big hits keep STP's energy level up

Alt-rock stars of '90s start slowly, but manage to get fans fired up


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Press Pass: No Breaking ranks for Lekstrom this time

Former attorneys general were rounded up at the legislature this week to unveil a picture of the most recent former AG: Wally Oppal.


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Another hockey team under scrutiny after flu vaccinations

A local health unit is investigating after players and staff of an Ontario Hockey Association team were inoculated against the H1N1 virus, even though some team members may not have been classified as high-risk.


 
 
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Major's Corner: Club to honour sacrifice, past and present

The Club tootles along through the good times and the bad, with a pleasant smile always upon its face.


 

MLAs going overtime on paramedics debate

The B.C. legislature sat last night and debate could continue into the weekend on back-to-work legislation for striking ambulance paramedics.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Second World War veteran Doug Grant, also formerly of the Victoria Police Department, at his home in Oak Bay. Among other experiences, Grant was a Prisoner of War in a Japanese POW camp for several years, and was on the outskirts of Nagasaki when the second atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945.

Prisoner of war and ...

On Aug. 9, 1945, Doug Grant scribbled in a journal he kept hidden...


 
One of Uptown's anchor buildings rises like a geometric sculpture on the former site of Town and Country Shopping Centre in Saanich. The $300-million Uptown project, with retail stores and offices, is being promoted as Saanich's new downtown. This building is slated for office and retail uses -- the tenant list includes B.C. Assessment and Future Shop. Some businesses will move into Uptown in February. The project's largest tenant, a Wal-Mart superstore, is scheduled to open in July.

Outlook 2010: Major ...

The Times Colonist brings you a special report on the economy...


 
After a harrowing voyage from China to the shores of Vancouver Island in July 1999, migrant women are escorted by masked RCMP officers for a medical check at CFB Esquimalt.

Ten years after Chinese...

Ten years ago today, the first of four rusting ships carrying...


 
Oak Bay High valedictoriansTaylor Johnson and Tookie Graham.

Grad 2009

Photo galleries, valedictorians, retro grad


 
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Humanitarian work in...

Supply of drugs for AIDS patients decreasing


 
Victoria police on patrol

On patrol, day and night...

Times Colonist photographers Darren Stone and Debra Brash, along...


 
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Audio slideshow: Flower...

Readers sent in their spring flower photos. Watch the show, ...


 
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From the Ashes: Ex-premier...

Surprising things happen when a 'disgraced' centre-left ex-premier...


 
Lawyers, clerks and other court personnel prepare for proceedings in remand court, where everyone makes a first appearance, at the Victoria Courthouse.

Full house of justice...

The Victoria Courthouse is one of the few in the province that...


 
Holly Reist and Reanne Streifel  dance  at Camp Jubilee.

Striding into the future...

The sound of giggling and feet pattering on flattened grass ...


 
Fresh colourful produce is appearing at a market near you.

Region's open-air markets...

When a group of Vic West residents set up a local food market...


 
Second World War veteran Doug Grant, also formerly of the Victoria Police Department, at his home in Oak Bay. Among other experiences, Grant was a Prisoner of War in a Japanese POW camp for several years, and was on the outskirts of Nagasaki when the second atomic bomb was dropped on August 9, 1945.

Prisoner of war and ...

On Aug. 9, 1945, Doug Grant scribbled in a journal he kept hidden...


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Affordable housing built with gingerbread

Habitat for Humanity moves from traditional building materials to something a little more delicious on Tuesday.

 
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God Save the Queen of Canada until Charles in Charge

'Why," the puzzled American tourist asked, " is the band playing My Country, 'Tis of Thee?"

 
 
 
 
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