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Politics, pandemics and Russian aluminum: why Canada faces fresh U.S. tariffs

James McCarten / The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON — Why the United States chose to taint the debut of North America's celebrated new trade deal by threatening fresh tariffs against Canadian aluminum, only President Donald ...

Average house price tops $1M amid sales surge for luxury homes in busy June

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False alarm as COVID-19 case mistakenly reported at Nanaimo mall

Duke, Dominion cancel contested Atlantic Coast Pipeline

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Cirque du Soleil creditors oppose recovery strategy proposed by owners

Cineplex sues former buyer Cineworld, seeking damages over failed deal

Fashion retailers confront consumer shifts amid 'long slow ramp' to new normal

S&P/TSX composite ends solid week directionless with U.S. markets closed

Pandemic puts casino deal at risk of collapse

Le Chateau starts work on producing 500,000 hospital gowns in Canada

Ubisoft shakes up executive ranks, begins process to deal with harassment

Big Three gain market share while auto sales down but rebounded in June

Postmedia workers at Toronto printing plant officially unionized by CMG

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Southern resident whales returning later to Salish Sea in ‘drastic’ change

A ‘good escape:’ campsites packed with Islanders in family bubbles

View Royal to join livestreamers; some councils take other routes

Jack Knox: Municipal dissonance could drive you to drink

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Thirteen new COVID-19 cases reported in B.C., no additional deaths

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VIDEO: Victoria violinist Chloe Kim launches concert series

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Spotted: Giant insect like a cross between moth and tarantula

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

Chantal Contorines was walking to her car when her daughter Sofia spotted an enormous insect on the pavement under a tree. “What is that, Mom?” asked the nine-year-old. Contorines didn’t have a. . .

Local

Pride week goes virtual, telling history of memorial drag game

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

As Victoria’s Pride week goes virtual, the Pride society is taking the opportunity to share some local history. In place of the memorial drag ball game, one of the week’s most popular events, . . .

Op-Ed

Comment: Police officers serve for all the right reasons

Nancy Saggar / .

A commentary by a constable with the West Shore RCMP. I’ve been a police officer for 11 years now. I am definitely used to public criticisms of my organization and police officers as a whole.. . .

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New protocols in place at Victoria International Airport

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

Clear-plastic barriers, signs, and specific entry and exit doorways are among new health-and-safety features unveiled this week at Victoria International Airport. The TravelSafe YYJ program was . . .

Local

Jack Knox: How teams, with police on board, wrestle with crises on Victoria streets

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Here, while the spotlight shines on the way police deal with mental illness on the streets, is a slice of the existing reality. Seven people are huddled around a table, poring over a list of . . .

Local

Camosun College temporarily shutting down continuing education program

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

Camosun College is temporarily shutting down its Continuing Education Department and laying off staff as a result of the pandemic.In two memos distributed to staff, the college says the decisions are. . .

Homes

House Beautiful: Side gate leads to impossibly long garden

Grania Litwin / Times Colonist

What: Teeny Tiny Garden Tour Where: Watch online, rain or shine, at victoriahospice.org/events/teenytinygardentour When: Through this month and July 31 Tickets: In lieu of buying a ticket, . . .

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‘Twins with a twist’: biological mom and surrogate were pregnant at same time

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

Margo and Ian Sheldon tried to have a baby for six years, enduring the pain of multiple miscarriages and a full-term still birth. Last week, four days apart, their two babies arrived. The . . .

Local

From a condo to a tent: Life in Beacon Hill Park

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

A few months ago, Chris was living in a $600,000 condo. Now, after his second divorce, he sleeps in a tent in Beacon Hill Park. “I slowly lost all of my stuff,” said Chris, who’s on the hook for . . .

Op-Ed

Ben Pires: How I deal with discrimination

Ben Pires / .

This is my personal way, one person’s way. You may have a different approach and I respect it. First, I recognize that discrimination has existed since the beginning of humans on Earth. It exists. . .

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