Driving

Steve Wallace: Distancing is important on the road, too

Steve Wallace / Times Colonist

With all the recent emphasis on social distancing and isolation, it does remind me of the Smith System driving technique. Just as we pedestrians are urged to keep our distance ...

Steve Wallace: Clean car essential in days of virus

Tesla's 1Q car sales surged before pandemic shut things down

Let's race 2? NASCAR forced to consider schedule shakeup

Bill Vance: Ford went extra mile with atomic cars

2020 Hyundai Venue: Practical SUV has international flavour

Indianapolis 500 postponed until August because of COVID-19

IndyCar goes virtual racing as it waits to get back on track

B.C.’s EV rebate saw businesses squeeze out public: analysis

Auto Sleuth: Toyota boosts 2020 Supra with more power

Steve Wallace: Reader feedback on electric cars, headlights, roundabouts

Automakers shut North American plants over coronavirus fears

Volkswagen to close Europe plants for two weeks

Bill Vance: Wildcat added performance to Buick lineup

Ram 1500 Turbodiesel pickup returns to the fold

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Business

Pat Elemans, tireless ambassador for UVic business school, has died

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

Pat Elemans, the assistant dean of the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria, has died, taking with her a big piece of the school’s heart and its connection to the world. . . .

Local

She’s 95. He’s 102. Their love still shines through the window

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Hilda Duddridge made a promise to her husband of nearly 75 years and she won’t let the COVID-19 pandemic get in the way. “I said I’d look after him until the day he died,” said Hilda, 95. When . . .

Local

Takaya, lone wolf of Discovery Island, killed by hunter: conservation service

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

The lone wolf that once made his solitary life on Discovery Island before being tranquillized and transported elsewhere has been shot dead by a Vancouver Island hunter, setting off worldwide waves . . .

Blogs

Comment: Alternatives to toilet paper that are mostly not gross

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

There is plenty of toilet paper in town, but it mostly isn’t on store shelves. It’s stacked up in huge volume in homes. So, if you missed out on the great toilet-paper shopping spree, you might be . . .

Homes

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Spirit of help, sharing shines in pandemic

Helen Chesnut / Times Colonist

I was working on the boulevard when a neighbour driving by pulled over to say: “Anything you need — just let me know.” Noting the puzzled look on my face, Kim explained she could do some grocery . . .

Covid-19

Jack Knox: How about we just stay home when we’re sick

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

“Just try wearing it for awhile,” I told my colleague. “Honestly, it’s barely noticeable.” This was a lie, of course. You can’t strap on a human version of the Cone of Shame and not draw the . . .

Local

At 77, devoted nurse at Victoria General Hospital calls it a day

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

If you’ve given birth at Victoria General Hospital in the past 37 years, you might have run into Stella Morris. Morris, 77, has worked in the hospital’s mother and baby unit as a registered nurse. . .

Local

She got her gun back, then she killed herself

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

Cpl. Brent Robertson was at his desk in Langford on the morning of July 11, 2018, when he overheard people talking about the suicide of former RCMP officer Krista Carlé a few days earlier. . . .

Local

Man missing for eight years, family finds him in Victoria

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

For eight gut-wrenching years, Dan Thanh Vo’s family thought he was dead. Then, in November, came the stunning news: Dan, living with severe mental illness, had been found on the streets in . . .

Local

How the Island landed in the vanguard on medically assisted dying

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

No one can say exactly why Vancouver Island has had more medically assisted deaths per capita than anywhere else in the country, but doctors and advocates say there are a number of factors likely . . .

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