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For Geddy Lee, it’s all about the bass

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

What: Geddy Lee Where: Bolen Books, 1644 Hillside Ave. (in Hillside Centre) When: Wednesday, 7 p.m. Tickets: $93 plus GST from bolenbooks.com (ticket includes a copy of Geddy ...

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Victoria Baroque Players, Vox Humana performing finales this weekend

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Historic Plaza Hotel more than just home to a strip club

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Steve McKerrell: Victoria Hospitals Foundation making magic, with your support

Steve McKerrell / Times Colonist

When our community unites, we make extraordinary magic happen. We are stronger when we work together, and together we have achieved our goal for our You Are Vital campaign! Your commitment, . . .

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Trip to doctor for 'cold' led to discovery of cancer in lung

Lindsay Kines / Times Colonist

In some ways, it’s fortunate that Pete Kenyon caught that cold back in 2008; it might just have saved his life.

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Heart attack a timely wake-up call

Lindsay Kines / Times Colonist

It all started with a strange sensation in his chest. Heartburn. Or so Matt Oliver thought. He was 44 at the time. Fit. Watched what he ate. Owned a business — Bike Tours of Victoria — that allowed him to stay active. No way it was anything too serious.

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When the doctor becomes the patient

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Dr. Paul Whelan, a urologist and executive medical director of the Island Health Surgical Program, has treated countless patients in a stellar career. Becoming a patient himself isn’t something he was planning for.

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Putting moms and newborns first at Victoria General Hospital

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Rachel Leff had been through it all before when she went into the hospital to give birth to child No. 3. This time, doctors decided to induce her at 36 weeks, meaning she would have a pre-term pregnancy. The Jan. 17 delivery of her son, Jasper, went well, but the baby was born with jaundice, a liver condition that causes yellowing of the skin and can lead to other issues — meaning Jasper would have to spend time in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

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Artist Robert Bateman takes hospital’s care to heart

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

Robert Bateman’s emergency flight from Salt Spring Island to Royal Jubilee Hospital wasn’t all bad. “A helicopter ride always has an element of ‘fun,’ ” quipped the internationally acclaimed artist, recalling his 2016 trip to Victoria for emergency treatment.

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Royal Jubilee lung tests prove a lifesaver for asthma sufferer

Lindsay Kines / Times Colonist

Todd Wells is the first to admit that he didn’t always make the best choices when he was younger. Despite battling asthma from the age of five — he ended up in hospital for nearly three months at one point — he still took up smoking at the age of 11.

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Vital campaign aims to raise $3.5M for hospital equipment

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

The patient was only a mannequin, but the state-of-the-art monitor attached to it was the real thing. With the specially designed faux-patient exhibiting symptoms that mimicked heart trouble, . . .

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Explore: Celebrate Victoria Day with a parade; Luxton Fair, Fort Rodd Hill

Pedro Arrais / Times Colonist

Listen to marching bands and watch floats and, for the first time, runners at the Island Farms Victoria Day Parade on Monday. This is the 121st year of the largest and longest parade in Victoria.. . .

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With 175 yachts, 76th Swiftsure sails on May 25

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

About 175 yachts, including some of the most competitive racing boats from the West Coast of Canada and the U.S., are expected in Victoria next week for Swiftsure 2019, the 76th edition of the . . .

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Imam counters fears with food, inviting all for meal at mosque

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

A Victoria imam hopes to combat Islamophobia by inviting people to share a meal with Muslims during Ramadan. Speaking at a media event at Victoria City Hall, Ismail Mohamed Nur said anyone is . . .

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Jack Knox: Despite recycling, trash goes deep

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

We just learned that a one-man submarine exploring the deepest place on Earth, the Marianas Trench, found garbage lying on the ocean floor 11 kilometres under the surface of the Pacific. That . . .

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B.C. Ferries to add 1.5 per cent fuel surcharge on most routes

Andrew A. Duffy / Times Colonist

Citing the high price of fuel, B.C. Ferries will implement a fuel surcharge of 1.5 per cent as of June 1.That means starting next month, a car and driver on B.C. Ferries’ busiest route — . . .

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Reprieve for building’s razzle-dazzle paint job ‘a small victory for art’

Jeff Bell / Times Colonist

The “razzle-dazzle” painting on the front wall of the former Vancouver Island School of Art looks like it’s here for the long haul. The future of the distinctive artwork appeared to be in . . .

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Blue-box recyclables no longer accepted at local Bottle Depots

Richard Watts / Times Colonist

Victoria’s Bottle Depots have announced they will no longer accept blue-box material, forcing recycle-bound citizens to go elsewhere beginning Monday. Kelly Gorman, Bottle Depot general manager, . . .

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Man missing since fire is my stepson, woman says

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

A Thunder Bay, Ont., woman believes the caretaker missing since the devastating fire at the former Plaza Hotel in downtown Victoria is her stepson. Audrey Draeger said Friday that Michael Draeger. . .

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Gosling rescued from Centennial Square fountain (video)

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

A tiny days-old gosling was rescued from Centennial Square’s fountain on Wednesday and relocated with its parents — which were captured as well — to Beacon Hill Park. Victoria Animal Control . . .

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Gallery: Kids' weather art

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Want a chance to see your kids' weather art on the Times Colonist weather page and on our website? Send an email to localnews@timescolonist.com with "weather art" in the subject line, or mail it to: Times Colonist (Weather Art)2621 Douglas St.

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