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Royal Roads at 25: Evolving with the times

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

As Royal Roads University celebrates its 25th birthday this year, it continues to count on its flexible structure to offer programs addressing global issues that seem to be arriving at an . . .

Lawrie McFarlane: Pipeline fight a symptom of the Indigenous divide

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She got her gun back, then she killed herself

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Photo galleries from the Times Colonist

Photo gallery: Day 5 and 6 of pipeline protests in Victoria

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BC

Attempted theft of seaplane ends with collision in Vancouver harbour

The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — An attempt to steal a float plane in Vancouver's harbour didn't make it out of the water, but three planes were damaged in the botched theft.Vancouver police Const. Tanya Visintin says . . .

Real Estate

Greater Victoria housing market ‘vulnerable’: CMHC

Andrew Duffy / Times Colonist

For the second consecutive fiscal quarter, Victoria has bucked a national trend when it comes to the vulnerability of its housing market, according to a new report from the Canada Mortgage and . . .

Local

Jack Knox: For 66th birthday, Chris Coleman wants you to fill cup with kindness

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Chris Coleman has made a habit out of turning his birthdays into do-goodery. Six years ago, when he hit 60, he raised $10,000 in cash and books for children’s literacy. At 45, he celebrated . . .

Editorials

Les Leyne: Ferry arguments raise doubts about plans

Les Leyne / Times Colonist

There’s a certain amount of friction behind the scenes among B.C. Ferries, the NDP government and the independent ferries commissioner. It leaves the impression B.C. Ferries will have to trim its. . .

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

Son a ‘hero’ for safely landing plane without propeller

Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist

The father of a 26-year-old pilot who safely landed a small plane in a blueberry patch in Saanich after the engine quit and the propeller fell off calls his son a hero. “He did every single thing. . .

Local

Say hello to Island Aurora and Island Discovery, new hybrid ferries

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

The first bottle of See Ya Later bubbly smashed against the hull of the Island Discovery to christen B.C. Ferries’ brand-new hybrid-electric vessel. A second bottle was then let loose to explode . . .

Op-Ed

Comment: Whose land? Whose laws? B.C. needs to change its name

Nicholas XEMŦOLTW̱ Claxton,  John Price / Times Colonist

In his amazing 2016 exhibit “Unceded Territories,” Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun called for the renaming of British Columbia (#RenameBC). Almost all of the province is unceded, he said at the time: “. . .

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

Jack Knox: Want to change my mind? Don’t punch me in the head

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Just for a second, put aside your feelings — for or against — about the natural gas pipeline opposed by Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in northern B.C. Ask yourself instead: What if it were . . .

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