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Bruce Cockburn joins Victoria's Gettin' Higher Choir for Mozambique relief...

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

The news Tuesday that signalled the return of live events with in-person audiences of up to 50 socially distanced people is good news for everyone — the Gettin’ Higher Choir included. ...

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Simu Liu talks 'Kim's Convenience' demise at Banff World Media Festival

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CBC sets new diversity requirements for independently produced programs

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NSA to NSO: NY filmmakers explore circles of surveillance

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Can we talk? Gannett promotes effort at bridging gaps

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Frank Bonner, Herb on 'WKRP in Cincinnati,' dies at 79

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R. Kelly nears OK for new legal team for upcoming trial

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Q&A: Abdul-Jabbar talks new documentary, MLK, social justice

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Joshua Whitehead's Indigiqueer novel 'Jonny Appleseed' optioned for the screen

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Rapper IDK to launch music business program at Harvard

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Janet Malcolm, provocative author-journalist, dies at 86

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Jack Knox: Feds to cut single-use plastics even as we rely on them more

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Canada banned DDT in 1972. It hauled 1.5-litre glass pop bottles off the shelves in 1979 after they kept exploding when tipped over. That was the same year the country prohibited nunchucks, a . . .

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Sewage plant bio-solids fail to meet standard, go into landfill instead

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

Something’s not right with a major part of our new sewage treatment system. The finished product of what we flush — the bio-solids — was supposed to be shipped to a cement plant in Richmond to . . .

Real Estate

View Royal approves design of 336-unit rental development

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

A four-building 336-unit rental-housing development near Thetis Lake Park got a green light from View Royal council on Tuesday. The developer, who earlier received zoning approval, now must apply. . .

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Bear Mountain sees surge in interest as more people discover it during pandemic

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

One of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, intensified by lockdowns, restrictive health measures and quarantine periods over the last 18 months, is the desire to get outside and back to nature.. . .

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A police chief, a broadcaster and the lure of the rings

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

The New York Islanders are having a moment — playing the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup semifinals — and two Vancouver Islanders who have a four-decade relationship with the team are . . .

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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 . . .

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Victoria filmmaker's documentary examines sinister side of facial recognition technology

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

Discriminator, director Brett Gaylor’s new independent film about facial recognition software, is as close to a horror movie Hollywood has ever produced — but there’s a nary a ghost, serial killer, or unexplained phenomenon anywhere in sight.

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Amazon rumours continue to swirl in Langford and Sidney

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

Rumours are flying that Langford will soon be home to a new Island distribution centre for Amazon. The buzz is that a 13-acre parcel bordered by Sooke and Luxton Roads will be the site for a . . .

B.C.

Researchers pull record-breaking 100-year-old white sturgeon from B.C. river

Stefan Labbé / Glacier Media

Jordan Cranmer reached over the edge of the boat, dipping her hands into the water of the Nechako River. Below her, an ancient giant rose from the depths. “At first, I didn’t feel anything. It . . .

Sports

Victoria organizers request 10% capacity for Olympic basketball qualifying tournament

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics basketball qualifying tournament from June 29 to July 4 have requested 10 per cent spectator capacity at 7,400-seat Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre when provincial . . .

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