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Pedro Arrais review: Veloster N a pocket rocket that really flies

Pedro Arrais / Times Colonist

The 2020 Veloster N punches above its weight in the hot-hatch segment of the market. The South Korean manufacturer has pulled out all the stops to show off its engineering prowess,...

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Blasting starts at key section of Trans-Canada, clearing way for another lane

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Fiat Chrysler, auto union reach tentative deal on contract

Steve Wallace: Do you have to make left turn into nearest lane?

Bill Vance: Ford’s N-series tractor changed farming

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Horgan says ride-hailing will arrive in B.C., downplays Christmas deadline

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Dave Obee: Please give to the Christmas Fund to help people in need

Dave Obee / Times Colonist editor and publisher

We’re back, raising money for people in need during the Christmas season, just as we have done every year since 1956. It’s simple, really. We ask our readers to donate money to help the less . . .

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Lighted trucks parade brings out thousands from Ogden Point to Langford

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Ethan Walz watched in awe from his stroller as the big trucks from his picture books at home — all decked out in Christmas lights — rolled past in the 21st annual lighted trucks parade. . . .

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Adrian Raeside cartoon: Tories’ secret strategy for winning next election

Times Colonist

Adrian Raeside’s cartoon on how the Conservatives are plotting to win the next federal election. . . .

Local

Bear turns nose up at salmon, goes for Christmas baking

Times Colonist

Blame it on Mary Beary. It seems Campbell River has its own answer to the celebrity British baker of similar name, an expert who knows exactly what she likes. Except the Vancouver Island . . .

Local

Jack Knox: How an innocent typo summoned Satan to a Christmas parade

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Old Nick showed up at the Comox Valley Christmas parade on Sunday. No, not St. Nick. Old Nick. Beelzebub. Lucifer. Mephistopheles. Satan. As advertised. Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells saw at . . .

Local

Island parents want son’s drug death declared a poisoning

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

A Courtenay couple whose 26-year-old son died after smoking fentanyl-laced heroin wants the coroner’s report on his death changed to say he was poisoned. Ryan Hedican, an electrician, was on a . . .

Local

Ten-year-old has pi memorized to 200 digits, speaks 4 languages

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

José Valdes Rodriguez is a whiz in high-school math. He speaks four languages, and has been a guest speaker at events held at the University of Victoria’s observatory. Not bad for a 10-year-old. . .

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Jack Knox: End of a romantic tale, of 6,000 cemetery trips fed by everlasting love

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

This is a love story. Or, rather, it’s the end of a love story you might have read a few years ago. It began in 1957 at the Hong Kong shipping company where Chan Yung Tong and Katima Amy Ismail . . .

Islander

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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