Life

Hydroxychloroquine does not prevent COVID after exposure to the virus: study

Jean-Benoit Legault / The Canadian Press

MONTREAL — Hydroxychloroquine is not effective in preventing the development of COVID-19 in people exposed to the novel coronavirus, a new study involving Canadian ...

Life

Sweats are in, slacks are out: Could ‘work-leisure’ become business as usual?

Life

'Try to set goals every day': Finding moments of positivity during the pandemic

Life

Dawson City family eats only local food for a year in 'First We Eat' doc

Life

Documentary focuses on unlikely champion of Mexican cuisine

Life

Global pandemic: Through the eyes of the world's children

Life

Non-binary athletes navigating Canadian sport with little policy help

Travel

Air Canada CEO's compensation cut by more than half to $5.8M due to COVID-19

Life

CTV News apologizes for airing video of 'non-consensual behaviour'

Life

Repair services expect spike in customers, warn of delays and changes to stores

Life

A perfect fit? Customers need to navigate new norms in clothing stores

Life

Summer Cruisin': Car culture gets a new lease as cultural events turn to 'pod' life

Life

IATA calls for end to in-flight distancing measures but no bathroom queues

Life

Fashionable face masks mark new trend: Canadian designers go bold in mask style

Travel

Canadian communities and businesses to feel the pain of cruise cancellations

Life

Oil, tourism, seafood -- all hit in Louisiana virus fight

Life

New chapter: Bibliophiles thrilled as many bookstores set to reopen

Travel

Victoria Day marks subdued start to cottage season during COVID-19: officials

Life

Iced coffees and orange juice: as schools remain shut, locker contents ripen

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Your Good Health: Changed thyroid meds result in severe reactions

Your Good Health: Changed thyroid meds result in severe reactions

Your Good Health: Man, 79, concerned by temperature readings below 98.6

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Passengers and employees at Pearson airport must now wear masks 'at all times'

Ottawa pledges millions to promote holiday travel in Canada during pandemic

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Homes

House Beautiful: A blooming portrait by the sea

Grania Litwin / Times Colonist

Jim English has always loved gardens and plants — something he inherited from his grandparents, mother and sisters, who all had green thumbs and gumboots. After graduating from high school, he . . .

Op-Ed

Dave Obee: Struggling to mourn after a friend’s death

Dave Obee / Times Colonist

“It is always difficult to experience loss; it is extremely difficult in these circumstances,” Health Minister Adrian Dix said in a Twitter message the other day. “We are with you.” Dix was . . .

Local

Obituary: Nagasaki survivor loved life — and won our hearts

Jack Knox / Times Colonist

Rudi Hoenson had every reason to be an angry man. Taken prisoner as an 18-year-old Dutch soldier in what is now Indonesia, he spent the last 3 1/2 years of the Second World War in slave labour in . . .

News

Married for 74 years, this North Van couple with COVID-19 died 37 hours apart

Andy Prest / North Shore News

Picture this: a man and a woman out together in a little rowboat. They’ve been married for more than half a century, still loving each other’s company. She rows, as she likes to do, and he fishes. . .

Local

Paddler fights to save turkey vulture after eagle attack

Louise Dickson / Times Colonist

Hilary Eastmure learned first-hand that nature is both beautiful and brutal on a kayaking trip around Newcastle Island on the Victoria Day long weekend. The former CFAX news anchor was paddling . . .

Local

Pacific Rim park set to reopen, but Tofino mayor would still like visitors to stay away

Carla Wilson / Times Colonist

More than half of Canada’s national parks — including Vancouver Island’s Pacific Rim — are set to open for day use next week but Tofino’s mayor is urging non-residents to wait for direction from . . .

Editorials

Editorial: After pandemic, we should keep option of seeing doctor by phone

Times Colonist

Several readers have noted how much easier it is to get medical advice now that doctors are doing consults by phone. The cause, of course, is the COVID-19 outbreak, which has made traditional . . .

Local

Neighbours report more disruptions after homeless campers move into hotel

Katie DeRosa / Times Colonist

Residents of a Gorge Road condo building say they are afraid for their safety and have seen a spike in social disorder since former residents of Topaz Park moved into a neighbouring hotel. . . .

Business

Save-on-Foods ends hazard pay for staff, other grocers continue it

Darron Kloster / Times Colonist

Essential service workers in the grocery sector receiving extra pay during the pandemic will be watching their paycheques in the coming weeks as companies re-evaluate how they compensate employees.. . .

Local

VIDEO: Nanaimo man’s stop-motion Schitt’s Creek spoof catches eye of Dan Levy

Megan Lalonde / Vancouver Is Awesome

Schitt’s Creek may have aired its final episode this spring, but a Nanaimo man is keeping the sitcom’s spirit alive with a new short film set to the show’s No. 1 (in our hearts) hit song, A Little . . .

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