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Editorial: Luring tourists is vital to region

 
Tourism is one of the most important engines in Greater Victoria's economy. Visitors who come to the region spend money that creates employment, directly and indirectly.
 
 

MPs should limit mailouts

 
Tired of getting those annoying mailouts from MPs you've never heard of? So are we. So is a slim majority of the MPs in the House of Commons. So is the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, which cites them as an example of government waste.
 
 
 
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Jody Paterson
Jody Paterson

Carole, what's happened to the NDP?

With all due respect to a woman who I personally like, there's a burning question...

 
 
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Fast Forwards
Fast Forwards

A good place to start again

 Well, like thousands of others here in Victoria, many of us at the CBC station and our partners...

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Politics and the Nation
Politics and the Nation

Dimitri deletes other "friends"

Uh-oh... apparently I am no longer a "friend" of Dimitri... The PMO staffer's facebook...

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Politics and the Nation

Let's make a mixed tape, shall we?

So this private copying levy -- and the sorry state of Canada's outdated copyright law -- just won...

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Charlie White: The '...

A sports-fishing guru who co-founded CHEK television and CFAX...


 
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Two years on, police...

It’s been two years since 24-year-old real estate agent Lindsay...


 
The ramshackle poverty of the First Nations community of Ahousaht was shocking, recalls reporter Judith Lavoie.

Our favourite stories...

The assignment was simple: tell readers about your most memorable...


 
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Outlook 2010: Successful...

It's fitting that Greg Ramsay graces the cover of our second...


 
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...


 
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


 
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On patrol, day and night...

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


 
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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...


 
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Hero Holiday: A life...

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