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Man and his terminally ill dog go on road trip; special visit to Vancouver Island

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

When Paul Heroux found out that his 10-year-old Japanese wolf dog had just months to live, he set out on a man-and-his-dog road-trip that criss-crossed North America and included a stop on . . .

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Campbell River man trapped in truck for several days after crash

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

A Campbell River man believed to have survived several days in his smashed-up truck after it rolled down an embankment near Sayward is recovering in hospital. Duncan Moffat was dehydrated, cold . . .

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Eric Akis: Classic French pie has rich pastry

Eric Akis / Times Colonist

A reader recently asked me for a meat-pie recipe, and I decided to make one that saw a classic French dish baked inside rich pastry. It’s a splendid creation one might serve for a casual dinner for. . .

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Leave the leaves: Nature group tells Canadians not to rake their lawns

The Canadian Press

FREDERICTON — Good news for the lazy: Canada's leading conservation group is asking people not to rake their lawn. "It's good news if you don't like raking the leaves because leaving them on. . .

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Province launches $10-a-day daycare at 53 centres

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

Parents will save thousands of dollars if their children are enrolled in one of 53 child-care centres that will offer $10-a-day daycare as part of a B.C. government pilot project. The 53 . . .

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Family of VIU student who died urge anyone who is struggling to reach out

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

The 21-year-old Vancouver Island University student who died after falling from the fifth and top floor of the school’s library on Monday is being remembered by family as a bright and caring . . .

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Jack Knox: Can you help solve Halloween ring mystery?

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Today is the anniversary of the day the downcast child showed up on Dr. Joyce Clearihue’s Uplands doorstep, more than 40 years ago. He — Clearihue thinks it was a he — had worn a parent’s ring . . .

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