Christmas Fund

Still time to donate to Christmas Fund; many people are in need

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Your Times Colonist Christmas Fund has reached $1.17 million, with a couple of days to go before ...

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Local

Drought: Farmers fight to save crops, tourists urged to bring water with them

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

At Michell Farms on the Saanich Peninsula, the pumps are working 24/7. Water is rushing out of wells at about 600 gallons a minute into a series of ponds, and then pushed through pipes to ­. . .

Local

Do you recognize these people? Museum asks for help identifying historic photos

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

The Royal B.C. Museum is asking people to take a peek at some historic black-and-white photographs that were donated anonymously. The photos arrived in a box labelled “Brentwood Bay,” but no . . .

Local

One year later: Pender Island couple living off the land more than met the challenge

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

Stef Lowey and Chris Hall will pop the cork on a bottle of champagne on Aug. 2 — at exactly 12:01 a.m. “It’s been sitting on our counter top all year staring at us,” Hall says with a laugh. It . . .

Local

Barriers keep back waves of curious visitors at Fisherman's Wharf — for now

Pedro Arrais / Times Colonist

With tourist numbers starting to pick up, residents of the float home community at Fisherman’s Wharf are apprehensive of what the future brings when traffic from cruise ships returns. The Greater. . .

Islander

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Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

They are crawling all over Saanich and Victoria, in thick bunches on the Peninsula and in Langford. They’ve been spotted in Metchosin. There are large populations in Shawnigan Lake and Nanaimo and . . .

Local

Harassers of resident orcas could face $1M fine, jail time

Stefan Labbé / Glacier Media

Boaters who don’t follow mandatory sanctuary and approach distances could be fined up to $1 million and face up to 18 months in jail. B.C.’s federal whale protection unit has warned boaters, . . .

B.C.

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Opinion

To stay cool, leave house windows closed or open?

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

The assumption here is that you want to keep your house as cool as possible in hot weather without resorting to air conditioning.

Local

Man in underwear saves goats from grizzly

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Ben McGuffie didn’t hesitate when he heard two of his Nigerian dwarf goats making a racket after he headed to bed Monday night. Dressed only in underwear and a T-shirt, the Quadra Island man . . .

Op-Ed

Comment: 'This is the trauma our families have carried for generations'

Adam Olsen / .

A statement by the Green MLA for Saanich North and the Islands in the legislature on Monday. Today my family and the entire B.C. Green caucus team stands with our relatives in the Interior. We . . .

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