Business

Island helicopter will get Russian piggyback ride to Chile

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

A Russian-built heavy-transport aircraft arrives in Victoria today to pick up a VIH Aviation Group firefighting helicopter and carry it to Chile. The Ilyushin Il-76 long-range ...

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Islander

Mossome Grove: 'One of the most beautiful' forests on Earth (PHOTOS)

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

A six-hectare parcel of old-growth forest in the San Juan River Valley, near Port Renfrew, has been dubbed Mossome Grove (a combination of “mossy” and “awesome”) by the conservationists who . . .

Editorials

Editorial: Hope for the Malahat?

Times Colonist

Like die-hard sports fans at the start of a season, Malahat drivers look at each government promise with a mixture of cock-eyed optimism and world-weary cynicism. On Wednesday, the province . . .

Real Estate

Victoria homeowners appealing ‘surreal’ property assessments

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

A Victoria homeowner is gearing up for a fight with B.C. Assessment after the property valuation she received in the mail last week “simply did not reflect reality.” Patricia Leidl said her . . .

Local

Storms cancelled 330 B.C. Ferries sailings in December

Times Colonist / Times Colonist

Heavy wind and rain caused the cancellation of 330 B.C. Ferries sailings last month, nearly four times the average. B.C. Ferries spokeswoman Deborah Marshall said bad weather on average causes . . .

Go!

Explore: Saanich Seedy Saturday, Lego exhibit, Collectibles Show, Lost Fleet

Times Colonist

Saanich Seedy Saturday returns for a fourth year this weekend at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific. The event is being presented by Haliburton Community Organic Farm, which promotes . . .

Go!

Where to get your Christmas tree chipped in Greater Victoria

Times Colonist

There is no shortage of places to get your Christmas tree chipped over this weekend and next. Remember to remove all screws, nails, lights and ornaments from the tree before recycling, as they . . .

LMP BC News

Shortage of drivers for dead-body removals looms for B.C.

Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media

B.C.’s need for dead-body removal services in the B.C. Interior has spurred the province to post multiple job placements for drivers and other staff. “We have contracts in 33 parts of the . . .

Op-Ed

Island Voices: Nanaimo’s ham-fisted plan to help the city’s homeless

J.T. MOORE / .

How not to manage a homeless problem — the Nanaimo experience: 1. Wait (do nothing?) until at least 300 individuals have accumulated. Most will be drug-addicted and some will also suffer from . . .

B.C.

Fear, greed, broken dreams: How early sports specialization is eroding youth sports

J.J. Adams / Vancouver Sun

VANCOUVER — Kyle Turris is an NHLer because of his dog. Well, maybe not exactly, but while growing up his golden retriever deserves at least some of the credit for turning Turris into a 12-year . . .

Local

Lifetime ban from Empress for pepperoni seagull fiasco has been lifted

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

After he inadvertently trashed one of its room with packs of pepperoni and a flock of seagulls, the Empress Hotel has granted a Nova Scotia man a pardon and lifted a lifetime ban. Seventeen years. . .

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