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Thanks to our readers for helping those in need

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

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Island’s Andrea Lee, Oregon’s Eric Finan win GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

Eugene, Oregon, is known as Track Town, USA. Black Creek is almost becoming that for Canada. Runners Eric Finan and Andrea Lee swept to the men’s and women’s championships, respectively, in the . . .

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Obituary: Former Port Alberni mayor Gillian Trumper a tireless worker for others

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Despite a busy life raising four kids and serving more than two decades in public office as Port Alberni mayor and an MLA, Gillian Trumper never said no to a request for help. “Everybody always . . .

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Former golf course’s future is a worry in Saanich

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Saanich residents are worried they could lose green space and potential agricultural land to development if a landowner’s application to remove the land from agricultural protection is successful.. . .

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Obituary: Mountain-biking legend Jordie Lunn pushed the envelope

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Mountain biker and freerider Jordie Lunn was a passionate rider who was always pushing himself and the sport to new limits. Lunn died Wednesday while trail riding with friends in Cabo San Lucas, . . .

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Royal B.C. Museum returns totem to Nuxalk First Nation

Randy Shore / Vancouver Sun

A party of about 20 members of the Nuxalk First Nation went to the Royal B.C. Museum on Friday to reclaim a valuable piece of family heritage, a totem carved by late hereditary chief Louie Snow . . .

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Woman lacked ID with gender for flight, so they got her a fishing licence

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

At 82, Judith Hodgson hasn’t been driving for a couple of years and she’s not a frequent flyer. So when the Victoria woman booked a trip to Winnipeg for her sister’s birthday, she didn’t think . . .

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Why can't you find a doctor?

Lindsay Kines ,  Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

Is there a “shortage” of doctors or are other factors at work? Why are young doctors opting out of family practice, where are they going and what’s the impact on patients when they’re unable to find a physician?

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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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