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New ground was broken in North Saanich today as local politicians and representatives from the Victoria Airport Authority took shovel to dirt to commence a $24-million highway interchange project.
 
 
 

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Big-box daycare will not be coming to the University of Victoria in the forseeable future, the UVic board of governors decided this week.
 
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Arts

Eric Leblanc heads to Memphis next month to accept a Keeping the Blues Alive Award for his work in preserving the history of music.

'Dr. Death' gets it right

Few blues musicians are more legendary than Blind Lemon Jefferson. He's arguably the most famous country bluesman of all time.

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Business

Bill Collins, left, and Stephen McKay in the production area of Quester Tangent, a designer and manufacturer of software products and hardware systems that allow users to process large amounts of data in historical or real-time. The company serves the marine sciences and transit electronics markets in more than 30 countries.

Quester rides growth track

It's been nearly 75 years since any sort of railway operated on the Saanich Peninsula.

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Business

Ron and Nancy Malzon with their son, Nathan, and some Kathyrn Taylor Chocolates from Orcas island.

Orcas Islanders settling in with Café Mela

An American couple with an affinity for Canada and Victoria's old-world charm is taking the first steps to citizenship by acquiring a European-style coffee house in the Humboldt Valley downtown.


 

Capital & Van. Isl.

Lieut. Peter Lublink and Kim Chooi work to collect donations for the Salvation Army in front of Vic West Save-on-Foods.

Lessons in giving start young

Food, clothes and toys are filling Christmas hampers at area schools.


 
 
 
 
 

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Health minister urges Canadians to get flu shot - plus Island clinics today and tomorrow

Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq received her H1N1 vaccine yesterday at a clinic in Ottawa and urged Canadians to follow her example because the virus is so unpredictable.

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Firefighters to handle car crashes

If you have a minor car accident in nanaimo, firefighters might turn up, but not police.


 

Man flashes his privates at woman on Goose

Saanich police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a female jogger on the Galloping Goose Trail yesterday morning. The woman was running along the trail near Brett Avenue at about 9.30 a.m. when the man exposed his genitals. He then sat down on the ground and did not say anything to the woman as sh


 

Opposition wants in on municipal review

B.C.'s New Democrats appealed to the government yesterday to put aside partisan interests and include opposition members in a yet-to-be-announced committee examining gaping holes in municipal-election legislation.


 

Jack Knox: Not everyone answering their responsibilities

Stood at Hillside and Douglas for four minutes yesterday, and counted 12 drivers cruising through the busy intersection with cellphones glued to their ears.

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City to hear input on food court

Cook Street Village residents will get a chance to weigh in on whether to allow a makeshift open-air food court to become a more permanent feature on the landscape.


 

Interest-free staffer loans in Colwood

Colwood will offer interest-free loans to municipal employees wanting to buy electric bikes, a move one councillor decries as part of a "green kook agenda."


 
 
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Native leader Leeson who helped fight for property rights dies

A prominent First Nations leader in British Columbia who was instrumental in passing a historic law last week allowing residents to own property in New Aiyansh reserve has passed away.


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Saanich murderer loses parole

A convicted killer from Saanich has had his parole privileges yanked after lying to authorities and being caught with an empty beer can.


 

Public tip leads Sidney/Saanich RCMP to handgun, drugs and alleged criminals in stolen truck

A tip about an erratic driver on the Pat Bay Highway led Sidney/North Saanich RCMP to evidence of a crime spree last night


 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins says a study has shown that McLoughlin Point is not the best option for a sewage treatment site and that a better site can be found.

Sewage Treatment: Will...

A decision on where to put new sewage plants in Greater Victoria...


 
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...


 
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...


 
Glen Clark

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...


 
1. $14.8 million, Villa Madrona, 684 Lands End Rd. North Saanich

Our region's most expensive...

Top assessed values for single-family houses in Greater Victoria...


 
Esquimalt Mayor Barb Desjardins says a study has shown that McLoughlin Point is not the best option for a sewage treatment site and that a better site can be found.

Sewage Treatment: Will...

A decision on where to put new sewage plants in Greater Victoria...


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeff Bell

Good News Page: Latest peace mural has Coast Salish theme

The latest project from the Creative Peace Mural Society has been feted at Government House by Lt.-Gov. Steven Point.

 
 
 
 
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