Food & Drink

Eric Akis: Spicy chicken dish awakens senses

Eric Akis / Times Colonist

Last week, my wife and I both had colds. Luckily, when we’re sick, we crave similar styles of food. Among our favourites are Asian-style dishes with a robust taste and aroma ...

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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 . . .

Sports

A legend honours a legend: Steve Nash on Eli Pasquale — 'a giant, my hero'

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist

Cheers for Eli Pasquale echoed through McKinnon Gym one last time Saturday. A tribute for the late two-time Olympian and basketball great was held in the gym in which he made his name as a . . .

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

Jack Knox: Firing of Don Cherry was ‘inevitable,’ says man who hired him

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Even the Brentwood Bay man who put Don Cherry on Hockey Night in Canada figured he would get himself fired one day. But Ron Devion still thinks Cherry deserves the Order of Canada. Cherry . . .

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?

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. . .

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