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House Beautiful: Couple wanted to downsize to a condo, so they built one

Kim Pemberton / Times Colonist

As anyone who has done it knows, it can be challenging downsizing from a house to a condo. But imagine doing it as a first-time developer and designing your forever home in a ...

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Victoria woman who talked to unconscious husband for 30 years gets solace from B.C. study

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Victoria woman who talked to unconscious husband for 30 years gets solace from B.C. study

Camille Bains / The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — For 30 years, Hilary Jordan talked to her husband about the goings on in their family and the world but she wasn't sure if the police officer injured in a crash could hear anything as . . .

Local

Helicopter pilot’s spotting of ‘dots that waved’ led to rescue of 2 teens

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

The mother of one of two Langford teens rescued after being stranded for 24 hours on a remote logging road near Chemainus remembers the relief she felt when an RCMP helicopter touched down, . . .

Local

Minivan that killed man on Malahat was going 101 km/h in construction zone: report

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

The vehicle that struck and killed David Tilley on the Malahat two years ago was speeding at 101 km/h through a construction zone where highway safety improvements were underway, according to a B.C. . .

Op-Ed

Comment: Racism was so prevalent at school we barely spoke of it to each other

Athena Chan / .

I read Ian Cameron’s commentary — “B.C.’s education system no hotbed of systemic racism,” July 6 — with interest and would like to offer my own perspective as a Chinese-Canadian educator who was born and raised in British Columbia.

Local

Death of inmate, just arrived and alone, has family seeking answers

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

The death of a newly admitted inmate at Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre has devastated his family and friends, and left them searching for answers. David Gordon Ivany, 26, died . . .

Local

A ‘good escape’: campsites packed with Islanders in family bubbles

Roxanne Egan-Elliott / Times Colonist

Greater Victoria residents in search of a bit of normalcy amid the pandemic filled Goldstream Provincial Park on Saturday. “You can kind of forget about everything for a while,” said Stuart . . .

Local

Spotted: Giant insect like a cross between moth and tarantula

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

Chantal Contorines was walking to her car when her daughter Sofia spotted an enormous insect on the pavement under a tree. “What is that, Mom?” asked the nine-year-old. Contorines didn’t have a. . .

Op-Ed

Comment: Police officers serve for all the right reasons

Nancy Saggar / .

A commentary by a constable with the West Shore RCMP. I’ve been a police officer for 11 years now. I am definitely used to public criticisms of my organization and police officers as a whole.. . .

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Jack Knox: How teams, with police on board, wrestle with crises on Victoria streets

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Here, while the spotlight shines on the way police deal with mental illness on the streets, is a slice of the existing reality. Seven people are huddled around a table, poring over a list of . . .

Local

‘Twins with a twist’: biological mom and surrogate were pregnant at same time

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

Margo and Ian Sheldon tried to have a baby for six years, enduring the pain of multiple miscarriages and a full-term still birth. Last week, four days apart, their two babies arrived. The . . .

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