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Thanks to our readers for helping those in need

Dave Obee / Times Colonist

When there is need, our readers step forward. There might be no better proof than our annual ...

Times Colonist Christmas Fund: In good times and bad, you can make a difference

How the Salvation Army helped save a marriage

Worried Salvation Army $80,000 short of Victoria target

She used to rely on donated toys for gifts, now she gives them out

A feast of community spirit at Our Place Christmas dinner

Architect builds on matching donations for Christmas Fund

‘Christmas is just too hard’ for mother with disability

Theft of 10 bags of toys moves others to step up

Tuba Christmas all about that bass — and donations (VIDEO)

One last season for Christmasland, a house filled with festive lights

Jack Knox: Salvation Army ups its game, taps celebrity power

A habit of giving — and challenging for donation matches

Jack Knox: How Victoria’s Christmas charities work together

Labour of love cooks Mustard Seed Christmas dinner

A Christmas story: Need is a thing that hits someone else — until it’s you

Memories of how fund helped a new arrival to Victoria in 1950s

Jack Knox: A single mother’s heartbreak and hope

Lon Wood: Food for body and soul in the act of giving

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Victoria eyes cash option for affordable housing projects

Comox Valley RCMP looking for woman, 32, last seen Jan. 24

Mix of rain and snow in Greater Victoria’s weekend forecast

Man who drove into gas pump was in medical distress: Victoria police

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Thousands turn out for Downtown Eastside Women’s Memorial March in Vancouver

B.C. health minister urges parents to get kids vaccinated against measles

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh votes in advance in Burnaby South byelection

RCMP in Kamloops, B.C., say robbery and kidnap victim was found safe

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Victoria council called out of bounds in deal to develop site on edge of downtown

Combo fire hall, housing tower in Victoria heading to public hearing

Telus says a Huawei equipment ban by Ottawa could set back 5G network plan

Lawyer says QuadrigaCX is out of money: 'We don't have anything'

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Canada Winter Games offer Island athletes a shot at glory

Cougars in turmoil as Victoria Royals land in Prince George for pair of tilts

University of Regina hoops squad storms back to put Vikes on brink

Ottawa, provincial governments commit to addressing abuse in sports

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Picture-perfect wildlife: Royal B.C. Museum exhibit features top 100 photos of the ...

Violinist leads Island tour in salute to Parisian culture

Arts in Brief: Bobby McFerrin on the Island; grunge show on Saturday; Back to New ...

Explore: Seedy Saturday, Yoga Conference, Family Day

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Anatomy of a heart attack part 2: ‘Exceptional medical talent’ at Royal Jubilee ...

Your Good Health: Worsening of ‘fatty liver’ seems to be halted with vitamin E

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Cold snap should spare bulb flowers

King the wire fox terrier takes Westminster's best in show

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Editorial: Special-needs students treated shamefully

Editorial: Important voice lost

Les Leyne: Cab-driving dad makes it awkward

Comment: Cowichan Valley must recognize the value of a living forest

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Warm bird feeder led to sad results

Disabled people stranded in homes

Disabled people stranded in homes

Contracts another legacy of Campbell

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Homebuyers sacrificing travel, leisure, retirement funds to build down payments

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Cold snap should spare bulb flowers

Condo Smarts: Common property rule changes must be ratified

Debbie Travis: Lighting adds interest, but consider purpose

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Idea pitched for upscale backcountry huts between near Squamish

Discover Victoria and Vancouver Island

Quebec winter carnival vows to improve parade after first event deemed a flop

Rick Steves: Cruising is fun, but consider pros and cons

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Pedro Arrais review: Kia Stinger offers performance, luxury on a budget

Steve Wallace: Tips for driving in nasty winter weather

Bill Vance: Elite set Lotus on its successful racing ways

The Auto Sleuth: Aston Martin EV on track for 2021 launch

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Obituary: ‘Local giant’ Gerry Furney put Port McNeill on map with vision and wit

Trevor Hancock: Local councils are right to sue the fossil-fuel industry

Iain Hunter: We are a country of laws, but only when it suits us

Our Community: Still time to sign up for Warrior run

Photo galleries from the Times Colonist

Photo gallery: Readers' snow photos

Photo gallery: Greater Victoria gets a taste of winter

Victoria's Chinatown celebrates Lunar New Year with parade

Chinese Lunar New Year

Photo gallery: Snow day!

Photo gallery: 2019 Women's March Victoria

Photo gallery: Push! How to load a helicopter into a giant Russian cargo plane

Victoria’s flora and fauna illustrated

Photo gallery: Fans at the world junior hockey championship

Photo gallery: Game action from the world junior hockey championship

Photo gallery: Wind storm hits Vancouver Island

Photo gallery: Butchart Gardens shine bright for Christmas

Photo gallery: 37th annual Santa's Light Parade

Photo gallery: 100 years after the guns fell silent

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Tiny cave-dwelling creature named for Islander who found it

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

Vancouver Island outdoorsman Craig Wagnell has no children to carry his name, but a tiny creature living in a cave near Sproat Lake will now bear his name in scientific literature. Haplocampa . . .

Sports

Oak Bay basketball player scores record 96 points in a single game

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

Diego Maffia, playing for Oak Bay High School, scored what is thought to be the most points in a basketball game by a B.C. high school player — 96 — as the Bays defeated the Ross Sheppard . . .

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What happened to Granger Taylor?

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

The Duncan mechanic went missing in 1980 after leaving a note for his parents that he had been invited aboard a spacecraft for a 42-month tour of the universe. He was never seen again.

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Duo cleans up illegal Nanaimo dump sites

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

Two men from Nanaimo have banded together to pull garbage out of illegal dump sites and from abandoned homeless camps. Jeff Callaghan and Les Girard, who call themselves the Van Isle Clean Team, . . .

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Photo gallery: Snow day!

Times Colonist

We asked for photos of the snow in Greater Victoria and around Vancouver Island, and you delivered — we received more than 100 responses! Here's a selection.To see others, head to our Facebook page or Twitter page.

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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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