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Our Community: New playground at Cecilia Ravine

Pedro Arrais / Times Colonist

Children checked out a larger, more accessible playground at the official opening celebration of Cecelia Ravine Park’s improved park area last week. Located between Burnside Road and the north . . .

Monique Keiran: Dry spring puts pressure on aquifers

Charla Huber: Innovative technologies can still honour ancient teachings

Island Voices: Smartphones in the classroom, pro and con

A preview of the Island's summer festivals and events

Lawrie McFarlane: Province’s local-government systems need an overhaul

Island Voices: Why protected bicycle lanes are key to city transportation

Geoff Johnson: Authentic assessment takes more than just a simple test

Island Voices: Chrétien set a fiscal policy worth keeping

Trevor Hancock: The need for change can provide opportunities

Island Voices: Canada needs to do business better abroad

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McKenzie interchange project $11M over budget, and counting

Sunfest Brings the Best of Country to the Valley

Canucks to hold training camp, pre-season game in Victoria

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion gets second green light from Ottawa

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B.C. measles vaccination program makes 'significant' progress: health...

Who said what in B.C. about the Liberals' decision to green light ...

B.C. First Nation plans legal challenge over Trans Mountain decision

New trial ordered for man accused of human smuggling in MV Sun Sea ...

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B.C. artist Brian Jungen plays with First Nations traditions, sports imagery

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine says he has throat cancer

'This is our story': Winnipeg General Strike commemorated on screen, stage

Victoria’s Feast festival cooks up tasty menu of film and food

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In the news today, June 19

Who said what about the Liberals' decision to go ahead with Trans Mountain

'Codco' star Greg Malone to run for federal Greens in Newfoundland this fall

Trans Mountain timeline: A look at key dates in the project's history

See More Homes

House Beautiful: Abandoned country mansion restored to former glory

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Sweet peas, nasturtiums bring back childhood memories

Canada’s priciest condo is relisted again with no price drop (PHOTOS)

Helen Chesnut’s Garden Notes: Wait for ‘June drop’ to thin apple clusters

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Rick Steves: Utah Beach museum built on German bunker

Shania Twain set to party again in Vegas with new residency

Airbnb to recreate trip from 'Around the World in 80 Days'

Madame Tussauds celebrates a bit of Broadway on Broadway

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Pedro Arrais review: New Blazer evolves with the times

Steve Wallace: Readers offer suggestions on road safety

Review: Mercedes A-class is entry-level luxury done right

Bill Vance: Javelin a worthy fighter in pony-car battle

Photo galleries from the Times Colonist

Photo gallery: Island Farms Victoria Day Parade

Photo Gallery: Welcome to the world Archie Harrison!

Gallery: Kids' weather art

Photo gallery: Student climate strike in Victoria and around the world

Photos: In search of the Spirit Bear

Photo gallery: Readers' snow photos

Photo gallery: Greater Victoria gets a taste of winter

Photo gallery: Victoria's Chinatown celebrates Lunar New Year with parade

Photo gallery: Snow day!

Photo gallery: 2019 Women's March Victoria

Photo gallery: Push! How to load a helicopter into a giant Russian cargo plane

Victoria’s flora and fauna illustrated

Photo gallery: Fans at the world junior hockey championship

Photo gallery: Game action from the world junior hockey championship

Photo gallery: Wind storm hits Vancouver Island

Photo gallery: Butchart Gardens shine bright for Christmas

Photo gallery: 37th annual Santa's Light Parade

Photo gallery: 100 years after the guns fell silent

Photo gallery: No Stone Left Alone at God's Acre Veterans Cemetery

Halloween photo gallery: Pumpkins, spooks and rides, oh my!

Islander

A preview of the Island's summer festivals and events

Mike Devlin / Times Colonist

The music community on Vancouver Island has undergone a seismic shift the past few years, with postponement or cancellation of some of the area’s biggest festivals, leaving the future of summer . . .

Islander

Island Voices: Why protected bicycle lanes are key to city transportation

ELISE VELAZQUEZ (COTE) / .

My loaded cargo bike weighs about 250 pounds, carrying myself, my two kids, a bag of flour in the front basket and my chunky yellow diaper bag affixed as a panier. My five-year-old has stuck a . . .

National

Victoria Butterfly Gardens keeper manages to film large tarantula shedding exoskeleton

Dirk Meissner / The Canadian Press

VICTORIA — A 20-centimetre tarantula capable of killing a bird has been filmed at its most vulnerable state shedding its armour-like exoskelton at a Victoria-area tropical jungle insectarium. . . .

Real Estate

Average Victoria home costs well over double what Millennials can afford: study

Joannah Connolly / Glacier Media Real Estate

A 25-34-year-old on a typical salary can only afford a home under $300K, based on current interest rates, says Generation Squeeze

Local

Prince of Whales basks in attention from mistake in Trump tweet

Times Colonist

All bow before the Prince of Whales. Or maybe toss him a salmon. Donald Trump inadvertently turned a global spotlight on a Victoria-based tourism business Thursday when he mistakenly included its. . .

Opinion

To stay cool, leave house windows closed or open?

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

The assumption here is that you want to keep your house as cool as possible in hot weather without resorting to air conditioning.

Blogs

How to travel between Victoria and Vancouver on public transit, 2019 ed.

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

Travelling between Victoria and Vancouver on public transit is straightforward, but it is multi-step, requires at least three types of fares, and is not suited for the impatient and the easily . . .

Local

Gallery: Kids' weather art

Times Colonist

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.

Local

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. . .

Blogs

The do’s and don’ts of wearing a mask to protect yourself from wildfire smoke

Phillip Jang / Times Colonist

You need to wear the right type of mask, and to wear it properly, to ward off wildfire smoke. That’s the message from the experts. Here’s a summary of their advice. If you’re going to wear a mask. . .

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